DALLAS COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) – Authorities in Dallas County spent the day Friday arresting multiple suspects charged with different crimes.
The first arrest was for 35-year-old Jonathan Crowl. Online court records show is charged with stealing.
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According to court documents, on October 17, 2023, a person from Dallas County called authorities saying his skid steer loader was stolen overnight. Authorities used footage from the property and footage from a nearby gas station to confirm the suspect as Crowl.
Authorities say there was a second suspect involved. That suspect is also involved in a bulldozer and equipment theft from Izard County, Arkansas.
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Investigators interviewed Crowl, and he told them once they stole the skid steer, they dumped it in the woods near Diggins, Missouri in Webster County. Authorities were later able to recover the skid steer.
Crowl also led authorities to where the stolen bulldozer and equipment trailer were in Webster County. Crowl and the second suspect stole the equipment to try and sell them in Springfield. They failed to do so and then dumped the steer.
A warrant was issued on November 28, and Crowl was arrested near Buffalo on January 5. He is being held in the Dallas County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
The second arrest was for 33-year-old Ashley Ohrazda. Ohrazda is charged with endangering the welfare of a child involving drugs and child abuse.
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According to court documents, on October 11, 2023, a Dallas County deputy was called to a camper trailer for a domestic situation involving a child. The deputy said Ohrazda and a man were fighting over the custody of their son. While on scene the deputy noticed there was no power or running water in the trailer.
The child was taken into state custody, and it was found that the child had poor hygiene, rotten teeth, was medically neglected, and had minimal vocabulary for their age, among other things.
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Ohrazda admitted to investigators that she and the male suspect at times have used methamphetamines in the presence of the child. Authorities did drug tests on all three, and they all tested positive for amphetamines and meth.
A warrant was issued on December 18, and Ohrazda was arrested on January 5 in Urbanon, Missouri. She is being held in the Dallas County Jail on a $75,000 bond.
According to a Facebook post by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, a third person has been arrested. He had a felony warrant in Webster County for failing to appear on a third-degree assault charge and was in possession of a bumper hitch trailer that was reported stolen from Greene County last year.
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Dallas Police Central Business District officers recovered 39 bags of crack cocaine during an arrest Tuesday.
The officers, working with the U.S. Marshal’s North Texas Fugitive Task Force, seized the drugs when they arrested 40-year-old Velisa Purvis, who was wanted on four outstanding felony warrants.
Officers spotted Purvis in the 1500 block of Garrett Avenue near Old East Dallas and took her into custody.
In addition to the cocaine, officers recovered two bags of suspected methamphetamine, drug packaging, money and marijuana.
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She now faces additional charges of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance between four grams and 200 grams and manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance between one and four grams for the crack cocaine, methamphetamine, currency, and individual packages with the intent to distribute.
DALLAS – The warm and muggy weather will give way to much cooler temperatures in the Dallas-Fort Worth area over the next few days.
Thursday Forecast
According to the FOX 4 Weather team, rain chances return on Thursday as a disturbance moves through the Plains.
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The best chance for showers and storms will be north of Interstate 20. There’s a marginal risk for severe storms for the areas northwest of DFW and along the Red River.
A southwest wind will also keep things very warm throughout the day. Expect highs to climb into the upper 70s to 80s. Wind gusts may reach as high as 25 to 30 mph.
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Weekend Forecast
The next cold front swings through on Friday afternoon. Ahead of it, there are rain chances, especially southeast of DFW.
Behind this front, noticeably colder air moves in for the weekend. Expect lows in the 30s and afternoon highs in the 50s.
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7-Day Forecast
A slow warm-up is expected heading into early next week.
The Source: The information in this story comes from FOX 4 Weather Meteorologist Ali Turiano’s weather report.
