Butler Police Department weekly report

Nov. 15th - Animal complaint in the 700 block of N. Delaware; animal complaint in the 300 block of S. Main; disturbance at the grade school; theft call in the 500 block of W. Ohio; alarm at Casey's on Fort Scott; theft at Ohio and High.

Nov. 16th - Medical assist in the 400 block of S. High; walk in theft report taken; funeral escort; medical assist in the 600 block of S. Delaware.

Obituary - Gary Fisher

Funeral services for Gary A. Fisher will be 11 a.m. Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Pastor Bud McClesky officiating. Visitation will be prior to services from 10-11 a.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. Contributions to charity of choice.

Gary Allen Fisher, age 72 of Butler, Missouri died Monday, November 21, 2011 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born June 20, 1939 to Roy Truston and Bonnie Norine Igo Fisher in Sedalia, Missouri.

Gary is survived by four daughters, Grace Snethen and husband Mike of Butler, Missouri, Bonnie Lesmeister and husband Mark of Raymore, Missouri, Barbara Hall and husband Dusten of Bolivar, Missouri and Amy Brooke and husband Gary of Kansas City, Missouri; one son, Greg Lesser of Florissant, Missouri; two stepsons, Jim Bartley and wife Pam of Cross Timbers, Missouri and Gary Bartley of Butler, Missouri; two stepdaughters, Brenda Ash and husband Wayne of Bonner Springs, Kansas and Karen Baker and husband Dave of Butler, Missouri; 22 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Patsy Fisher; two brothers, Roy and Dale; three sisters, Rosalia Pasley, Wilma Parrish and Barbara Pittsenbarger; and one son, Gary D. Fisher.

10 years for Joann Stepp in murder for hire plot

In June of this year the Bates County Sheriff's Department received information that Rich Hill resident Joann R. Stepp was in need of a hit man to kill her husband, Jody Stepp- and thus was the beginning of an undercover operation that involved some convincing role playing for the sheriff's department agents.

Joann Stepp

An initial meeting with Joann Stepp was set up in early July,  where undercover agents learned of specific details about Jody Stepp- including how to see a photo of him on Facebook, his address, and other crucial information. During the meeting she made it clear that she wanted him killed as soon as possible, although she wouldn't be able to pay the 'hit man' $4,000 for the task until she received her income tax return next year. 

With that said, another meeting was scheduled on July 14th to finalize the deal.

During that meeting Detective Talley, Lt. Perryman, Under-Sheriff Moreland and Sheriff Anderson dressed in disguise, met with Joann Stepp in Rich Hill- this, she thought, was the motorcycle gang hired to kill her husband. She  provided a knife (belonging to her husband) to the group to be used in the homicide and requested that certain body parts be returned to her once the killing was done. 

Stepp was arrested by uniformed Deputies shortly after leaving the meeting and charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Bond was set at $300,000. 

Yesterday Joann Stepp was sentenced in the Bates County Circuit Court on a Class B Felony, Conspiracy to Commit Murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Additionally, she was sentenced to 5 years DOC on a Class C Felony of Endangering the Welfare of a Child in the same case.

Deer taken in Bates lags neighboring counties

While the number is up from last year, just over 1,800 deer have been harvested  in Bates County. More information is available here http://mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/reports/deer-reports/deer-harvest-map

Thanksgiving forecast- partly sunny, warmer

Tuesday

Cloudy. Showers and isolated thunderstorms in the morning...then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.

Fall is a good time to plant trees...

Trees can provide your home with shade, wind protection and visual appeal. They can reduce energy costs, provide recreation for children and habitat for wildlife.

Newly planted trees need special attention, and not all trees are suitable for all conditions. MU Extension’s horticulture experts have developed a series of publications to help you choose the right tree and get it established.

G6800, Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees
G6805, Selecting Landscape Plants: Flowering Trees
G6810, Selecting Landscape Plants: Uncommon Trees for Specimen Plantings
G6815, Selecting Landscape Plants: Needled Evergreens
G6820, Selecting Landscape Plants: Broad-leaved Evergreens
G6850, How to Plant a Tree

-courtesy of the Bates County Extension Center

Rich Hill Police Department activity report

Rich Hill Police Department Activity Report

November 14, 2011 to November 20, 2011

11-14-2011

 

11-15-2011

 

11-16-2011

 

11-17-2011

DISTURBANCE

 

11-18-2011

SPEAK TO OFFICER

 

11-19-2011

DOMESTIC

 

11-20-2011

Weekly report from the Bates County Sheriff's Office

Bates County Sheriff’s Office Activity Report

November 14, 2011 to November 20, 2011

11-14-2011

TRAFFIC STOP -PASSAIC Deputies issued a citation for Driving while revoked.

STRANDED MOTORIST-ADRIAN

ASSAULT-BUTLER Deputies responded to an assault that occurred earlier in rural Butler, MO.

SPEAK TO OFFICER-BUTLER

SPEAK TO OFFICER-RICH HILL

ANIMAL NEGLECT-ADRIAN

SPEAK TO OFFICER-BUTLER

STRANDED MOTORIST-BUTLER

CIVIL STANDBY-PASSAIC

EX PATROL-DREXEL

SPEAK TO OFFICER-BUTLER

SPEAK TO OFFICER-ADRIAN

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY-BUTLER

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY-BUTLER

ANIMAL AT LARGE-BUTLER

AUTO THEFT-RICH HILL

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY-AMORET

TRESPASSING-RICH HILL

ANIMAL AT LARGE-ALTONA