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
Jan. 18
2:47 a.m.: Melissa D. Cartmill, 40, of the 400 block of North Hurley Avenue, was arrested after a vehicle stop in the area of Moniteau Avenue and Broadway Boulevard for failing to dim headlights and indicators of impairment. She was taken to a hospital and then to the Pettis County Jail where she was placed on a 24-hour hold pending charges of driving while intoxicated - drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, and two counts of possession of a controlled substance.
8:26 a.m.: Thomas Russell Beck, 57, of the 1600 block of Honeysuckle Road, was arrested after officers responded to a hit-and-run on West 16th Street and Clarendon Road. A MoDOT crosswalk sign was discovered still in the street along with various truck parts. Officers located the driver and arrested him for driving with a suspended license, driving while intoxicated, and leaving the scene of an accident. Formal charges have been submitted to the Sedalia municipal prosecutor.
12:10 p.m.: Angel Escobar, 23, of Sedalia, was arrested after loss prevention personnel from a business in the 3200 block of West Broadway Boulevard reported a theft that occurred Jan. 8. Escobar came to the SPD to turn himself in and was arrested, transported to the Pettis County Jail, and placed on a 24-hour hold pending the filing of a state charge of stealing.
