Legal News for Cape Girardeau, Missouri
State of Missouri v. Timothy Patrick O'Brien
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of child molestation in the first-degree. Reported by Kent Morlan The State charged O’Brien with three counts of the unclassified felony of first-degree statutory sodomy, two counts of... More...
(06-06-2026 - MO)Cindy Sehorn v. Richard L. Mitchell
Harrisonville, Missouri, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death claim. Reported by Kent Morlan Cindy Sehorn sued Levi Mitchell and Richard Mitchell1 in the Circuit Court of Cass County claiming that they wrongfully caused the death of her daughter, Sara ... More...
(06-06-2026 - MO)State of Missouri v. Om Amarkumar Patel
Platte City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with vehicular manslaughter and DUI. Reported by Kent Morlan Om Amarkumar Patel, age 18, charged with driving at over 100 mph and causing an accident that killed a passenger in his car. Patel told a depu... More...
(06-06-2026 - MO)State of Missouri v. Makaila Ann Marie Konomos
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Reported by Kent Morlan Makaila Ann Marie Konomos accused of stabbing her mother to death.... More...
(06-06-2026 - MO)State of Missouri v. Blake Garrett Marshall
Platte City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempting to break into a house and eluding law enforcement. Reported by Kent Morlan Blake Garrett Marshall, of Camden Point, Missouri, was accused of attempting to force his way into a home.... More...
(06-05-2026 - MO)State of Missouri v. Ralph Jones, Jr.
Maryville, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree kidnapping and child kidnapping. Reported by Kent Morlan Ralph Jones, Jr., age 47, Jones, who is not a biological parent or relative to two child, failed to follow a court order to turn the ... More...
(05-31-2026 - MO)State of Missouri v. Shannon Roanne Ward
Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance pursuant to section 579.015. Reported by Kent Morlan... More...
(05-28-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Joseph Trahan
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Reported by: Kent Morlan Joseph Trahan, age 62, admitted that in August of 2025, he was on supervised release and residing at a halfway house. After learning that Traha... More...
(05-27-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Basil Jacob Kyles
Jefferson City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the the Defendant charged with bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Reported by Kent Morlan Basil Jacob Kyles, 71, allegedly entered a bank in downtown Columbia, Mo., when he brandish... More...
(05-19-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Danny L. Nickelson Jr.
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to pay 10 years of employment taxes totaling $774,081. Reported by Kent Morlan Danny L. Nickelson Jr., 54, a Jefferson County businessman, owned General Physiotherapy, a manufacturer and distributor of massage and percussion devices used in medic... More...
(05-19-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Tiara McGill Rushing
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling U.S. Mail. By Kent Morlan Tiara McGill-Rushing, 34, of Kansas City, Missouri, embezzled at least 70 individual letters with the intent to convert gift cards found in the letters to her own use. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Nicholas P. Heberle. It was invest... More...
(05-08-2026 - MO)State of Missouri v. Jada Bell
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree assult, and three counts of armed criminal action. By Kent Morlan Jada Bell shot and killed Chauncia Meekins, 32, the drive-thru worker at a Steak N' Shake during a spat over her order.... More...
(05-08-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Dara S. O'Connor
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with possession of a destructive device. By Kent Morlan Dara S O'Connor, age 30, attempted to destroy by fire a warehouse located on Botts Road in Kansas City, Mo. Prior media reporting had indicated that the federal government attempted to purchase the warehouse. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”)... More...
(05-08-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Jairell Allmon
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. By Kent Morlan Jairell Allmon, a convicted felony, shot at his ex-girlfriend after spending the night in her car, which was parked outside her house in Jennings. The victim told police that Allmon made threats against her and her children throughout the night, and in the mornin... More...
(05-08-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Cymone McClellan
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy. Cymone McClellan, 33, of St. Louis, operated a nonprofit, Sister of Lavender Rose (S.O.L.R.), that submitted false and fraudulent meal reimbursement claims to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services from about January 2019 to June 2022. Terra Davis, now 44, was McClellan’s ... More...
(04-28-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Dr. Jonathan Wayne Morris
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud, and illegal prescribing of controlled substances. Dr. Jonathan Wayne Morris, 46, was indicted with 15 counts of illegal prescribing of controlled substances and 23 counts of health care fraud. Dr. Morris has owned Columbia Urgent Care since at least 2019. From at least May 1, 2019, through Apr... More...
(04-22-2026 - MO)State of Missouri v. Rafael M. Armstrong
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple felonies, including second degree murder. On August 15, 2018, Armstrong was charged with seven felonies for events that occurred on June 9, 2018, and with three felonies for events that occurred on August 10, 2018. On February 28, 2019, Armstrong was charged as a prior and persistent offender with th... More...
(04-17-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Christopher W. Abrams
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm. On Feb. 10, 2024, officers were called to the area of Independence Avenue and Van Brunt Boulevard regarding a possible armed robbery. Upon arrival, officers encountered Christopher W. Abrams, 52. During a frisk of Abrams, officers located a sawed off, Winchester, Model 37,... More...
(04-17-2026 - MO)State of Missouri v. Thomas Kinworthy
At trial, Kinworthy did not deny he committed the charged crimes. Rather, he asserted he was not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect (“NGRI”) because he had schizoaffective disorder and was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time of the shootings. Both Kinworthy and the State presented evidence regarding his mental health.... More...
(04-17-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Raymond Porter, Jr.
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer David Bryant represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. Raymond Porter Jr., 64, of St. Louis, was indicted with 28 felonies: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 15 counts of wire fraud, eight counts of aggravated identity theft and four counts of money laundering. ... More...
(04-17-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Craig A. Spiegel
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with prescribing pain pills and other controlled substances in exchange for sex acts, nude photos or cash. Craig A. Spiegel, now 70, exploited his position to obtain cash, sexual acts or sexual photographs from at least 19 patients, many of whom he began treating as children. Spiegel illegally distributed an “astr... More...
(03-28-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Zyair J. Taylor
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a stolen Taurus 9mm handgun. On May 21, 2025, officers conducted surveillance of a residence in the 400 block of Lawn Avenue, Kansas City, Mo., to arrest Taylor for his outstanding warrants. When Zyair J. Taylor, 24, exited the residence and saw officers, he fled on foot. During the foo... More...
(03-21-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Connie Bobo
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Connie Bobo, 46, was executive director of New Heights Community Resource Center at the time, which accepted money to provide meals to low-income, school-age children after school and during the summer. “Connie Bobo’s trial clearly showed that this was the largest public assistance and pandemic fra... More...
(03-18-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Joseph Bradley Garrison
Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm.... More...
(03-10-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Dr. Scott Taggart Roethle
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy and health care fraud. From 2017 to 2020, Dr. Scott Taggart Roethle, 48, played a central role in a massive telemarketing scheme that billed Medicare for medically unnecessary orthotic braces. Overseas call centers collected Medicare information from unsuspecting elderly patients. Doctors, including ... More...
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