In the News

It is important for you to know how crime is being prosecuted in Greene County. These press releases concern issues relevant to our community. If you have any questions about a release or a topic not covered in a release, please contact Rhonda Ogden, our office manager.

Latest News

• Man With 24 Criminal Convictions Found Guilty of Assaulting Girlfriend and Police

  05/16/13 - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announces that James Edward Scott, 37, of Springfield, MO was convicted yesterday by a Greene County Jury of domestic assault in the third degree, resisting arrest, and five counts of assault of a law enforcement officer in the third degree, following a three day jury trial before the Honorable Dan Conklin,     read more »

• Travis Dibben Taken into Custody for Drug Treatment Following Guilty Plea

  05/10/13 - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announces that Travis A. Dibben, 31, of Rogersville, Missouri was taken into custody today in accordance with his guilty plea for his role in distributing cocaine to an undercover police officer on March 3, 2010.     read more »

• Springfield Police Department to Award Commendation to

  05/07/13 - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Dan Patterson, Greene County Prosecuting Attorney, announces that Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Penny Speake, will be awarded a Citizen Service Commendation by the Springfield Police Department on Thursday, May 9, 2013.     read more »

• Ringleader Convicted in Alpine Village Assault

  04/25/13 - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announces that Davy L. Montgomery III, 35, of Republic, MO was convicted today by a Greene County judge of assault in the first degree and armed criminal action.     read more »

• DEFENDANT ENTERS PLEA ON THE EVE OF TRIAL

  04/23/13 - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announces that Jerome Ivory, 46, of Springfield, MO entered an Alford guilty plea to assaulting the victim, his girlfriend, by striking her on the head on two different occassions.     read more »

• ROTHE PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER ON MORNING OF TRIAL

  04/22/13 - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announces that Jay E. Rothe Sr, 66, of Springfield, Missouri, entered a guilty plea to murder in the second degree for causing the death of Ms. Linda Riley.     read more »

• SPRINGFIELD MAN FOUND NOT GUILTY OF FORCIBLE RAPE

  04/17/13 - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announces that Billey J. Rogers, 54, of Springfield, MO was found not guilty yesterday by a Greene County Jury of the rape of a Springfield woman.     read more »

• SENTENCING HELD ON SEX OFFENDER; DEFENDANT BLAMES CHILD VICTIM, JUDGE GRANTS PROBATION

  04/12/13 - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announces that Ryan Heith Patty, 33, was sentenced today for Statutory Sodomy in the Second Degree.     read more »

• Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting His Stepdaughter

  04/12/13 - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announces that Brian R. Graham, 57, was convicted yesterday by a Greene County Jury of Deviate Sexual Assault following a three day jury trial before the Honorable Thomas Mountjoy.     read more »

• Man Convicted in Home Invasion Sentenced

  04/09/13 - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announces that Christopher G. Yaeger, 38, of Springfield, MO was convicted on February 6, 2013, by a Greene County Jury of robbery in the first degree for entering a Springfield home in the early morning hours of January 21, 2012, and assaulting the resident while threatening her with a machete and stealing her valuables.     read more »