Fire and Police Reports

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Darius D. Hampton, 26, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 6:08 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, on a Poplar Bluff municipal failure to appear warrant for larceny and a Butler County failure to appear warrant for possession of marijuana and on suspicion of possession of marijuana. He was booked at the Butler County jail and released on bond...

City firefighters responded at 8:04 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, to report of smoke in the area of Lester and 10th streets. It was investigation only. _ County firefighters responded at 1:02 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, to report of smoke in the residence at the 145 Red Pine Lane...

• Sandra L. Ekstam, 46, of Sullivan, Missouri, was arrested at 12:43 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, on suspicion of tampering with a motor vehicle and no seat belt and a warrant for parole violation. She was booked at the Stoddard County Jail. • Joshua B. Kidd, 20, of Essex was arrested at 5:07 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, on a Stoddard County failure to appear warrant for no seat belt. He was booked at the Stoddard County Jail...

• James Arthur Davenport, 51, of Puxico was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on domestic assault – 3rd degree. • Robert Jason Aslin, age 43 of Pocahontas, Ar was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on probation violation. • Christopher Alan Markham, age 37 of Bell City, Mo was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on domestic assault – 3rd degree...

• Jarod Metcalf, 25, of Dexter, was arrested at 9 a.m. Monday, July 27, on a municipal failure-to-appear warrant. • Heather Buck, 36, of Dexter, was arrested at 5:20 p.m. Monday, July 27, on a municipal failure-to-appear warrant. • Jasper Cantrell 46, of Dexter, was arrested at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, on a municipal failure-to-appear warrant...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL David L. Wallace, 58, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 10:43 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, on a Butler County failure to appear warrant for dangerous drugs and on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident. He was booked in the Butler County jail...

City firefighters responded at 10:04 a.m. Monday, Aug. 3, to an alarm at Whispering Oaks Residential Care, 203 N. B St. It was investigation only. _ City firefighters responded at 7:29 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, to assist emergency-medical-services personnel at 1934 S. Broadway with a patient who had fallen through some stairs...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Two Poplar Bluff children were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 6:05 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, on County Road 569, one mile west of Rombauer. According to the report, Aaron L. Smiley, 33, of Fisk was operating a 1995 Dodge pickup eastbound at the same time Vincent E. Carlton, 49, of Qulin was operating a 2019 Polaris all-terrain vehicle westbound...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE Gregory T. Taylor, 35, of the 2400 block of Channon Drive was arrested at 7:45 a.m. Thursday, July 30, at Maverick Glass on suspicion of violation of an order of protection and on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine. He was booked at the police station and transported to the Butler County jail...

Poplar Bluff Firefighters responded to an enclosed building fire at 5:50 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at Henson Transfer, 355 Black River Industrial Park. According to the report, heavy smoke was showing when the firefighters arrived. Butler County Fire Department already was on the scene extinguishing the fire. Henson employees used onsite heavy equipment to help control the fire...

City firefighters responded at 5:01 p.m. Friday, July 31, to assist police at 615 Hazel St. _ City firefighters responded at 2:27 p.m. Friday, July 31, to assist emergency-medical-services personnel in the 800 block of Cherry Street. According to the report, firefighters provided lift assistance...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 17-year-old Sikeston resident was injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash at 8 a.m. Friday, July 31, on Highway N, two miles north of Ellsinore. According to the report, D’Sean Robinson was operating a 2015 Polaris ATV eastbound when he failed to negotiate a curve, which caused his ATV to go off the left side of the road and hit a traffic sign and the top of a bridge retaining wall. Robinson’s ATV then reportedly went airborne before coming to rest on its side...

County firefighters responded at 6:19 p.m. Thursday, July 30, to a fire involving a transformer on Haystack Lane. _ County firefighters responded at 3:45 a.m. Friday, July 31, to a fire involving a barbecue smoker at Heartland Express, 4155 S. Westwood Blvd...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 54-year-old Parma woman was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 4:10 p.m. Thursday, July 30, on Highway Z, seven miles east of Bernie. According to the report, Kimberly A. Hanna was operating a 2004 Ford Explorer eastbound when it ran off the road and overturned...

City firefighters responded at 4:29 a.m. Thursday, July 30, to an alarm at Poplar Bluff Senior High School, 3209 Oak Grove Road. It was investigation only. _ City firefighters responded at 4:53 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, to a motor-vehicle crash at the intersection of Westwood and Kanell boulevards...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 37-year-old Poplar Bluff man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 12:48 a.m. Thursday, July 30, on U.S. 60 North Outer Road, west of Highway AD, two miles west of Dexter. According to the report, Jamie R. Hoggard was operating a 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee westbound when it ran off the road, struck an embankment, overturned and caught fire...

City firefighters responded at 11:08 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, to a report of a motor-vehicle crash at the intersection of Vine and Sixth streets. It was investigation only. _ City firefighters responded at 3:54 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, to assist police officers and the coroner’s office at a residence in the 700 block of Price Street...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 28-year-old Zalma woman was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 5:20 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, on Highway 51, three miles south of Puxico. According to the report, Ashley N. Curtis was operating a 2001 Ford pickup southbound when it ran off the right side of the road and struck an embankment...

• Cierra Weyand, 21, of Charleston was arrested at 9:09 a.m. July 22 on a Dexter municipal failure-to-appear warrant. She was booked at the Dexter City Jail. •Earl Christian, 28, of Dexter was arrested at 12:51 a.m. July 23 on a Dexter municipal failure-to-appear warrant. He was booked at the Dexter City Jail...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 51-year-old Dexter man was injured in a four-vehicle crash at 1:22 p.m. Monday, July 27, on County Road 717, one mile north of Dexter. According to the report, Myron S. Vanover was operating a 1999 GMC pickup northbound when it ran off the right side of the road and struck a southbound 1998 Dodge pickup, which then struck a southbound 2008 Freightliner...

County firefighters responded at 12:24 p.m. Monday, July 27, to a vehicle fire on South Westwood Boulevard at Linwood. According the report, the fire damaged the bed of a 2014 Chevrolet pickup, owned by Roger Alford. _ City firefighters responded at 10:15 a.m. Monday, July 27, to a fire involving equipment at McCoy’s Scrap Processing, 635 S. 6th Street...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 19-year-old Cape Girardeau resident was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 10 p.m. Sunday, July 26, on County Road 540, five miles west of Morehouse, in Stoddard County. According to the report, Skylar L. Barr was operating a 2006 Pontiac G6 northbound when it ran off the road and struck a ditch...

City firefighters responded to a call at 4:36 a.m. Monday, July 27, of a motor-vehicle accident at Highland Drive and Westwood Boulevard. Upon their arrival, firefighters found police and EMS crews already had attended to the vehicles’ occupants. _ City firefighters responded to a call at 6:02 p.m. Sunday, July 26, of a vehicle fire at the intersection of B and E streets...

Jeremy Colton Fugate, 24, of the 1000 block of Country Road 523, reported Friday, July 24, at 9:49 a.m. that his black Sig Sauer firearm was stolen. According to the report, he believes it was taken July 18 when he was drinking, invited unknown subjects home from the bar and allowed them to stay the night as he doesn’t remember seeing the firearm since then...

City firefighters responded Friday, July 24, at 8:14 p.m. to reports of a motor vehicle without injuries on Bradley Street. According to the report, it was a single vehicle accident. They checked for injuries and remained on scene until the vehicle was cleared from the roadway...