A man and a woman are facing charges of child neglect after a kid was found with bleeding feet earlier this year in St. Joseph.

Edward Maples, 48 and Margaret Maples, 52 are each charged in Buchanan County with a felony of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child by creating substantial risk.

According to court documents, April 22 officers responded to a call of a child with bleeding feet and found the child to have severely infected toes on both feet. Detective Frank Till with the St. Joseph Police Department said the child had to be admitted to the hospital due to the seriousness of the infection.

“The defendant and a co-defendant committed the crime of child neglect by failing to provide necessary medical care to the victim,” Till said.

He said two children have been removed from the home several times in the past for child neglect.

According to the Buchanan County Inmate Inquiry Edward and Margaret were arrested Thursday.  Each are being held on $2,500 bail. A court date was not yet listed in online documents.

A man appeared in Doniphan County court Thursday in connection with the alleged theft of a vehicle belonging to a St. Joseph man whose body was found in the Missouri River.

Christopher Colhour, 40 of St. Joseph made his first appearance before Judge Roy Roper on a level 7 felony charge of theft. A pre-trial hearing was scheduled for June 27th.

As we previously reported, officials with the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office began searching the Wolf River for a missing St. Joseph man on May 22. Five days later, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office said the body in reference to a death investigation was recovered in the Missouri River just south of St. Joseph. The body was identified as 64-year-old Daniel Purvis.

Colhour was charged with the theft of a vehicle belonging to Purvis and KBI said further charges are pending. As of Thursday no additional charges have been filed. We have placed a call to the Doniphan County Attorney’s Office to see if any further information regarding charges can be released at this time and are waiting to hear back.

A 40-year-old Christopher D. Colhour appears to have a criminal history in Buchanan County including two guilty pleas to felonies of failure to register as a sex offender stemming from 2009 and 2010.   In 2012, he was sentenced to serve three years in the Missouri Department of Corrections in each of those charges.  According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Sex Offender Registry, in April and September of 1999 Colhour attempted indecent liberties with a child in the Kansas towns of Elwood and Troy.

Missouri online court documents show most recently, in December of 2016 Colhour was charged with a first-degree felony of tampering with a motor vehicle in Buchanan County and pleaded guilty in March.  According to a probable cause document filed in the case, Colhour was in possession of a stolen vehicle belonging to Advanced Auto reported taken from Independence two days prior. Court documents stated in December that Colhour had been homeless for the past eight months. Detective C. Davis with the St. Joseph Police Department said in the PC statement that Colhour had previous arrests for failure to appear, shoplifting, burglary, criminal damage to property, aggravated criminal sodomy and stealing.  Det. Davis said Colhour also had a conviction for burglary and arrests in Nebraska. Sentencing in the case was supposed to take place May 22 in Buchanan County but court documents state the defendant failed to appear, that was the same date KBI said Colhour was arrested in Kansas.

Colhour remains without bail in the Doniphan County Jail.

A teenager facing manslaughter charges stemming from a crash of a stolen vehicle that killed four people appeared in court Thursday.

As we previously reported, Skylar Lucas-Cox is facing two counts of involuntary manslaughter, class-c felonies, and one count of 2nd degree assault, a class-d felony after a crash in April in which four teenagers died on Riverside Road near Cook Road.

Friends identified the victims as Karlo Ginn, Dayton Crockett, Dasean Darden and Javion Thompson. A fifth victim was hospitalized for critical injuries. Lucas-Cox was also seriously hurt in the crash as well as the driver of the other vehicle in the crash.

Lucas-Cox waived formal Circuit Court arraignment Thursday and entered a plea of not guilty. Judge Daniel Kellogg scheduled the case for the trial-setting docket June 22.  The defendant is being held without bail.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Motorists who use the intersection of Gene Field and the Belt Highway may want to seek a different route next week.

Beginning Monday, June 5, utility work will narrow northbound U.S. Route 169 (Belt Highway). Gene Field Road will close on the east side of that intersection the following day.

Workers from Missouri Gas Energy will close the outside northbound lane of the Belt Highway around the Gene Field intersection beginning at approximately 9 a.m. Monday, June 5. The lane will remain closed through Thursday, June 8, at approximately 8 p.m.

On Tuesday, June 6, at approximately 9 a.m. Gene Field Road will be closed on the east side of the intersection with the Belt Highway. It will remain closed through Thursday, June 8, at approximately 8 p.m. as well.

During the closure, all business entrances on Gene Field Road will be accessible. Traffic will be restricted from crossing the Belt Highway at Gene Field. Motorists will experience delays and will not be able to turn east onto Gene Field Road from the Belt Highway or access the Belt Highway from westbound Gene Field Road.

All work is weather permitting and could be rescheduled. MoDOT encourages all travelers to slow down, especially in work zones, as there will be large equipment and workers near the driving lanes. As always, please buckle up, eliminate distractions, pay attention and drive safely so everyone is able to Arrive Alive.

For more information, call 1-888-ASK-MODOT or visit modot.org/northwest

A man is in custody after a hit-and-run crash Tuesday which led police to a suspicious device and forced them to close a road in a Midtown neighborhood.

Sergeant Wayne Byrom with the St. Joseph Police Department said officers responded to the area of 26th and Mulberry around 9 a.m. While investigating, officers found a suspicious device and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was called in to assist. ATF took the device from the scene.  Byrom said he cannot confirm if it was an actual explosive device.

“It was enough that they took it and secured it in the equipment that they have,” Byrom said.

The driver allegedly ran from the scene. Sgt. Byrom said the the alleged driver, a St. Joseph man was taken into custody in connection with the investigation at a separate location.

As we previously reported, ATF was called in to assist police in another incident in which an explosive device was detonated on the front porch of a home on Northeast Parkway early Monday morning.  Byrom said at this point it is too early to tell whether there is a connection between the incidents.  He said there is nothing to lead police to believe that there could be other devices around the area.

Central High School Theatre took home three awards last week in Kansas City for their musical ‘Big Fish’.

The Blue Star Awards Ceremony was held Friday at the Starlight Theatre.  According to a news release, Junior Joey Myers received Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role for his portrayal of Edward Bloom, the costume crew received Outstanding Technical Crew, and Central received the Outstanding Costume Design and Construction (Tier II) award.

As part of Myers’ award he will take a trip to New York City to participate in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in June.

The St. Joseph School District said the Blue Star Awards at Starlight in Kansas City are patterned after Broadway’s Tony® Awards and recognize exceptional achievement in musical theatre at the high school level.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the Northwest Missouri region planned for the week of May 29 – June 4 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. No work is planned on the Memorial Day holiday, but some closures may remain in place. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations and could include lane closures with delays. All scheduled maintenance and construction projects are subject to change with weather conditions.

 

Buchanan County

U.S. Route 36 – One mile east of Route AC for a bridge project, May 30 – June 3

Route 6 – From Interstate 29 to Woodbine Road for a sidewalk improvement project, May 31 – June 3

Caldwell County

Route A – From U.S. Route 36 to Route N for a chip seal, May 30 – 31

Chariton County

Route 129 – From Route P to the Macon County Line for pavement work, May 30 – 31

U.S. Route 24 – From Route 5 to the Randolph County line for a resurfacing project, May 30 – June 3.

DeKalb County

U.S. Route 36 – Night work at the I-35 Overpass Bridge for painting, May 30 – June 3, 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.

I-35 – Night work at the U.S. Route 36 interchange for painting, May 30 – June 3, 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Grundy County

Route 6 – Within the city limits of Trenton for pavement repair, May 30 – June 2

Route JJ – Drainage work, May 30 – June 2

Route CC – From U.S. Route 136 (Harrison County) to Route 149 for a resurfacing project, May 30 – June 3

Harrison County

Route D – CLOSED from Route M to Route 46 for a resurfacing project, May 30, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

Route 46 – From U.S. Route 69 to U.S. Route 169 (Worth County) for a resurfacing project, May 30 – June 2

Routes H and DD – Drainage work, May 30 – June 2

Route CC – From Route 149 (Grundy County to U.S. Route 136 for a resurfacing project, May 30 – June 3

Holt County

Routes B, C, N and HH – Pothole patching, May 30 – June 2

Linn County

U.S. Route 36 – From the city limits of Brookfield to the Macon County line for bridge maintenance, May 30 – June 1

Route V – Pothole patching, May 31 – June 2

Mercer County

Route M – CLOSED at the Little Medicine Creek Bridge for maintenance, May 30, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route B – From U.S. Route 136 to the Iowa state line for a resurfacing project, May 30 – June 3

Nodaway County

Route VV – At the Platte River Bridge for maintenance, May 30 – 31. Includes a 9-foot width restriction.

Route JJ – Pothole patching, May 31 – June 2

Route NN – At the Platte River Bridge for maintenance, June 1 – 2. Includes a 9-foot width restriction.

Putnam County

Route 149 – At the Blackbird Creek Bridge for maintenance, May 30 – 31

Route 149 – CLOSED from Plum Trail to U.S. Route 136 for a culvert replacement, May 30 – June 2, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily

U.S. Route 136 – At the West Locust Creek Bridge for maintenance, June 1 – 2

Sullivan County

Route 139 – From the city limits of Newtown to Kelp Road for drainage work, May 30 – June 2

Worth County

Route 246 – CLOSED at the Platte River Bridge for a bridge replacement project. The bridge will be closed through September 2017.

Route 46 – From U.S. Route 169 to U.S. Route 69 (Harrison County) for a resurfacing project, May 30 – June 2