Crime & Courts

Crime & Courts

Authorities term deaths of teens murder-suicide
Authorities say a teenage woman apparently shot her estranged boyfriend several times before turning the gun on herself and taking her own life.

February 10, 2012
Woman accused of endangering three children
A felony charge of child endangerment has been filed against the mother of three children discovered living this week in alleged unsanitary conditions inside a Joplin apartment.

February 11, 2012
Kansas City man facing drug charge after brief chase
A Kansas City man is facing a felony drug charge following a brief chase of a vehicle by Joplin police early Thursday morning.

February 11, 2012
Miami man killed while trying to seek help after accident
A resident of Miami, Okla., was struck by a vehicle and killed as he tried to cross an exit ramp of Interstate 44 in Joplin on foot early Friday morning after his vehicle was disabled in a separate accident.

February 11, 2012
Homeless man waives hearing on arson charge
A homeless man charged with setting a vacant house in Joplin on fire in 2010 waived his right to a preliminary hearing this week.

February 11, 2012
Joplin teen charged with assault on sister
A 19-year-old Joplin man has been charged with a felony domestic assault on his sister.

February 11, 2012
Prosecutor’s office drops charge, cites absence of victim
The Jasper County prosecutor’s office has dropped the prosecution of a Carthage man on a charge that he sexually molested an underage girl.

February 11, 2012
Okla. court upholds man’s life sentence in deaths
An Oklahoma appeals court has upheld the life in prison sentences of a man convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for the shotgun slayings of two men at a Sperry residence.

February 10, 2012
Miami, Okla., man dies along I-44
A 27-year-old Miami, Okla., who appeared to be walking along I-44 in an attempt to get help after wrecking his car, is dead after being hit by a pickup truck.

February 10, 2012
Two motorists hurt in traffic accidents on roads in area
A Joplin woman was injured in a one-vehicle accident at 12:40 p.m. Thursday on Coyote Drive, a mile south of Joplin in Newton County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

February 9, 2012
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