Joplin Police Department offers tips to deal with porch pirates

(From the Joplin Police Department)

Joplin Police remind you that the holidays are a very active season for porch pirates, who seek to steal package deliveries. To reduce their opportunities to plunder your loot, we encourage you to try any of the following:

- Have the delivery service schedule delivery when you are home.
- Have packages delivered to a neighbor who will be home.

- Have the delivery service hold your package until you can come pick it up.
- Have your package delivered to your place of work during the day.
- Open a PO Box at your local post office and have packages delivered there.

These tips are relevant all year-round, but we want to remind you this Black Friday weekend when many people will be placing delivery orders.

Newton County Dissolution of Marriage Petition

Brooklyn M. King vs. Jonathan J. King

 

Jasper County Dissolution of Marriage Petitions

Samantha L. Vandergrift vs. Ceegan W. Clingan

Hannah L. Bartee vs. Kristin M. Bartee

Gina Browder vs. Ronald Browder

Jessica M. Zabala vs. Aric J. Zabala

Stephanie C. Frye vs. Ron Frye

Levi McLemore vs. Shelby McLemore

 

U. S. Bankruptcy Court Petitions- Joplin

Jasper County

Chad Aaron Gardner

Keith D. Courtney and Belinda K. Courtney

McDonald County

William Bryan Dice and Victoria Lynne Dice

Stone County

Mary Ann Pryor

Vernon County

Larry D. McCall 

Highway Patrol Arrests November 27-29

Thawng G. Lian, 37, Fairview, driving while intoxicated, careless and imprudent driving

James A. Cryer, 22, Weaubleau, driving while intoxicated, failed to signal

Israel A. Brown, 42, Exeter, Polk County felony warrant for failure to appear on possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while revoked, failed to place vehicle not in motion as far to the right as practicable, no valid plates, no insurance

Brandon J. Doyle, 29, Fair Grove, driving while intoxicated, driving while revoked, careless and imprudent driving, no insurance, no seat belt

Kimberly D. Gardner, 45, Purdy, driving while intoxicated

Trenton J. Byers, 25, Pierce City, driving while intoxicated

Layla J. Hill, 31, Springfield, driving while intoxicated

Kellie A. Stringer, 30, Joplin, driving while intoxicated, failed to drive on right half of roadway, speeding, no insurance

Kolton H. Root, 20, Bolivar, driving while intoxicated, failed to drive on right half of roadway

Colleen A. Shepherd, 55, Marshfield, felony possession of a controlled substance- methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, no seat belt

McDonald County search warrant execution leads to two arrests, guns confiscated

(From the McDonald County Sheriff's Office)

Last week MCSO Detectives received information of a subject living just outside the city of Anderson with outstanding full extradition warrants out of the state of Texas for Probation Violation for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, as well as a warrant out of the state of Oklahoma for Possession of Marijuana and Obstruction. 

After further investigation, Detectives learned the subject was also in possession of several firearms and had previous ties to the Aryan Brotherhood.

 

This morning around 0700am the McDonald County Special Response Team along with other patrol deputies, executed a search warrant at that location and took Matthew S. Convirs, 45, (top photo) into custody after a brief foot chase. 

MCSO SRT also located a second white male, Joshua Carr, 27, as well as a juvenile male at the location. Both were taken into custody without incident.

 
After the property was secure, MCSO Detectives searched the property and located several firearms, and a large amount of ammunition. One of the weapons, a single shot 410 shot gun, had been cut down to a barrel length of just under 13 inches.

 
Due to Convirs’s extensive criminal history, all weapons and ammunition were seized with State and possibly Federal charges pending. Both Convirs and Carr were transported to the McDonald County Detention Center for outstanding warrants, the juvenile was taken into care by the Missouri Division of Family Services.

 

Neosho city offices closed Thursday, Friday, trash pickup times changed

(From the City of Neosho)

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, City offices will be closed Thursday, November 28 & Friday, November 29. We will reopen on Monday, December 2 at 8:00 AM.

Residential trash pickup will be affected by the Thanksgiving Day (November 28) closure. Thursday routes will be picked up on Friday, November 29 and Friday routes will be picked up on Saturday, November 30.