Dallas County authorities arrest three on unrelated cases of stealing, assault, and child abuse

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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