The following Sedalia Police crime reports and Missouri State Highway Patrol accident reports are from the afternoon of Aug. 9, 2013.
At 1:34 this morning, Sedalia police were dispatched to a residence in the 800 block of East 16th on a disturbance in progress where a female suspect was yelling at a male subject. Upon arrival, the caller told officers he and the female suspect used to live together at another address. The female suspect, identified as 22-year-old Jessie Cromwell of Sedalia, attempted to leave the area and refused to stop when ordered by the police to do so. The police report states Cromwell was intoxicated. At the time of the police report, Cromwell was in the Pettis County Jail on charges of failure to obey and assault on a law enforcement officer.
Around 1:00 Thursday afternoon, Sedalia police took a report of theft by fraud from a female victim. According to the victim, her bank had contacted her about several electronic transactions had been made on her account that came from out of state. The victim said a check was used with her account information, but a different signature. There was no other information at news time.
At 12:41 this morning, a victim in the 600 block of West 2nd reported a suspect had damaged his trampoline by putting a 12' cut in it. The victim estimated replacement cost at $400. There was information on a suspect in the case according to the police report and an investigation is ongoing.
The Missouri State Highway patrol reported a two-vehicle accident that occurred on Missouri Highway 58 at Southwest 200 in Johnson County. The accident occurred as the 2003 Mitsubishi Galant driven by 42-year-old Treva Pounds of Holden approached the rear end of the stopped 1985 GMC pick-up driven by 21-year-old Parker Schnell of Warrensburg, who was waiting for traffic to clear to make a left turn. Pounds applied her brake, but still slid into back of the Schnell vehicle. Pounds suffered minor injuries and was taken to Lees Summit Hospital for treatment.