Saturday, July 11, 2020

Two separate incidents in Cedar County

In two separate incidents. Cedar County Deputies recover stolen ATV's and deploy the drone to aid in the apprehension of fugitive Austin Mooney.

On Friday July 10th, a citizen reported a suspicious person on foot in the area of B highway and 39 south of Stockton. The description matched that of a wanted person who evaded Deputies the previous day.

Sgt. Clay Jeffries deployed the drone and was able to locate the person hiding in the bushes. Lt. Lowe with assistance from Chief Deputy Johnson and Mo. Conservation Officer Farwell arrested Austin Mooney. He is currently being held in Cedar County jail on fugitive out of state warrant.

In a separate incident on the early morning of 7/11/2020 Deputy Jonathon Schwalm recovered a Honda 4 wheeler that was previously reported stolen south of Eldorado Springs.
The person who was operating the 4 wheeler took off on foot and has not been located. A Can Am UTV that was stolen out of St. Clair County was also recovered in the same area south of Eldorado Springs.






Anyone with information regarding these stolen ATV 's please call the Sheriff's Office at 417-276-5133. Thank you


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