Court News

A Marshall man is facing a felony assault charge after reportedly assaulting another man with a baseball bat on Saturday, May 1. According to unofficial online court documents, Brian Lee Browder, 46, of Marshall, has been charged with second-degree assault. He is currently being held on $50,000 cash only bond...

A Higginsville man was sentenced in a Saline County court after having been found guilty by a jury for multiple sex-related charges against a minor. Unofficial online court documents state Jerry Hedges Jr., 38, was sentenced to 30 years in the Department of Corrections for rape or attempted rape in the first degree; 20 years each for three counts of sodomy or attempted sodomy in the first degree – aggravated sexual offense; 15 years for child molestation in the second degree – aggravated sexual offense – child less than 17 years old and offender greater than four years older; and four years for incest. ...

A 19-year-old Kansas City woman and a 29-year-old Denton, Texas, man are both facing charges in Saline County after their arrests early Friday, Jan. 29, in the Betty’s Truck Stop parking lot. According to probable cause statements filed with the prosecuting attorney’s office, a Saline County deputy observed a vehicle sitting stationary and believed to be unoccupied at a gas pump shortly after 1 a.m. ...

A 19-year-old Marshall man is facing a child pornography charge after the phone he was using allegedly contained sexual images of minors. According to unofficial online court documents, Kyle Robinson has been charged with possession of child pornography – first offense. ...

A Georgia man was sentenced Monday, Jan. 4, in the Division 4 Circuit Court after pleading guilty to drug trafficking in the second degree from an incident that took place on Interstate 70 in May of 2020. James M. Clark, 40, of Vidalia, Ga., and his passenger were stopped by the Missouri State Highway Patrol last May. ...

A 31-year-old Marshall man has been charged with five felonies related to alleged sexual encounters with a juvenile. According to unofficial online court documents, Kyle Joseph Farrelly is charged with statutory rape or attempted statutory rape in the first degree – person less than 12 years of age, statutory rape or attempted statutory rape in the first degree – person less than 14 years of age, forcible sodomy – deviate sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion, attempted enticement of a child (actor 21 years of age or older and child less than 15 years of age), and statutory rape in the second degree.. ...

A Sweet Springs man was sentenced to 16 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections after pleading guilty in Saline County to several charges that date back to January of 2019. According to unofficial online court documents, Franklin E. Carrender, 68, of Sweet Springs, was sentenced on Monday, Nov. ...