A St. Joseph woman who allegedly jumped bail in April in two separate burglary cases is back in custody.

As we reported, Shannon Schremser disappeared April 27, when she was scheduled for court appearances. Associate Judge Keith Marquart and Circuit Judge Daniel Kellogg each revoked Schremser’s bond and issued bench warrants for her arrest.

According to online records, Schremser, 21, was arrested Monday and booked into the Buchanan County Jail Monday evening.

Court records do not yet reflect new dates for the postponed hearings.

Schremser, along with Jeff Pendleton of Union Star, were both charged with burglary after police say they searched her house and found stolen items, including a Lexus, taken during a burglary in the 2300 block of Mansfield Road.

A day after posting bail in that case, Schremser was charged with burglary again. In that case, authorities said she was found in possession of financial documents belonging to a man’s deceased wife which were reported missing in a home burglary Feb. 17 at a home on S.E. Horn Road

 

 

A St. Joseph man charged with molesting a girl under 12 years old appeared in court Tuesday.

Jeffery Nash, 23, is charged with statutory sodomy for allegedly using the young girl for his own sexual gratification. Charging documents assert that the crime occurred over the course of 14 months beginning in January of 2015.

Nash waived his preliminary hearing in April.

During his circuit court arraignment Tuesday, Judge Patrick Robb scheduled the next hearing June 9. Nash remains in custody, unable to post $20,000 cash bail.

Two St. Joseph residents have been named to serve as co-chairs for the St. Joseph School District’s One Vision Citizens Task Force.

According to a news release from the district, Curtis Zahnd and Tara Stoll have agreed to serve on the task force. Both are long-time residents of St. Joseph and they each have children in the district.

The district said the Citizens Task Force has a goal of reviewing community input and reaching agreement on recommendations to take to the Board of Education regarding steps to be taken to address the District’s fiscal challenges.

A series of task force meetings will be held in May, June and July. The goal is for the group to report its recommendations to the Board of Education in late July or early August.

 

To learn more about the co-chairs CLICK HERE.

(News release) – The St. Joseph School District has selected Landi Quinlin to fill the position of assistant principal at Truman Middle School.

Quinlin is currently serving the St. Joseph School District at Bode Middle School, where she has taught communication arts since August 2014. Quinlin taught at South Holt High School prior to her employment with the St. Joseph School District. Her teaching career began at Raytown South High School in 2000.

Quinlin recently completed her Educational Specialist degree in Education Leadership from Northwest Missouri State University. She holds a master’s degree in Physical Education/Teaching Pedagogy from the University of Central Missouri and a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education from Northwest Missouri State University.

Quinlin will take over for Ashly McGinnis who was recently hired as an assistant principal at Lafayette High School.

The Board of Education approved Quinlin’s employment during executive session on May 8, 2017.

The St. Joseph School District announced Tuesday morning there will be no classes at Lafayette High School due to a water main break.

Crews are working to contain the break at the intersection of 7th and Highland avenue in St. Joseph.

Highland Avenue is closed from St. Joseph Avenue west to 7th Street until further notice due to significant amounts of water in the road.

As of 5:12 a.m., St Joseph Avenue and Moss and St. Joseph Avenue and Grand are also shut down. Officers are directing traffic in the area.

You may have seen the helicopter buzzing the tree tops across Midtown, Uptown and northwestern St. Joseph Monday morning.

The chopper made several swooping turns throughout the area.

This was an effort at pipeline safety enforcement.

Abe Forney, the Airport Manager at Rosecrans Memorial Airport says the aircraft routinely takes to the skies whenever there appears to be any kind of excavation or other digging around utility pipelines in town.

In this case, none was found. No incidents or arrests were reported.