Nixa Crime

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Recent Crime News

• Nixa Contractor Indicted for Stealing from Elderly T...

  Saturday May 26 | via Kansas City InfoZine 

  A Nixa, MO, contractor who was hired to repair tornado damage at the Joplin residence of an elderly couple has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a fraud scheme in which he stole more than $73,000. Springfield, MO - Terry Alton Parker, 57, of Nixa, was charged in a 23-count indictment that was returned under seal by a federal grand jury in ... (more)

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• Nixa woman charged with exploiting a minor, promoting child pornography

  Wednesday May 23 | via KSPR 

  A woman from Christian County has been charged with exploitation of a minor and promoting child pornography after she confessed to police Sunday that she created child pornography with a 3-year-old child. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Nixa, MO, Christian County, MO

• Fugitive Matthew Allen arrested in Springfield

  Friday May 18 | via KYTV Springfield 

  SPRINGFIELD. Mo. -- A five-day hunt for a fugitive from Nixa ended Friday afternoon when Matthew James Allen was arrested at a home on the west side of Springfield.

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• Police respond in force after man driving vehicle ma...

  Wednesday May 16 | via KSPR 

  A man who said he broke into his girlfriend's house in north Springfield this early afternoon was taken into custody briefly by police, who showed up in force.

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• Three Nixa schools are locked down after fugitive from Greene County is spotted

  Tuesday May 15 | via KYTV Springfield 

  Three Nixa schools were locked down at midday Tuesday after a fugitive from Greene County was spotted in the area of several schools. 1 comment

  Related Topix: Greene County, MO, Strafford, MO, Nixa, MO

• Fugitive eludes sheriff's deputy south of Strafford ...

  Monday May 14 | via KYTV Springfield 

  STRAFFORD, Mo. -- Law enforcement officers surrounded a wooded area near Missouri 125 at Highway YY late Monday afternoon after a brief chase that involved shots being fired.

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• Testimony given in Bautista trial

  Thursday May 10 | via Altus Times 

  This is part one of a two part series on testimony given Friday in the first degree murder trial of Melinda Bautista.

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• Law enforcement looking for apparent burglary/robbery suspect in Nixa

  Tuesday May 8 | via KYTV Springfield 

  Authorities with the Christian County Sheriff's Office and Missouri State Highway Patrol have converged on a neighborhood just west of Nixa to search for a suspect in an apparent burglary or armed robbery this morning. 2 comments

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• Purse snatcher in custody after fleeing Clever police

  Tuesday May 8 | via Springfield News Leader 

  Maurice Sendak didn't think of himself as a children's author, but as a writer who... Christian County deputies caught a man accused of stealing a purse from a home in Clever, fleeing the scene in a stolen car and leading Clever police on a pursuit.

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  Related Topix: Clever, MO, Christian County, MO, Nixa, MO