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
Nov. 19
9:52 a.m.: Shannon Renee Spruell, 39, of the 200 block of West Sixth Street, was arrested after a traffic stop near West Broadway Boulevard and South Vermont Avenue because the registered owner's license status was revoked. Spruell was arrested, transported to the Pettis County Jail, and booked on a State charge of felony driving with a revoked license.
2:24 p.m.: James DeAndre Mosley, 29, of the 1200 block of West 11th Street, was arrested after a traffic stop at West 10th Street and South Vermont Avenue because the registered owner was driving with a suspended license. He was arrested, transported to the police department, and released with a City ticket for driving with a suspended license.
Nov. 20
12:51 p.m.: Joseph E. Weller, 21, of the 1600 block of South Engineer Avenue, was arrested after officers responded to a domestic assault report. The victim said Weller had fled the scene in a car, which officers found after it had been in a traffic accident near West 16th Street and South Ingram Avenue. Weller was arrested, transported to the county jail, and placed on a 24-hour hold pending charges of third-degree domestic assault.
Nov. 21
1:29 a.m.: Jorge L. Marcos, 23, of the 400 block of Wilkerson Street, was arrested after officers were dispatched to the 500 block of South Ohio Avenue for a trespass report. Marcos was at the residence and wouldn't leave. Officers were also advised he had struck a woman known to him. It was determined Marcos was the primary physical aggressor so he was arrested, transported to the Pettis County Jail, and placed on a 24-hour hold pending the filing of a State charge of third-degree domestic assault.
2:19 a.m.: Scott Dean Woolery, 35, of the 1100 block of East 11th Street, was arrested after a report was taken at the police department about an incident in the 600 block of North Prospect Avenue. A juvenile reported that a 35-year-old man had solicited inappropriate physical contact from her over Facebook Messenger. The suspect was contacted, interviewed then arrested and taken to the Pettis County Jail and placed on a 24-hour hold pending state charges of enticement of a child.
1:12 p.m.: Darius D. Douglas, 23, of the 400 block of North Prospect Avenue, was arrested after a traffic stop for expired registration near West Fourth Street and South Missouri Avenue. The officer smelled marijuana and a check showed the driver had an active Johnson County warrant. Douglas was arrested for the warrant and marijuana possession.
Incidents
Nov. 16
3:39 p.m.: A victim in the 900 block of East Ninth Street reported a delivery person had forged his signature and handed off an empty package. The victim wished to pursue charges.
Nov. 19
1:51 p.m.: A traffic stop was conducted on a vehicle in the 1400 block of South Limit Avenue. The license plates were expired and registered to another vehicle and owner. They were seized for destruction.
4:32 p.m.: An officer responded to a business in the 1400 block of South Limit Avenue for a theft report. The manager said a male subject entered the store on Nov. 12 and stole a chainsaw. The business wished to pursue charges.
Nov. 20
12:02 p.m.: An officer responded to the 1100 block of East Fifth Street for a trespassing report. The victim said people had been trespassing at her residence and had broken some of her property. She wished to pursue charges.
1:44 p.m.: An officer was dispatched to the 800 block of West 16th Street in reference to the theft of a coin purse.
Nov. 21
10:52 a.m.: An officer was dispatched to the 2100 block of East Seventh Street for a report of property damage. The victim stated that overnight someone flattened two of their vehicle tires and cut the cable wire outside their house. This was one of several incidents in the area that involved flattened tires and cut wires.
12:21 p.m.: Officers responded to the 800 block of West 20th Street for a report of an assault. An 89-year-old male subject reported he was assaulted by a 20-year-old male suspect. The suspect was not located and charges were submitted to the Pettis County prosecutor.
12:26 p.m.: Officers spoke with a victim on the phone in reference to a theft in the 400 block of Albright Court. The victim said that while she was moving out of a residence in the Housing Authority several of her personal items were removed and thrown away. The case remains under investigation.
Pettis County Sheriff's Office
Arrests
Nov. 20
4:40 a.m.: Yuriy S. Kovalenko was arrested after the Pettis County Joint Communications received an emergency call of a subject actively being sexually assaulted. Deputies were dispatched to the 17100 block of Pin Hook Road in Pettis County. During the investigation, the victim and a witness reported she had been in an altercation with a man known to her and was sexually assaulted. Kovalenko was arrested, transported to the Pettis County Jail and placed on a 24-hour hold pending charges of sodomy and third-degree domestic assault.
Incidents
Nov. 17
8:00 p.m.: Nathan E. Seifner, of Sedalia, was arrested after a deputy clocked his vehicle at 72 miles-an-hour in a 40 mph zone on U.S. Highway 65 and Heck Avenue. He was issued a summons for careless and imprudent driving.
Nov. 18
9 a.m.: Gage L. Fergerson, of Osceola, was arrested on Highway B after a deputy conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling 89 mph in a 55 mph zone. Fergerson was released with a summons for careless and imprudent driving.
Nov. 19
4 p.m.: Detectives took a report that someone stole a 2019 Can-Am side-by-side and trailer from a storage unit in the 3500 block of South Highway B.
Nov. 21
Luis A. Sotelo-Alvardo was arrested after being pulled over for speeding over 100 mph east of Sedalia on U.S. Highway 50. He was charged with driving while intoxicated and careless and imprudent driving.
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Arrests
Nov. 19
10:41 p.m.: Spencer D. Ross, 52, of Stover, was arrested in Morgan County for felony driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest, assault on a law enforcement officer, failure to stop at a stop sign, driving on the wrong side of the roadway, driving with a suspended driver's license, and a misdemeanor Pettis County warrant. He was transported to the Morgan County Jail and placed on a 24-hour hold pending charges.
Nov. 20
10:46 p.m.: Abrahn Prado, 22, from Austin, Minnesota, was arrested in Pettis County for a felony warrant out of Wisconsin for sexual assault and driving while intoxicated. He was transported to the Pettis County Jail.
10:50 p.m.: Elliot A. Clemons, 20, of Raytown, was arrested in Johnson County for driving while intoxicated, and misdemeanor marijuana. He was transported to the Warrensburg Police Department and released.
Nov. 21
2:07 a.m.: David E. Jones, 33, of Warrensburg, was arrested in Johnson County for driving while intoxicated. He was transported to the Warrensburg Police Department and released.
4:18 p.m.: Austen Q. Gierman, Sedalia, was arrested in Pettis County for driving while intoxicated and speeding. He was transported to the Pettis County Jail and released.
