Staff members from the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Forestry Division have been distributing matching funds grant checks during July and August.
On August 20, officers with the Aurora Police Department responded to a burglary call on West Church Street.
On August 11, Aurora officers responded to a burglary alarm at Casey’s at 1020 West South Street.
Recent items of interest from the Aurora Police Department include the following activity:
Earlier this month, representatives from the American Civil Liberties Union contacted Lawrence County officials about some concerns at the jail.
The persons have been identified that are allegedly responsible for the burglaries of five downtown businesses, according to a report from Interim Police Chief Pat Jenkins.
Members of Barry/Lawrence Crime Stoppers are asking for assistance in identifying the suspect(s) responsible for the June 13th burglary of Senator Emery Melton's residence in Cassville.
The Aurora Police Department participated in the national Click It or Ticket mobilization conducted May 24 through June 6.
The Aurora Police Department received a grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Division for participation in the You Drink & Drive. You Lose. Campaign to stop people from driving impaired over the Fourth of July weekend. Enforcement efforts will increase July 2-5 and focus on reducing deaths and serious injuries caused by impaired drivers.
On June 7, officers from the Aurora Police Department responded to the Bluebird Motel for a reported assault with a knife.
Coi E. Landers, age 33, of Ash Grove, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for distribution of cocaine; four years in prison, consecutive to the cocaine distribution, for failure to appear; 10 years in prison for manufacturing methamphetamine; and four years in prison on charges of maintaining a public nuisance, possession of drug paraphernalia with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine and possession of ephedrine, with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine, according to Robert E. George, Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney.
The Aurora Police Department will be joining with statewide law enforcement May 24-June 6 for an aggressive “Click it or Ticket” mobilization to crack down on Missouri’s safety belt law violators and to reduce highway fatalities.
Members of the Aurora Police Department and the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department, Southwest Missouri Drug Task Force and Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office served a search warrant on May 12, at 15257 Lawrence 2160, Mt. Vernon, and subsequently arrested two individuals, according to Interim Police Chief Pat Jenkins.
Members of the Aurora Police Department served a search warrant at 1102 East Walnut on April 22. The residence is just outside the city limits of Aurora, according to Interim Police Chief Pat Jenkins.
Trent Thompson, director of the parks department; Gary Shoemaker, parks superintendent; and Patrol Officer Joni Abney with the Aurora Police Department, checked a vehicle a driver left stuck in the mud in a closed area of Baldwin Park.
Officers from the Aurora Police Department arrested one individual for damaging mail boxes and doing a variety of damage in Maple Park Cemetery.
Shortly after midnight on April 17, a citizen contacted the Aurora Police Department to report that a white van with a stripe down the side was driving northbound on Jefferson Avenue and hitting mailboxes, according to information from Interim Police Chief Pat Jenkins.
At 11 a.m., on Friday (April 9), emergency personnel got the call that no one wants to get. It was the call of a major disaster -- school bus vs. train.
On March 28, Aurora officers arrested Thomas Carey on an Aurora warrant for stealing and false report.
On March 25, officials with the Aurora Police Department received information from the Joplin Police Department that a person wanted in connection with the robbery of a Joplin bank was staying in a room at the Aurora Inn.
While serving a search warrant, officers from Aurora Police Department find various drug paraphernalia and arrest a man.
