SPRINGFIELD, MO. – Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announced that on January 21, 2026, a jury found Nicholas Edward West, of Republic, guilty of Unlawful Use of a Weapon, a Class E felony, following a two-day trial in Greene County Circuit Court. The jury returned its verdict after approximately 47 minutes of deliberation. FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK BELOW

SPRINGFIELD, MO – Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announced today that Justin Allen Muse, of Springfield, was sentenced to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to felony stealing. Muse was charged with stealing by receiving stolen property, a Class D felony enhanced to Class C felony range due to his status as a persistent offender. FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK BELOW

SPRINGFIELD, MO. — Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announced today that Michael G. Frakes, 41, of Springfield, was sentenced to eight years in the Missouri Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to stealing a motor vehicle, a Class D felony enhanced to a Class C felony due to his status as a persistent offender. FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK BELOW

SPRINGFIELD, MO – Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announced today that Chantyle Nichole Brown, 34, of Springfield, was sentenced on January 14, 2026, following her guilty plea to multiple charges stemming from an assault on Greene County Sheriff's deputies and damage to jail property. Brown pleaded guilty in Greene County Circuit Court Case No. 2531-CR01927-01 to the following charges: Assault in the Third Degree on a Special Victim, a Class D felony elevated

SPRINGFIELD, MO — Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announced today that Melvin Lee Battle was sentenced to five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. Though prosecutors opposed probation, Judge Jerry A. Harmison, Jr. suspended the sentence and placed the defendant on five years of supervised probation for leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK BELOW

SPRINGFIELD, MO. — Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announced today that Jamey Stewart Morehouse, 43, was sentenced to 25 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for using his vehicle as a weapon to assault a victim in August 2023. The Honorable Judge Todd Myers sentenced Morehouse following his conviction by a Greene County jury on November 18, 2025. After a two-day trial, the jury found Morehouse guilty of Assault in the First Degree, a Class A felo

SPRINGFIELD, MO. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announced that on January 8, 2026 Candace Marie Paez Thomas was sentenced to five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections following guilty pleas in two separate felony cases. In case number 2531-CR01823-01, Thomas pleaded guilty to Trafficking Drugs in the Second Degree for possessing more than twenty milligrams of fentanyl, a class B felony, and possession of methamphetamine with the intent to dis