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| Dustin Kellogg |
The victim of this crime came home from a shopping trip at mid-afternoon on Jan. 22. As she walked in through her garage, she noticed a gun in her car in the garage.
A man with a knife then ran out of her home, forced her inside, held her hostage at gunpoint and knife-point, and bound her hands and ankles with clear packing tape. The woman said the man stole the jewelry from her hands.
Before the robber left, the man disconnected the phones in the house. He then stole the woman’s truck. The woman called for help after she was able to free herself about 45 minutes later.
The thief got into the woman’s home by shattering the back door. He ransacked her bedroom and bathroom and stole jewelry, medicine and cash. Detectives also found he apparently tried to hot-wire the car in the garage; its ignition had been ripped out so the car was no longer drive able.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Lab checked the packing tape for fingerprints and matched five prints to Kellogg’s prints, which were in a law enforcement data bank after previous arrests, according to the probable cause statement used as the basis of the charges against Kellogg. Kellogg was out of prison on probation after serving time for a conviction in 2012 for first-degree property damage in Cass County. He also served prison time and probation for a conviction in Vernon County in 2004 for possession of a controlled substance.
Webster County Sheriff Roye Cole says Kellogg believed he got away with his crimes near Marshfield, which is why he voluntarily surrendered at the Clay County jail. He says Webster County detectives interviewed Kellogg in Liberty this week and found him “fairly cooperative.” The sheriff says it appears they may be able to recover the stolen jewelry belonging to the woman from Webster County. He also said she picked Kellogg’s photo out of a photo lineup.
Mr. Kellogg was still in the Clay County jail on Friday after being charged on Jan. 24 with tampering with a motor vehicle, two days after the robbery in Webster County. When he's eventually jailed in Webster County, his bond will be $500,000.
Kellogg is charged in Webster County with first-degree robbery, which could bring him a prison sentence of 10 to 30 years; armed criminal action, which carries of prison term of three years or more; first-degree kidnapping, which carries of prison term of five to 15 years, of which 85 percent or more has to be served; first-degree tampering with a vehicle, which carries a prison sentence up to seven years; and first-degree property damage, which carries a prison sentence up to four years.
