DEXTER MAN SENTENCED FOR ENTICEMENT OF A CHILD
A Dexter man has been sentenced to two decades in prison for using social media to try to meet up with what he thought was an underage child for sex.
Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney, Russ Oliver, tells KWOC News that a Stoddard County jury found 42 year old Robert Cooper guilty of felony enticement of a child in March.
Oliver says that the case centered on the defendant luring, through Facebook Messenger, what he thought was a 13 year old girl to a motel in Dexter. However, at the motel Cooper met with Dexter Police.
Cooper was later interviewed by a Dexter Detective and admitted that he was the person engaged in the Facebook messaging conversation with the fake 13 year old girl.
A sentencing hearing was held on Monday where the judge accepted the recommendation from the jury and sentenced Cooper to 20 years incarceration.
MULTIPLE POPLAR BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR STUDENTS SELECTED TO PERFORM AT STATE FESTIVAL
Numerous choir students from Poplar Bluff High School will be performing at a state music festival this week.
According to school officials, multiple students earned exemplary ratings in solo and ensemble performances during the Missouri District Music Festival, hosted at Three Rivers College.
The students who qualified to advance to the state level include Kerrigan Conley-Halliburton, Bralin Duckett, Brent Hanley, Emma Harris, Christian Redding, Isaac Reid, Lexy Rowland, Ella Skillman, Emma Tinsley, and Dawson Vaughan.
The qualifiers will perform at the Missouri State High School Activities Association State Music Festival beginning on Thursday at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
DEXTER MAN TO SERVE 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ATTEMPTED EXPLOITATION OF A CHILD
A Dexter man will serve over a decade in prison for the attempted exploitation of a child.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office, 41 year old Nathan Dillinger has been sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison for the offense of Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.
At his guilty plea hearing last year, Dillinger admitted that he installed multiple hidden cameras throughout his residence for the purpose of capturing nude videos of a child.
Footage from the recordings was later discovered on Dillinger’s mobile phone.
After serving his 15-year sentence, Dillinger was ordered to be placed on supervised release for the rest of his life. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.
ROXIE ROAD IN POPLAR BLUFF TO BE CLOSED FOR PART OF THIS WEEK
A Poplar Bluff road will be closed for part of this week.
According to the Poplar Bluff Street Department, Roxie Road will be closed between Shelby and Maud today and tomorrow.
Officials say the closure is for core drilling that will be necessary before a bridge can be replaced.
Roxie Road is scheduled to reopen on April 28th.
WOMAN FLOWN TO ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL FOLLOWING SINGLE VEHICLE WRECK NEAR SILVA
A Wayne County woman has been flown to a regional hospital following a single vehicle wreck Monday morning.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 65 year old Debra Kirkpatrick, of Silva, was driving on Highway 34 when her vehicle ran off the side of the road, struck a culvert, and overturned.
Kirkpatrick received serious injuries in the wreck and was flown to a St. Louis hospital.
MULTIPLE AREA SENIOR CENTERS RECEIVE GRANTS TO IMPROVE FACILITIES
Multiple Southeast Missouri senior centers have been awarded grants to improve their facilities.
According to the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, a total of 18 agencies that operate senior centers in rural communities have been presented grants from the Coover Regional Senior Center Support Grant Program.
One of the agencies to receive a grant in Southeast Missouri was the Butler County Council on Aging, who is getting over $14,000 to support the purchase of a pallet jack and kitchen appliances for the center in Poplar Bluff.
The Ripley County Senior Citizens Club is getting $24,800 to support the purchase of two used vans for meal-delivery services in Doniphan.
