Clay County warrant sweep leads to 15 arrests, recovery of 2 missing teens
LIBERTY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Clay County warrant sweep led to 15 arrests and the safe recovery of two missing teenagers Thursday.
On October 8, the operation led by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office resulted in 15 arrests and the safe recovery of two teenagers reported missing, the office said.
Officers found the teenagers, who had been reported missing from Stone County, Missouri, and turned them over to juvenile authorities, the Sheriff’s Office said.
While trying to make another arrest, officers went to an apartment in Gladstone and saw what the Sheriff’s Office described as illegal drugs and paraphernalia in plain view. Officers obtained a search warrant and recovered methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. The Sheriff’s Office said the discovery could lead to additional charges.
The Sheriff’s Office listed the following arrests and charges or violations:
- Benjamin K. Barnes — aggravated driving while intoxicated (DWI)
- William R. Braxdale Jr. — resisting arrest by fleeing and DWI
- Shelly R. Cassels - failure to appear in court on a narcotics possession charge
- William D. Christeson — chronic DWI
- Terance R. Goodface — failure to appear in court on a narcotics possession charge
- William A. Greene — investigation for narcotic possession
- Ryan D. Hatfield - failure to appear in court on a narcotics possession charge
- Steven Jarvis — failure to appear in court on charges of burglary, stealing, property damage
- David J. Keech — probation violation related to narcotics possession
- Beverly A. McCormack — failure to appear in court on a forgery charge
- William Page — investigation for narcotic possession
- Kenneth J.T. Painter — parole violation
- Ann Marie Vrab — resisting arrest by fleeing
- Kevin S. Walter — statutory sodomy
- Kimberly Wroten — domestic assault
More than 50 law enforcement officers took part in the warrant sweep, coordinated by the Sheriff’s Office. Eight other agencies assisted: the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Platte County Sheriff’s Office and police departments in Gladstone, Kansas City, Kearney, Liberty, North Kansas City and Pleasant Valley.
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