This list is a sampling of crime in Sedalia and the surrounding area. Information is taken from official police reports, which do not necessarily contain statements from all parties involved in each case.
Sedalia Police Department
Arrests
Oct. 4
12 p.m.: Lester T. Hoffman, 61, of the 500 block of South Lafayette Avenue, was arrested on a charge of driving with a revoked license. An officer observed Hoffman turn south onto South Park Avenue from West Main Street without signaling the turn. He also noticed the passenger-side brake light wasn’t working and the driver-side brake light had white light showing. The officer stopped the vehicle and obtained Hoffman’s information. Dispatch informed him that Hoffman had a revoked license.
4:15 p.m.: Koehn Leath Isenberg, 25, was arrested on charges of trespassing and walking along a roadway. An officer responded to the 300 block of West Seventh Street to assist another officer with a subject check. The owner of a property in the 300 block of West Seventh Street asked SPD to check on any subjects trespassing on that property. While at the scene, the officer saw another suspect, Isenberg, walk up to the property. Isenberg had already been warned earlier in the day not to trespass on the property, and the officer told him to leave. Isenberg reportedly began yelling curse words and was standing in the roadway. The officer took him into custody and booked him at the Pettis County Jail, where he was released with a court summons.
Oct. 8
8:50 a.m.: Elena Garcia Hickman, 51, of Sedalia, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of stealing from a building. Officers were dispatched to the 100 block of East Broadway Boulevard for a welfare check. They found an intoxicated woman with a broken wine bottle. After investigation, the officer determined the woman, Hickman, had reportedly stolen the wine from a nearby store.
Incidents
Oct. 8
10:20 a.m.: A complainant submitted a burglary report in the police station lobby. Someone entered a vacant residence in the 1900 block of South Quincy Avenue over the weekend. She said a suspect stole two window air conditioning units and a stove. The officer hadn’t identified the suspect by the time of the report.
