Sedalia Police Reports For January 20, 2022

This article is compiled from the Sedalia Police Department reports. Wednesday night, Officers were dispatched to the 2400 block of West Main Street in reference to a disturbance. When Officers arrived, they could hear yelling from inside the residence. Officers knocked, but there was no answer. The yelling continued and the residence was entered. During the course of the investigation, the male was determined to be the primary physical aggressor. Malachi Quamayne Eugene Sims, 20, of Sedalia, was arrested for Domestic Assault in the 2nd Degree and Resisting Arrest. Sims was transported to the Pettis County Jail, where he was placed on a 24 hour hold.

An Officer responded to the lobby of the Police Department Wednesday afternoon for a civil matter. Tammy McKay said she bought a vehicle from the suspect, but he gave her the incorrect title. The suspect did not provide the title after more than a month after the sale. McKay wished to pursue charges. A state charge of Possession of an Open Title was submitted to the Pettis County Prosecutor's Office on the suspect.

Wednesday afternoon, Officers initiated a traffic stop on a car because the registered owner's license status was suspended. The traffic stop occurred near East 24th Street and South Ingram Avenue. The driver was the registered owner, and a check through Dispatch showed his license was suspended. Jesus Ubaldo Quetzecua, 25, of Sedalia, was arrested and transported to the Sedalia Police Department. Quetzecua was released with a city ticket for Driving While Suspended.

Sedalia Police stopped a vehicle in the 2200 block of Clinton Road Wednesday morning after observing that it had expired license plates. A computer check through Dispatch revealed that the driver had an active and confirmed warrant for her arrest out of Johnson County. The warrant was a Failure to Appear warrant on original charges of Expired Registration. The suspect was allowed to drop her children off at school, and was then arrested. Charity M. Stacy, 43, of Sedalia, was transported to the Pettis County Jail to be held pending a $200 cash only bond.

Wednesday afternoon, an Officer responded to a theft that occurred near the 700 block of North Osage. Connie Hankins said that on January 11th, she believed someone had stolen a necklace from her residence. Hankins wished to pursue charges.

Officers found a set of rosary beads on the front counter of the records department in the Police Department Lobby Wednesday morning. A note with the beads said they were taken by accident and wanted to return them to the owner. The owner has no address listed and has been considered homeless in the city. No phone number was associated with the owner. The beads were collected and placed into evidence as found property.

Early Wednesday morning, a car was stopped in the area of South Lamine Avenue and East 7th Street for indicators of impairment, including driving on the wrong side of the road on northbound Ohio Street. The driver was intoxicated, had a suspended license, and a Phelps County warrant for Failure to Appear on original charges of Defective Equipment with a $500 cash or surety bond. Elizabeth Laine Scheider, 23, of Sedalia, was arrested, taken to the Police Station, the hospital, and then the Pettis County Jail, where she was booked on a 12 hour protective custody hold. Scheider was held on the warrant and state charges of Driving While Suspended and Driving While Intoxicated.