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Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
News briefs Festus man arrested on weapons charge after fight with his parents
Police arrested a 25-year-old man early Monday after he allegedly fired a weapon while intoxicated during a dispute with his parents that started several hours before at the parents’ mobile home in Festus. Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Forrest Wegge said Larry Wheeler III has been charged with felony unlawful use of a weapon, with a cashonly bond set at $25,000. Festus Police Chief Timothy Lewis said his officers responded to a report of a domestic violence Larry Wheeler III incident with shots fired at 10:45 p.m. Sunday in the 100 block of Barberry Lane. When officers arrived, Wheeler’s father told them his son was intoxicated while in possession of a .22-caliber pistol and had fired a shot in the living room during a fight with the parents. Lewis said it is not clear if Wheeler III fired the weapon at anyone. The father told police he and his wife’s refusal to allow their son to drink alcohol in their home angered their son. The father told police he ran to a neighbor’s home to call police after his
Breaking news online at www.myleaderpaper.com son threatened to shoot him and “everyone else in the trailer.” In addition to the suspect and his parents, a friend of the suspect was in the mobile home, police said. Police said Wheeler III allegedly would not allow his mother or his friend to leave the mobile home. Festus Police, with assistance from the Crystal City Police Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol, set up a perimeter around the home and tried to persuade Wheeler III to surrender. He refused, saying he would shoot anyone trying to enter the mobile home, police said. Police summoned the Twin City Special Weapons and Tactics team to the scene. After several phone conversations, Wheeler III stopped speaking to officers. A short time later, his mother left the trailer and told authorities her son had passed out and was asleep. Police entered the mobile home and found the suspect asleep on the kitchen floor, then took him into custody, Lewis said. “It was just a good job by the officers,” Lewis said. “It was a good job between us, Crystal City and the Missouri highway patrol.” Wheeler remained in custody at the Jefferson County Jail in Hillsboro on Tuesday afternoon, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reported. He is also facing a felony probation violation warrant from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Lewis said. --Kevin Carbery
Weinhaus: Released from hospital
Festus Police join search for missing schizophrenic woman
Festus Police this week joined the search for a St. Louis woman with a history of schizophrenia. She was last seen Oct. 9 checking out of the Drury Inn, 1001 Veterans Blvd., Festus. Festus Police Capt. Don Lassing said Tuesday his department had learned only that day of the search for Betty J. Gathing, 62, a week after she was seen in Festus. “We weren’t contacted by the family or the St. Louis County Police,” Lassing said. He said members of his department learned of the situation through Internet reports. Lassing said Gathing, who is reported as having schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is described as a 5-foot-6-inch black woman, about 200 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes and a medium complexion. She may be off her medication, he said. She was driving a red 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo with the license plates WB5T9H and reportedly was on her way home after visiting relatives in Mississippi, Lassing said. He said authorities had no idea Tuesday where she was. “I have investigators working on it
Hillsboro man gets 5 years after guilty plea to child molestation
Charles Stanley Wadlow, 62, of Hillsboro has been sentenced to five years in prison for child molestation, court records indicate. Between April 16, 2007, and November 1, 2010, he had sexual contact with a girl younger than 14 years old, the report said. Wadlow pleaded guilty to child molestation in the first degree and was sentenced July 24 by Jefferson County Div. 3 Circuit Judge Charles Wadlow Nathan B. Stewart. Wadlow could be eligible for early release following a 120-day assessment program, according to the report. Jefferson County assistant prosecuting attorney Catherine A. Crowley handled the case. -- Kim Robertson
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Parks issued felony charges for morphine possession and tampering with a MFA Oil gas station on Hwy. K just south judicial officer, as well as a misdemeanor of St. Clair, in the area where Weinhaus marijuana charge, over the incident. was living at the time. Capt. Ron Arnhart of the Jefferson Two officers fired shots at Weinhaus County Sheriff’s Office said Monday when he allegedly unstrapped and began that Weinhaus is living with his brother to pull a handgun during the afternoon in Pevely. incident, the patrol said. After Weinhaus was shot, Jefferson Franklin County Prosecuting At- County officials heightened security torney Bob Parks said he must consider measures at the Jefferson County CourtWeinhaus’ physical and menhouse. Arnhart said Monday tal condition before deciding those measures would neither be whether to charge him in the increased nor decreased in conSept. 11 incident. nection with Weinhaus residing Weinhaus, 46, reportedly in the county. was released from a St. Louis The security measures inhospital last week. clude the use of no-entry tape “He just got out,” Parks and orange cones placed around said Monday. “He’s still under the courthouse to prevent parka doctor’s care. We are still ing where it is normally allowed reviewing the case.” Jeffrey Weinhaus and a higher alert for officers The arrest warrants against providing security in and around Weinhaus, a 1985 Festus High School the courthouse. graduate, stemmed from an earlier search The Sheriff’s Office initiated the warrant served by officers at his St. measures after learning of Weinhaus’ Clair home, prompted by alleged threats Internet statements prior to the shooting Weinhaus posted on his website. Officers that indicated he intended to take over seized his computers in the search. “the courthouse” Sept. 14 or Sept. 17, When officers arrived at his home although the message did not clarify if and he answered the door, they reportedly it was the Jefferson County or another detected what they believed to be an odor county’s courthouse. of marijuana. They seized substances --Patrick Martin contributed believed to be marijuana and morphine. information to this story.
right now,” Lassing said. Anyone with information is asked to call the Festus Police Department at 636-937-3646. --Kevin Carbery
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