by Mike Lear | Jan 9, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
The suspect in a case of alleged sexual assault that has garnered international attention has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of child endangerment. The Kansas City Star reports 19-year-old Matthew Barnett of Maryville was sentenced to 120 days in jail but the...
by Mike Lear | Oct 21, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
A judge has designated a special prosecutor to investigate an alleged sex crime in northwest Missouri. Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker has been selected to handle the case in which a 14-year-old girl says she and a 13-year-old friend were raped in 2012 by...
by Mike Lear | Oct 16, 2013 | Crime / Courts, News
The county prosecutor at the center of controversy in a sexual assault case in northwest Missouri has asked for a special prosecutor to look into it. Nodaway County Prosecutor Robert Rice says he has asked a judge to appoint a special prosecutor who can decide whether...
