Police Blotter 5/5/13

Columbia Police

April 25

Devon L. McClenahan, 29, of Columbia, was arrested for assault at 548 N. Main Street, Lot 15.

April 29

Jessica M. Zarlingo, 24, of Waterloo, was arrested on a Monroe County warrant and cited for speeding and expired registration sticker on northbound Admiral Parkway at Veterans Parkway.

May 2

Andrea K. Mason, 46, of Red Bud, was arrested for driving while suspended and cited for illegal transportation of alcohol and speeding on Route 3 southbound at Palmer Road.

May 3

Seth M. Teeter, 32, of Columbia, was arrested on an in-state warrant and also for driving while suspended and expired registration at 718 N. Main Street.

May 5

Chad A. Crank, 30, of Columbia, was arrested on an in-state warrant at 866 W. Bottom Avenue.

Paul E. Roberson, 45, of St. Louis, was arrested for DUI and illegal transportation of alcohol at 700 Columbia Centre.

May 6

A four-car chain reaction crash occurred on N. Main Street at Lepp Street shortly after 5 p.m. A Honda Civic driven by Amber E. Smith, 31, of Columbia, rear-ended a Jeep Cherokee driven by Patricia Kohlenberger, 63, of Columbia. A Chevy Equinox driven by Ken Breitenstein, 57, of Columbia, and a Ford driven by Angela Baldwin, 42, of Columbia, were also involved. Kohlenberger was transported to St. Anthony’s Medical Center for treatment of a back injury. Baldwin was also transported to an area hospital for a minor injury. Smith was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

Monroe County Sheriff

April 22

More charges have been filed following a theft stemming from a cannabis deal south of Hecker on April 4. Jeffrey L. Gulley Jr., 26, of Red Bud, was charged with felony robbery and unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver (more than 10 grams but under 30 grams). The incident occurred around 8 p.m. near Powell Road. Matthew T. Korves, 22, of Red Bud, was charged last month with robbery in the case. Court information alleges that Korves took a bag containing cannabis from Benjamin Huegle, 19, of Belleville, by threatening the use of force — that being a BB gun which police said looked like a real pistol. Huegle was also charged on April 22 with felony delivery of cannabis and misdemeanor possession of cannabis for his role in the incident. Deputies turned this case over to the Metropolitan Enforcement Group of Southwestern Illinois for investigation.

April 26

Anthony J. Reichwein, 19, of Columbia, was charged with four felony counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (oxycodone, morphine and two counts of clonazepam) following a March 29 incident.

May 1

Dylan Eschmann, 18, of Red Bud, was arrested for possession of cannabis at Beck Area Career Center.

An arrest warrant has been issued to Caleb G. Gage, 23, of Ballwin, Mo., for felony harassment through electronic communications after he allegedly threatened to kill Dane Dudley.

May 6

Mary A. Shaefer, 49, of Waterloo, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (hydrocodone) following an April 10 incident.

A 65-year-old man was taken to an area hospital for observation after he apparently suffered a medical condition and passed out behind the wheel of his vehicle, resulting in a crash on Kaskaskia Road south of Fults Road around 1 p.m.

Smithton Police

April 30

John Fudge, 39, of Belleville, was struck by a car and killed after he had fallen off his motorized bicycle around 5:30 a.m. on Douglas Road just west of Route 159. No charges were filed against the driver of the car, police said, because it appears to have been an unfortunate accident.

Waterloo Police

May 1

Todd J. Jahr, 27, of Waterloo, was charged with felony counts of forgery and unlawful possession of a prescription form, and a misdemeanor count of attempting to possess a controlled substance (hydromorphone). Court information alleges that on April 30, Jahr presented a fraudulent prescription form at Wightman’s Pharmacy.

May 5

Jacob R. Schleicher, 21, of St. Louis, was arrested for DUI and driving too fast for conditions on Route 156 at Legion Drive.


Corey Saathoff

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He is also the principal singer-songwriter and plays guitar in St. Louis area country-rock band The Trophy Mules.
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