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Stories written by John P Tretbar

A Minnesota judge has sentenced a Missouri man to life in prison without parole for the fatal shootings of a home day-care provider and her elderly parents last year. Hennepin County Judge Todd Barnette Friday gave 35-year-old Eddie Mosley three consecutive life sentences without parole. Barnette had found Mosley guilty Thursday in the killings of [...]
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Livingston County authorities are investigating a scary situation Thursday night. Sheriff Steve Cox says a woman entered a home in the northwest part of the county to take two children from the home. Cox says the woman had no legal right to be in the home, does not live there, and is not related to [...]
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The Kansas Attorney General’s Office will take the lead in the prosecution of a man charged last week with four homicides in Franklin County. Attorney General Derek Schmidt says the Franklin County Attorney requested the assistance and will continue to play “an integral and vital role” in the prosecution. Kyle Flack, 25, is charged with [...]
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A Kansas soldier assigned to Belton, Missouri has been killed in Afghanistan. The Pentagon says Sgt. 1st Class Trenton L. Rhea, 33, of Oakley, Kansas died May 15, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Officials say he drowned while attempting to cross a body of water during combat operations. He was assigned to the 603rd Military Police Company, [...]
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Livingston County Sheriff’s Deputy escaped serious injury after crashing his patrol vehicle during an emergency response Thursday night. Sheriff Steve Cox says Deputy Brady Graham was on Highway 190 west of the Thompson River Bridge and lost control of the patrol car. The vehicle careened off the [...]
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Here’s the latest booking activity from the Nodaway County Jail. All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law. These are courtesy photos. This information is provided by the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office and is not criminal history. The St Joseph Post assumes no legal liability [...]
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An Independence, Missouri man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for enticing a seven-year-old girl to have sex with him. Francis L. Morgan, 64, pleaded guilty in March to exposing himself to the victim and asking her to touch him. Morgan previously pleaded guilty in Jackson County to statutory sodomy in the first [...]
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Here’s the latest booking report from the St Joseph Police Department. All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law. This information is provided by the St Joseph Police Department and is not criminal history. All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes [...]
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For the second time this week, a motorcyclist was hurt after being hit by another vehicle in Northwest Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a 17-year-old girl skidded her pickup truck into the back of a Harley Davidson. The motorcycle had stopped to turn left off US-65 north of Trenton Thursday morning. The driver [...]
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The St. Joseph Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint during the month of June. This checkpoint is funded by the Missouri Department of Transportation. The goal of the checkpoint is to deter impaired driving and promote safer roadways. In 2011, 220 people were killed in crashes involving impaired drivers. The sobering fact is that [...]
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