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After a series of arrests last week, the charred remains of a southwest Missouri woman found in rural Cedar County have been identified. Joplin woman's remains identified, 3 arrests made in Ozarks ...
Jun. 5—NEOSHO, Mo. — A Newton County judge has ordered a Pineville man bound over for trial on firearm and stolen property charges he picked up earlier this year in Joplin. Judge Jacob Skouby ...
Aug. 18—An exchange of gunfire Friday morning at a Joplin motel led to the arrest of a suspect in the robbery of a motel guest. Police responded at 10:13 a.m. to a report of gunfire at the Super ...
The Joplin Police Department was created in 1873, and is responsible for providing law enforcement services to a major population center in Southwest Missouri encompassing approximately 50,000 city residents and 200,000 daily visitors through its patrol, investigations, administration, special enforcement, and support services bureaus which ...
Joplin is the center of what is regionally known as the Four State Area: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas. Joplin is located north of I-44, its passage to the west into Oklahoma. In recent years, the residential development of Joplin has spread north to Webb City.
He soon drifted into petty crime and was eventually arrested for truancy. At the age of 12, he told a judge he would prefer a reformatory to more foster care. Cook spent several years in detention before he was transferred, aged 17, to the Missouri State Penitentiary. While in prison, he assaulted another inmate with a baseball bat.
Oct. 2—A Joplin man accused of assaulting his girlfriend twice in February and again in April took a plea offer Monday that would cap the prison sentences he might be assessed at no more than ...
After their arrests, both Christopher Collings and David Spears were charged with one count of first degree murder, one count of forcible rape, and one count of statutory rape. [18] [19] In May 2008, the prosecution officially announced their intention to seek the death penalty for both Collings and Spears, [20] both of whom pleaded not guilty ...