Vernon County Sheriffs Office: Fugitive Taskforce

The Nevada Police Department and the Vernon County Sheriff's Department have started a cooperative effort to find and arrest fugitives who are named on arrest warrants. City police chief Graham Burnley says the effort was successful the first day when the Fugitive Task Force was looking for a fugitive who hid in a home in Nevada and, as soon as the officers left to go the next home on the list, the fugitive ran out of the back of the house and tried to flee on a motorcycle except the neighbors quickly called 911 and reported where he appeared to be headed and a description of the vehicle he was driving. 

The Police Chief and Sheriff Jason Mosher both say the task force has received excellent cooperation from the public as they look for the fugitives. The public can help by calling 911 at Western Missouri Dispatch at the Vernon County jail or the Nevada Police Department, 417-448-5100.