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Most Wanted – Dannie Wilson

September 25, 2022

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Most Wanted – Jackie Beard

September 25, 2022

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Most Wanted – Jesse Sterling

September 25, 2022

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Arrest – Charlie A. Mason

September 20, 2022

On September 20, 2022, at 11:50 am, Phelps County deputies arrested Charles Andrew Mason, age 37, of Newburg, on felony warrants from the State of North Carolina. Mason is charged in the Durham County Superior Court with Statutory Rape of a Child less than 15 years of age, Statutory Sex Offenses with a Child less than 15 years of age,
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Arrest – Timothy Edward Eckert

September 1, 2022

On August 31, at approximately 4:30 am, Central Dispatch received a 911 call regarding a shooting at a residence in the 800 Block of N. Walnut Street in Newburg, Missouri. Deputies responded and determined a 51-year-old man had suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. Medics from Phelps Health treated him at the scene and airlifted him to University Hospital
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Arrest – Wilbert David Messex

September 1, 2022

A 3-week investigation completed by the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department has resulted in criminal charges being filed against a Rolla man. Wilbert David Messex, age 39, has been charged with Sodomy or Attempted Sodomy 1st Degree, Statutory Sodomy or Attempted Statutory Sodomy 1st Degree, and Statutory Sodomy 1st Degree. Messex is currently incarcerated in the Phelps County Jail in lieu
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IHOP Donation

August 27, 2022

To show appreciation for the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department, IHOP donated breakfast. Thanks, Sheriff Michael P. Kirn
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Arrest – Michael & Douglas Billingsley

August 24, 2022

PRESS RELEASE UPDATE: The charges on Michael Douglas Billingsley have been amended. He is now charged with Murder 2nd Degree – Felony Murder, Domestic Assault 2nd Degree, and Abandonment of a Corpse. He still has NO BOND! On August 22, at about 12:44 am, Central Communications was notified of an unresponsive female at a residence in the 19000 Block of
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Arrest – Mertz & Deluca

August 15, 2022

Narcotics Arrest During the early morning hours of August 15, 2022, a Phelps County deputy stopped to check on a suspicious vehicle near county roads 1000 and 1010 in eastern Phelps County. While conducting routine inquiries on the occupants of the vehicle, the deputy learned the passenger Kent Daniel Hasse Mertz, age 24, of St James, Missouri, had outstanding arrest
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Arrest – George H. Barsoum

August 13, 2022

Shared from the Rolla Police Department Narcotics Arrest On August 11, 2022, officers of the Rolla Area Drug Enforcement Task Force, Rolla Police Department, and Phelps County Sheriff’s Department concluded a long term narcotics investigation in the 100 block of Savannah Court in Rolla, Missouri. A search warrant was executed on the residence by law enforcement officers. As a result
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