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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man has won $4 million in the Missouri Lottery. Michael Schulte of De Soto hit it big after spending $20 on a scratch-off ticket at a convenience store on the Missouri side of State Line Road in Kansas City.

Schulte claimed his prize at the Kansas City Lottery office on July 25. He has the option of a 20-year annuity or a lump-sum payment of $2.6 million.

He was playing the “$4,000,000 Cash Spectacular.” He bought the ticket at the QuikTrip at 8011 State Line Road, in Kansas City.

This is not Schulte’s first winner. The Missouri Lottery Web site reports he won $1,000 earlier, also on a Missouri scratch-off ticket.

This is the third big lottery winner in Kansas in just over a week. Officials say someone in northeastern Kansas bought a one-million dollar Powerball ticket in Saturday’s drawing. And a week earlier, Nelson Worley, 43, of Osawatomie, Kansas won $1 million, after matching five numbers on a Powerball ticket.

A McFall, Missouri woman was seriously hurt Saturday in a one-car crash northwest of Pattonsburg.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says 44-year-old Patricia Porter lost control of her Jeep Cherokee along Route-T at 6:25 am Saturday.

The vehicle skidded off the north side of the roadway went through a fence and came to rest on its driver side.

Porter was flown to a hospital in Iowa with serious injuries.

A 70-year-old man from Meadville, Missouri was hospitalized Saturday night after a one-car crash north of the Village of Lock Springs in Daviess County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a Ford Focus driven by Donald Reese left Missouri Route 190 shortly after 8pm Saturday.

The vehicle struck a sign and then a concrete bridge railing.

Reese was flown to Liberty Hospital with moderate injuries.

A north-central Kansas man was killed over the weekend in a one-car crash.  Investigators are trying to determine when the crash occurred.

The Kansas Highway Patrol identifies the victim as Marcus James Widen, 28, of Belleville.

The accident was discovered Sunday, though it’s not clear when it occurred.  

Investigators say Marcus James Widen lost control of his truck on a gravel road near Belleville, in Republic County.  

The truck rolled over and wound up in a ditch.

The following incident and accident reports were submitted by the Maryville Department of Public Safety. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

INCIDENTS
DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED 1100 BLK EAST 1ST STREET
07/05 15:30 13-0777 SUMMONS ISSUED: SNOW, STEPHEN W., 39, CITY
CHARGES: DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED

ASSAULT 1800 BLK SOUTH MAIN
08/01 08:10 13-0872 ONGOING INVESTIGATION

NO VALID D.L. 100 BLK WEST 12TH STREET
08/02 19:35 13-0878 SUMMONS ISSUED: SLEDGE, STEPHANIE R., 41, CITY
CHARGES: OPERATING A M.V. WITHOUT A VALID D.L., FAILURE TO
SHOW PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

TAMPERING 200 BLK PARK AVE
08/04 09:45 13-0882 ONGOING INVESTIGATION

RECOVERED PROPERTY 300 BLK NORTH MARKET
08/03 00:11 13-0887 PROPERTY: ID CARD, DEBIT CARD

ACCIDENTS
U.S. HWY 71 BYPASS & EAST SOUTH AVENUE
08/03 18:09 13-0881
DRIVER 1: FANNON, DEBORAH J., 55, CITY
DRIVER 2: PALMER, ADAM W., 26, CITY/CITATION – CARELESS & IMPRUDENT DRIVING

The American Red Cross is once again offering training for people who want to become disaster volunteers.

The Midland Empire Chapter will host a day-long training event for new volunteers on Thursday, August 8, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

An overview on disaster services will be held in the morning, followed by a course on shelter fundamentals in the afternoon. The courses are free, and will help prepare you to respond locally or nationally.

The courses will be held at the Midland Empire Chapter of the American Red Cross, 401 North 12th Street in St. Joseph, MO.

If you are interested in attending or would like more information on how to become a volunteer for the American Red Cross, please call the chapter at 816-232-8439.

St Joseph Police are investigating two assault cases that happened Sunday. One of them occurred after a pickup basketball game, and the other one involved a baseball bat.

Commander Janice Rothganger says a 43-year-old man was assaulted near St Joseph Avenue and Grand Avenue around 6:40 pm Sunday.

“A white male subject, approximately 26 years old, saw the victim, and believed the victim had stolen from him,” Rothganger said. “the victim ran away but was assaulted with a bat.”

The victim was transported to Heartland Regional Medical Center for treatment of head injuries. He was later released.

Rothganger says patrons of the First Ward House nightclub were able to identify the suspect and secure the weapon.

“They pointed out the suspect, and confirmed he was the suspect,” Rothganger said. “He had tossed the baseball bat before we arrived, and they collected it and turned it over to us on our arrival.”

Charges were expected in the case but had not been filed by mid-afternoon Monday.

In another assault Sunday, a man was stabbed twice in the hand by an apparent sore loser after a pickup basketball game.

“He and his friends were playing basketball against another team,” Rothganger said.

“The victim’s team won, and the suspect began arguing with the victim, then pulled out a knife. He stuck the victim two times in the hand as the victim tried to defend himself.”

The victim was taken to Heartland, where he was treated for two puncture wounds to the hand and later released.

The suspect fled the scene. He is described as possibly an Asian or Micronesian male wearing a ponytail.

If you help police you can call the TIPS Hotline, (816)238-TIPS, or call police at (816) 271-4777. Rothganger says you can also send a private message to police. On Twitter, send it to “SJPD Info.” On Facebook, use “Saint Joseph Missouri Police Department.”

A southeast Nebraska woman will serve five years in prison for child abuse in connection with a police pursuit and shootout last February.

Jamie D. Russell Engstrom, age 35, appeared in the District Court of Johnson County, Nebraska, on Monday, August 5, to be sentenced on a charge of Felony child abuse for allowing her daughter to remain in the vehicle during the pursuit.

Engstrom was the passenger in a Ford Focus allegedly driven by her husband, Michael Engstrom during a police pursuit on February 13, 2013 in which two state troopers and three employees of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office were allegedly shot at.

She pleaded guilty to child abuse on April 15, for “knowingly, intentionally, or negligently causing or permitting a 14-year-old female [passenger] to be placed in a situation that endangered her life or physical or mental health.” The charge carried a maximum prison sentence of 5 years. Ms. Engstrom was sentenced to 5 years in prison without the possibility of parole.

Ms. Engstrom has been continuously incarcerated at the Johnson County Jail since February 13. According to Johnson County Attorney Julie D. Smith, Monday’s sentencing means that she will be transported to the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women in York, Nebraska, to serve her prison sentence.

Her husband Michael Engstrom has been charged with 19 felonies, including five counts of attempted murder in relation to the incident. He has pleaded not guilty, and his case is set for jury trial on September 9 in Tecumseh.

The Engstroms also are charged with a fatal shooting in Topeka, Kansas earlier that day and a subsequent robbery in Pawnee County, Nebraska.

Here’s the latest booking report from the St Joseph Police Department. All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law.

This information is provided by the St Joseph Police Department and is not criminal history. All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law.

The St Joseph Post assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, or completeness, of this information. Reports are completed two days after the date on the report.

BRIAN SCOTT PULEC 18 ST JOSEPH MO
PURCHASE/POSSESSION OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR BY MINOR Z-Released

AMANDA D REYNOLDS 27 ST JOSEPH MO
MAKE/LOUD OR BOISTEROUS NOISE PUBLIC PLACE Z-Released

DALTON EDWARDS 19 FAUCETT MO
TAMPERING 2ND WITH PROP OF ANOTHER Z-Released Pending

DON JASON SAMUEL SMITH 32 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE Z-Released

BEAU TYLER STEELE 18 ST JOSEPH MO
TAMPERING 1ST-WITH UTILITY SER/INSTITUTION Z-Released Pending

LUIS GABRIEL VILLEGAS-ROSA 32 ST JOSEPH MO
VALID LICENSE TO OPERATE VEHICLE
DWI/DUI Z-Released

SPENCER CURTIS JONES 25 ST JOSEPH MO
STEALING-ALL OTHER Z-Released

KELSEY MARIE FENDER 17 ST JOSEPH MO
DWI/DUI Z-Released

SHANA RAY LAND 21 ST JOSEPH MO
MAKE/LOUD OR BOISTEROUS NOISE PUBLIC PLACE Z-Released

MELISSA ANN MIGNERY 27 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE Z-Released

JUSTIN A MILLS 25 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE Z-Released

JULIE ANN VELAZQUEZ 30 St. Joseph MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE

RONNIE DALE DAVIS Jr. 33 ST JOSEPH MO
DOMESTIC ASSAULT SERIOUS INJURY/WEAPON 2ND DEGREE F
ABUSE OF CHILD SERIOUS EMOTIONAL INJURY Z-Transferred

GREGORY THOMAS LEIGH 26 ST JOSEPH MO
ASSAULT SERIOUS INJURY/WEAPON 1ST DEGREE AF Z-Released Pending

SKYLER R TRAIL 18 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE Z-Released

Michael Anthony England 28 ST JOSEPH MO
DOMESTIC ASSAULT 3RD DEGREE Z-Released Pending

A medical examiner says there were no indications of abuse or prior health problems in an 8-month-old baby who drowned in a bathtub last week.

Officers responded to the 800 block of North 5th Street Friday evening, August 2, where they found 8-month-old Kion R. Winkfield-Maynard. Two adults who were present in the home stated the infant accidentally drowned in the bathtub. Efforts to resuscitate Kion were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at Heartland Regional Medical Center.

Commander Janice Rothganger says the autopsy confirmed that the baby drowned. Rothganger says the final results, including toxicology screenings, are still pending. She said the medical examiner noted that there were no obvious signs of injury or illness. The investigation continues.

Here’s the latest booking activity from the Clinton County Jail. All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law.

These are courtesy photos. This information is provided by the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office and is not criminal history.

The St Joseph Post assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, or completeness, of this information.

Jamie Engstrom

A woman sentenced to five years for child abuse in Tecumseh, Nebraska, for allowing her daughter to remain in her car during a police chase and shootout, was also sentenced this week for the robbery in Pawnee City that led to the pursuit.

Authorities in southeastern Nebraska say District Court Judge Daniel Bryan sentenced Jamie Engstrom in both cases on Monday.

Engstrom pleaded guilty in Pawnee County to a reduced charge of attempted robbery.

She received a six to ten year prison term, to be served at the same time as her prison term in Johnson County for Child Abuse.

She and her husband Michael Engstrom are also charged with murder in Topeka, Kansas.

Pawnee County Attorney Jennifer Stehlik Ladman says Michael Engstrom is scheduled for jury trial Monday on robbery and weapons charges.

Michael Engstrom

Authorities say the couple robbed a Pawnee City gas station at gunpoint during the evening hours of February 13, 2013, taking gasoline, merchandise, and an undisclosed amount of cash .

The pursuit and shootout began soon thereafter.

Engstrom’s 14-year-old daughter remained in the car during the robbery, and the police chase, according to prosecutors. Officials do not expect the teenager to be charged.

Johnson County Attorney Julie D. Smith said the 35-year-old woman pleaded guilty to child abuse on April 15, for “knowingly, intentionally, or negligently causing or permitting a 14-year-old female [passenger] to be placed in a situation that endangered her life or physical or mental health.”

She was sentenced Monday morning to five years without parole. That afternoon, Judge Bryan pronounced sentence in the Pawnee County case, ordering a six to ten year prison term. Jamie Engstrom will be transported to the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women in York, Nebraska, to serve her prison sentences.

Voters in St Joseph have approved a half-cent increase in the local sales tax for public safety.

According to returns from the Buchanan County Clerk’s Office, 4,442 people voted yes (55.88%), and 3,507 people vote no (44.12%). Voter turnout was 17.77% (7,951 out of 44,733 eligible voters).

The Public Safety Tax is expected to generate over five million dollars per year, and includes a 20-year sunset clause.

Authorities will use the money to fund the salaries of additional police officers, to fund higher salaries for members of the police, fire and health departments, and to pay for new equipment and vehicles.

44,733
BALLOTS CAST – TOTAL. . . . . . . 7,951

Here’s the latest booking report from the St Joseph Police Department. All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law.

This information is provided by the St Joseph Police Department and is not criminal history. All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law.

The St Joseph Post assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, or completeness, of this information. Reports are completed two days after the date on the report.

SHAUN B PHINNEY 27 ST JOSEPH MO
DRIVE WHILE SUSPENDED/REVOKED
DWI Z-Transferred

CHASE ANDREW LEHMAN 21 ST JOSEPH MO
DRUG VIOL POSS MARIJUANA MISDEMEANOR Z-Released

GRANT DOUGLAS RICHARDSON 21 ST JOSEPH MO
DRUG VIOL POSS MARIJUANA MISDEMEANOR Z-Released

JEFFERY ALLEN STOCKING Jr. 26 ST JOSEPH MO
DOMESTIC ASSAULT 3RD DEGREE Z-Transferred

BETTY KATHLEEN WHALEY 27 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE
NON SUPPORT

JONNY BYRNE TROTTER 51 ST JOSEPH MO
DRIVE WHILE SUSPENDED/REVOKED Z-Transferred
FORGERY Z-Transferred

THOR ALLEN SAMUELS 27 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE
RESISTS BY THREATS/FORCE/VIOLENCE POLICE PER/DUTY

STEPHANIE L BLANCHARD 35 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE Z-Released

WISTERIA JANINE SMITH 25 ST JOSEPH MO
OBSTRUCTS BY ACTION/INACTION DUTIES OF POLICE Z-Released

WHITLEY A COURTNEY 21 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE
FAILURE TO RETURN LOST PROPERTY WHEN ABLE

Charles E Simpson Jr. 36 AMAZONIA MO
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT BODILY INJURY Z-Released

KELBY A MOORE 28 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE Z-Released

MARGO SHARON SEANTAE PUCKETT 23 ST JOSEPH MO
STEALING-SHOPLIFTING Z-Transferred

MARGO SHARON SEANTAE PUCKETT 23 ST JOSEPH MO
FORGERY Z-Transferred

JOSE MANUEL RAMIREZ PORTUGUEZ 21 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE Z-Released

MARC JAMES WEST 28 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE
STEALING (M) SHOPLIFTING

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports an injury accident on I-35 north of Cameron that has shut down southbound traffic, and slowed down northbound traffic.

Officials say southbound traffic is being routed to US 69 highway at mile marker 61. Traffic is being allowed back on the interstate at the 54 mile marker in Cameron.

Dispatchers say one northbound lane is also affected by the two-vehicle crash, but traffic was getting through.

According to MODOT, Interstate 35 southbound remains closed from Route 6 to U.S. Hwy 36 at Cameron due to livestock on the road and a fuel spill.

Expect slowdowns, and plan on using another route if possible.

A St Joseph man was killed in a one vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon along Interstate 229.

50-year-old Alan Walker died when his 2005 Chevy truck went off the northbound lanes and overturned near mile marker one just before 5pm Tuesday.

The driver lost control and the truck skidded off the highway and overturned, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Walker was not wearing a seat belt.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by Buchanan County Deputy Coroner Richard Shelton.

A northwest Missouri man is recovering from serious injuries after an accident that shutdown I-35 near Cameron Wednesday.

60-year-old John Sciortino was taken to the Cameron Regional Medical Center after his truck crashed into a semi

The accident happened around 7:30am when a 2014 Kenworth was traveling southbound.  Scoirtino lost control three miles north of Cameron according to the Highway Patrol, and his  2008 Chevrolet truck crossed the median and struck the drivers side of the semi.

The accident closed Interstate 35.

MoDOT announced the highway was reopened just after 2pm Wednesday afternoon. MoDOT contributed the closure to the incident involving livestock on the road and a fuel spill. Both men were wearing a seat-belt.

Here’s the latest booking report from the St Joseph Police Department. All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law.

This information is provided by the St Joseph Police Department and is not criminal history. All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law.

The St Joseph Post assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, or completeness, of this information. Reports are completed two days after the date on the report.

VIRGINIA RENEE MILLER 50 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE Z-Released

TYLER WAYNE FENDER 29 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE
PROBATION/PAROLE VIOLATION

DYLAN WAYNE CORNETT 21 ST. JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE

CYNTHIA LEIGH SHIPP 39 ST JOSEPH MO
STEALING-ALL OTHER Z-Released

RICKY RAY RHODES 47 ST JOSEPH MO
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT BODILY INJURY Z-Released

JENNIFER LYNN SPRINGER 20 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE
STEALING-SHOPLIFTING

JOSHUA ARISMENDI CASTENADA 25 ST JOSEPH MO
STEALING-SHOPLIFTING
STEALING-SHOPLIFTING
STEALING-SHOPLIFTING Z-Released

JONO DEAN HAMLIN 41 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE Z-Released

DAVID C TANNER 55 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE Z-Released

MICHELLE R PHROPER 32 ST JOSEPH MO
FAILURE TO APPEAR COURT APPEARANCE Z-Released

Here’s the latest booking activity from the Buchanan County Jail. All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law.

These are courtesy photos. This information is provided by the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office and is not criminal history.

The St Joseph Post assumes no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, or completeness, of this information.

Chevaldric Williams

A former Army recruiter will be sentenced October 4 for statutory rape and statutory sodomy of a 15-year-old girl in a case the prosecutor called “every parent’s nightmare.”

The Platte County Circuit Court jury returned guilty verdicts August 7 against Chervaldric Williams, 38, of Kansas City.

Evidence showed the pair met at a movie theater in october of 2009, and the following night.

Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd says Williams picked the girl up after her parents had gone to sleep so she could sneak out more easily. The parents noticed she was gond, and began frantically calling her friends. Finally they used cell phone billing records to call the numbers that appeared just before she was discovered missing.

One of those numbers belonged to Williams, who initially denied knowing her. He then called them back, pointing out that he was a “stand-up guy” and would never do anything to hurt their daughter.

“This is every parent’s nightmare,” Zahnd said.

“Their child disappeared in the dark of night, and they find out that she was victimized by someone who enjoyed a position of trust and responsibility in both the United States Army and in the North Kansas City School District.”

DNA evidence was critical in this case and conclusively identified the defendant. A DNA specialist with the Kansas City Police Department crime lab testified that DNA found on the victim’s shirt was a one in 18 quintillion match to Williams.

At trial, Williams denied any sexual contact with the victim, claiming that she attempted to sexually molest him, but that he was able to fend off her advances before fleeing. He was unable to explain how his DNA wound up on the victim’s shirt.

Zahnd credited hard work by a detective with the Kansas City Police Department’s Crimes Against Children section and the Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory. “Their dedication and professionalism led to the collection of critical DNA evidence allowing us to convict this rapist,” he said.

Zahnd also noted that both the North Kansas City School District and the United States Army reacted appropriately to the initial allegations against Williams. He was immediately suspended from his recruiting duties and the Army initiated its own proceedings against him.

Williams faces up to 14 years in prison when he’s sentenced on October 4, 2013.