3 sentenced to prison during Law Day at Justice Center

Sunday, November 9, 2008
By COREY Noles Statesman Staff Writer

By COREY NOLES

Statesman Staff Writer

This week's law day at the Stoddard County Justice Center in Bloomfield resulted in three individuals being sentenced to prison.

The first, Jerry Brandon Gross, was charged in connection with a recent counterfeiting investigation in Dexter.

Arrested by the Dexter Police Department, Det. Lt. Trevor Pulley said an investigation revealed a home computer and scanner he had been using to generate the counterfeit bills he had attempted to pass.

Gross pled guilty Wednesday to the class c felony of forgery. He waived his pre-sentence investigation and was sentenced to five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Several other instances of counterfeit money are still being investigated.

David Crumley, arrested by the SEMO Drug Task Force, pled guilty Wednesday to the class d felony of resisting arrest.

Crumley appeared for arraignment and waived his pre-sentence investigation before being sentenced to serve a term of three years in the Missouri State Penitentiary.

John Worley, also arrested by the SEMO Drug Task Force, pled guilty to the class c felony of possession of a controlled substance.

Worley waived his pre-sentence investigation and was ordered to serve seven years in the Missouri State Penitentiary.

John Snider, arrested by the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department, appeared in court facing charges of the class d felony of unlawful use of a weapon and the class c felony of tampering with a witness.

Snider's case was set for trial Jan. 27, 2009.

Bobbie Turnbow, charged with the class c felony of possession of a controlled substance, appeared for arraignment and entered a guilty plea.

Imposition of Turnbow's sentence was suspended and the defendant was placed on supervised probation for a term of three years.

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Does anyone know when they started the term "Law Day"? Why not call it "court" or "sentencing".

Also..why not just call it the Stoddard County Courthouse? Am I a dinosaur or just a paradigm?

-- Posted by Bearcat72 on Sun, Nov 9, 2008, at 10:53 AM

Response by Corey:

They've actually used the term law day for many years. As long as I can remember from reading it in the paper earlier in life.

As far as why it is called the Stoddard County Justice Center, it's because the Stoddard County Courthouse is still in use today and looks to be for a very long time.

Just thought I'd try to answer your question.

Thanks.

Thanks Corey..I figured they would do the sentencing in the court house and were calling it the Justice Center. Different building I guess. Thank you for taking the time to respond. I departed Dexter USMC bootcamp in 1972...and just retired in '03. What I thought would be 4 years turned into 30 plus. :-)

Happy Thanksgiving Dexter.

-- Posted by Bearcat72 on Mon, Nov 10, 2008, at 7:05 PM

Hilarious...I love hearing about stupid people in the Bootheel.

-- Posted by Jim Morrison on Thu, Nov 13, 2008, at 12:10 AM