Norton after September 27,2025 Arrest and Scene of Assault SPRINGFIELD, MO. — Thomas David Norton, 33, of Springfield, was sentenced today to 30 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for domestic assault in the first degree, and to 7 years on each of two related counts of tampering with a witness and tampering with a victim, in Greene County Circuit Court. The 7-year sentences will run concurrently with the 30-year sentence. Judge Todd Myers imposed the sentence. A

Fred Nelson booking photo May 6, 2026 SPRINGFIELD, MO. — Fred Joseph Nelson, 71, of Springfield, was found guilty of nine felony sex offenses against children, including five counts of child molestation in the first degree, three counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree, and one count of attempted statutory rape in the first degree, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Greene County Circuit Court. The case originated in September 2020, when Greene County Sheriff’s Office deput

SPRINGFIELD, MO. — Matthew Billy Romesburg was sentenced on April 6, 2026, by Greene County Judge Jerry Harmison to 18 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections following his guilty plea to five felony charges arising from a violent confrontation on December 30, 2023, along Interstate 44 near the West Bypass in Springfield. The court denied probation. All sentences were ordered to run concurrently. There was no plea agreement in the case. This incident began when Romes

SPRINGFIELD, MO. — On April 6, 2026, Nikolai Martin Janes, 20, of Springfield, was sentenced to five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in the First Degree in connection with the July 1, 2023, shooting death of 19-year-old Keontae Tureaud. Greene County Circuit Judge Jerry Harmison presided over the case and denied probation, ordering Janes to serve his sentence in prison. On the evening of July 1, 2023, Springfi