A teenager was seriously injured in a crash Monday afternoon in Andrew County.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Austin Ortega, 17 of St. Joseph was driving a 2003 Ford Mustang southbound on Route C at Country Road 190 around 5:21 p.m. when the crash took place. The patrol said the vehicle started to slide, went off the west side of the road and hit a tree with the driver’s side door. The mustang came to rest against the tree on its wheels facing north. Ortega was flow by Life Net to Mosaic Life Care for treatment of what was described as a serious injury. He was reported to be wearing a seat belt.

A northwest Missouri man is accusing of splashing boiling water on another man during an argument causing severe burns.

Alfred Hyatt Jr., 57 of Ludlow is charged in Livingston County with a felony of first-degree assault.

According to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, Thursday around 6:15 p.m. deputies responded to a home in Ludlow in reference to an assault.  Sheriff Steve Cox said the alleged victim was a mentally disabled man that was at home with the mother’s boyfriend when an argument took place between the two men.

“Allegedly the suspect made a racial slur and the victim punched the suspect. The suspect reportedly then took a pot of boiling water and splashed it on the victim,” Cox said.

The victim was taken by ambulance to Hedrick Medical Center for treatment of what was described as at least second-degree burns.  Cox said the victim was then referred to the KU Burn Center for additional treatment.

Hyatt is being held on $100,000 cash only bail in the Daviess/DeKalb County Regional Jail .  A court date was not yet listed on online documents.

(Monday 11:50 a.m.) – A man has been charged after the manager of a Chillicothe McDonald’s was stabbed over the weekend.

Nathan Osborne, 30 of Chillicothe has been charged in Livingston County with felonies of first-degree assault and armed criminal action.

According to the Chillicothe Police Department, Sunday shortly after noon officers responded to the McDonald’s on US 36 and 65 Highway in reference to an assault. Police said a manager at the store received stab wounds from an employee armed with a knife. The suspect allegedly fled the scene on foot.  The suspect was later arrested hiding in some weeds near Highway 36 after a search of the area.

The McDonald’s manager was treated at Hedrick Medical Center for wounds he received and has since been released.  The store was temporarily closed while police conducted an investigation.

Osborne is currently being held in the Daivess/DeKalb Regional jail on $250,000 cash only bail.  Online court document state, part of Osborne’s bond conditions include no contact with Jordan Myrick and that Osborne is not allowed to enter McDonald’s property. A court date was not yet listed on online documents.

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(Sunday) – The Chillicothe Police Department is investigating an assault with a weapon at McDonald’s that injured an employee.

According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, Sunday around noon officers responded to a report of an assault with a weapon at Chillicothe McDonalds. The assault was between two employees and one was injured. Police said the suspect is now in custody.

“At this time Chillicothe McDonalds is closed while we conduct our investigation. Please avoid the area if you can, thank you,” the department said on Facebook.

A St. Joseph man has been charged with a weapons violation after a standoff at an apartment complex last week in midtown.

Kelvin Sibert Jr., 31 has been charged in Buchanan County with a felony of unlawful possession of a firearm.

Capt. Jeff Wilson with the St. Joseph Police Department said the charge is in connection with a nearly four hour-long standoff that took place Thursday at Oak Ridge Apartments.

As we previously reported, police said the incident started as a domestic disturbance call at 12:41 p.m. at the U.S. Oil gas station at 22nd and Messanie Streets. Capt. Wilson said an altercation between a man and his girlfriend was reported. The man allegedly held a handgun in a threatening manner and then fled the area. Police were on scene at Oak Ridge Apartments until Sibert surrendered peacefully and was taken into custody shortly before 5 p.m.

The court found Sibert to be a danger to the victim and denied the setting of bail based on a probable cause statement. An arraignment is set for Oct. 17.

An Iowa teenager was killed in a head-on crash Sunday night in Mercer County.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 9:35 p.m., 16-year-old Elijah C. Mandich of Mount Moriah, was driving a Dodge 1500 south on US-65 three miles north of Princeton and 18-year-old Saige R. Boswell of Lineville, Iowa, was driving north on US-65. Mandich traveled into the northbound lane as he was trying to pass another vehicle and the pickup hit Boswell’s Ford Explorer head on.

Boswell was pronounced deceased at the scene at 9:45 p.m. Mandich was transported by Mercer County ambulance and then life flighted to Methodist Medical Center in Iowa for treatment of serious injuries.

According to the crash report, Boswell was wearing a seat belt. It is unknown if Mandich was wearing a seat belt.