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A Missouri boarding school already under scrutiny amid physical and sexual abuse allegations may soon be shut down, following a judge’s ruling

A Missouri boarding school already under scrutiny amid physical and sexual abuse allegations may soon be shut down, following a judge's ruling. Cedar

Independence man sentenced on meth conviction Jeff Lehr The Joplin Globe NEVADA, Mo. –  A Vernon County judge has sentenced an Independence man to some shock time in prison on convictions for dealing meth from a motel room in Nevada while in possession of a firearm. Joshua T. Stoneking, 36, pleaded guilty June 15 in Vernon County Circuit Court to counts of delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a firearm in a plea deal dismissing a related count of second-degree trafficking in drugs. Judge David Munton accepted the plea bargain and assessed the defendant the agreed-...

1 min to read NEVADA, Mo. — A 21-year-old Nevada man pleaded guilty this week in Vernon County Circuit Court to sexual abuse of a minor three years ago in Sheldon. Zachary L. Garren pleaded guilty to five counts of statutory sodomy with a child under 12 years old in a plea deal calling for 10-year suspended sentences on each count with the requirement that the defendant complete 120 days in the state's sexual offender treatment program prior to court review for placement on supervised probation for five years. Circuit Judge David Munton has set Garren's sentencing hearing ...