Stolen vehicle investigation leads to arrest of two at rural Lamar home

(From the Barton County Sheriff's Office)

On 05-06-2019 the Barton County Sheriff's Office received a call that a Kabota Utility vehicle had been stolen from a residence located at 339 NW 50th Lane.

Chief Deputy Vernon Ring responded to the residence to take the report. The Reporting party believed the utility vehicle was stolen earlier in the morning between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m.

Deputy Ring left from the residence and followed the tracks in the roadway north on NW 45th Ln. When Deputy Ring got to a residence located at 464 NW 45th LN he observed a white Ford F350 truck with a trailer attached to it. The trailer had a Kabota Utility vehicle on it and it matched the description of the one stolen.

When Deputy Ring drove up the driveway he observed a white male subject run from the area of the truck. The male subject was armed with a rifle and headed eastbound along a wooded fence row.

Deputy Ring called for help and numerous different Officers from the Lamar Police Department, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to his location.

Deputy Ring took chase after the subject and gave him loud and clear orders to stop and put the gun down. The subject ran for approximately a 1/2 mile before stopping near a pond. The subject followed the commands of Deputy Ring and was taken into custody.

During the investigation it was learned that the White F-350 truck and Trailer was stolen from Grandview Missouri. The subject arrested for being in possession of the items was Travis D. Linder, age 42, of Holden Missouri. Linder also had a active warrant for parole violation.

During the investigation there where bags located which was believed to belong to Linder. Deputy Ring wrote an affidavit for a search warrant to search the bags and also the residence for any other people that might be involved with the theft of the Kabota utility vehicle at the residence.

The search warrant was granted and during the search of the bags illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia was located.

Sheriff Shaw, Chief Deputy Ring, Deputy Lance Butler, Deputy Will Weiser, was assisted by Lamar Police Officer Dan Graham and Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Arty Torbeck in searching the home. During the search of the home three subjects was located. The three subjects that were detained was. Amber R. Whitworth, age 31 who had a warrant for her arrest for violating her parole. The two other subjects located in the home was Johnny B. Brooks, age 42, of Lamar and Tara E. Bohrn, age 29, of Lamar. During the search of the home illegal drugs and paraphernalia was located.

Lamar Police Department K9 Officer Toby Luce and his K9 partner Hondo responded to the scene to assist in searching for illegal substances which was located.

Probable cause statements was sent to the Barton County prosecutor on 05-07-2019 and formal charges was filed that afternoon. Tara E. Bohrn, Johnny B. Brooks, and Amber R. Whitworth was charged with possession of a controlled substance. They all three have a $5,000 dollar cash or surety bond.

Pictures are of Amber Whitworth and Travis Linder