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Carter County Prosecutor
Claims Lack of Transparency
is Jeopardizing Criminal
Case Surrounding Ex-Sheriff
July 22, 2011

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The Week in Review
It was a good week for the city
It was a good week for former
of Poplar Bluff. Thumbs almost SEMO Times contributor Am-
threw its nose... err knuckle out of ber Richardson for achieving her
joint when several people contacted doctorate this week. I suppose it
the office this week over the ominous look- should now be SEMO Times contributor Dr.
ing camera hanging on the stoplight at the Amber Richardson, if things have slowed
intersection of Business 60 and 2nd Street. down enough in her life, and she’s able to
After checking into it, it appears that it is
only a sensor, and has been there for some
make her return.
time. For what it’s worth, stoplight camer-
It was a bad week for the British
as in the shining city on a hill that is Poplar Parliament. Poor form by dragging
Bluff would result in a permanent thumbs Rupert Murdoch to their committee
down here on Page 3. What’s next, a traffic hearing and boring him with ques-
cop in Stringtown?
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Carter County Prosecutor Claims
Lack of Transparency is Jeopardizing
Criminal Case Surrounding Ex-Sheriff
Tim Krakowiak
Managing Editor
CARTER COUNTY, Mo. – An
Ellsinore woman was recently dismissed
of felony charges in association
with the reported corruption of Carter
County’s ex-sheriff, and an Ellsinore
man connected in the criminal scandal
remains in jail three months later with
no court date set yet.
Carter County Prosecuting Attorney
Rocky Kingree claims he has been
stonewalled by the Missouri State
Highway Patrol, the lead investigator
in the case revolving around Tommy
Adams allegedly distributing methamphetamine
to an undercover informant
April 2, as well as snorting the homebrewed
drug.
“I would love to prosecute, but I can’t
prosecute on [the basis of] two pieces
of paper,” Kingree said. “If all [the
allegations] are true in the probable
cause statements, then they [the patrol]
are stopping prosecution, and allowing
people to walk free from this.”
On July 8, Kingree dropped the
charges against Adams’ former chief
deputy, 23-year-old Steffanie Kearbey,
who is accused of burglary, and selling
a gun from the sheriff department’s
evidence room.
Kingree told the Associated Press
last week the patrol refused to hand
over evidence needed to prepare for
the preliminary hearing. He provided
the SEMO Times a certified letter postmarked
June 19 to Col. Ronald Replogle,
patrol superintendent, threatening
a subpoena if all recordings and documents
were not received.
With no results after 10 days, the
prosecutor followed up with a fax to
the colonel, stating the patrol “is putting
my office in a bind, compromising
our cases, and is hindering the prosecution
of the defendants.”
Replogle replied in a letter dated June
28 that he anticipates “a continuation
of the investigation and therefore, additional
interviews.” He goes on to say
the reports were
forwarded to
the patrol’s Division
of Drug
and Crime Control
to be organized
in a book
and delivered to
Kingree’s office.
Patrol spokesman
Sgt. Marty
Elmore of Troop
G in Willow
Springs deferred
comment to Lt.
John Hotz of the
Public Information
and Education
Division in
Jefferson City.
“Honestly, I’m not real up on the particulars
of where they’re at. I’m aware
of the controversy about the reports,”
Elmore said. “I don’t have enough information
to speak intelligently about
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it.”
When questioned Wednesday about
Kingree’s accusations, assistant director
Hotz did not return the SEMO
Times’ telephone call with a statement
by press time Thursday.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION
Days after Kingree let Kearbey off
the hook, the Federal Bureau of Investigation
sent the prosecutor a report of
an interview they conducted with the
suspect through which she confesses
that Adams put her up to selling the
pistol and stealing a duffel bag of coins
from a house.
The SEMO
Times obtained
an audio
of a recorded
phone
conversation
Kingree had
last Tuesday
with FBI
special agent
Brian Ritter
of Cape
Girardeau,
in which
Kingree
questions
why the Kearbeyinterview
was not
recorded.
“We have
issues over here in the Ozarks with
people believing the police,” Kingree
said to Ritter. “It’s always a rough
thing if we don’t have stuff recorded.”
“I would love to prosecute,
but I can’t prosecute on [the
basis of] two pieces of paper.
If all [the allegations] are true
in the probable cause statements,
then they [the patrol]
are stopping prosecution, and
allowing people to walk free
from this.”
-Rocky Kingree,
Carter County Prosecution
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Ritter explains that he needs to receive
authority from his boss in St.
Louis in order to record interviews,
and Kearbey was not in custody at the
time. Asked to testify in state court if
Kingree decides to re-file charges, Ritter
responded he would have to ask the
Chief Division Counsel.
“You already dropped the charges on
it, but she needs to be charged,” Ritter
said to Kingree. “I mean she was
clearly involved in all this.”
Asked by the SEMO Times what the
feds role in the case was, FBI spokeswoman
Rebecca Wu said: “The FBI
investigates corruption by public officials,
which is why we were involved
in the case.”
Kingree’s prosecution against
45-year-old Gary ‘Goober’ Bender, Adams
next-door neighbor in Ellsinore, is
still pending with Iron County Associate
Circuit Judge Randall Head. Bender
was arrested on one count of selling
meth and four counts of arson, including
admitting he was commissioned
last year to burn down Adams’ house
supposedly by the ex-sheriff himself.
Kingree said he has concerns that
the whole case is contingent upon an
informant whom he never granted immunity
to. He said he has had to de-
mand the identity of the informant in
a prior phone conversation with Replogle,
so he can assure that the individual’s
major crime did not occur in
Carter County.
“That’s the thing about
confidential informants.
They’re criminals,”
Kingree exclaimed, adding:
“The police does
not cut the deals. That’s
for the prosecutor to decide.”
MISSOURI
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
Being new to the job
as of this year, Kingree, a
former criminal defense
lawyer, initially requested
assistance in the Adams conspiracy
from the Missouri Attorney General’s
office.
Currently free on bond after pleading
not guilty last month, Adams is set to
appear in court Aug. 12 before Wayne
County Associate Circuit Judge Randy
Schuller, who was appointed by the
Missouri Supreme Court.
“Since the time Mr. Kingree sought
the appointment of a special prosecutor
on April 11,
“You already dropped
the charges on it, but
[Steffanie Kearbey] needs
to be charged. I mean
she was clearly involved
in all this.”
-Brian Ritter,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
2011, which
resulted in
our appointment,
Mr.
Kingree has
not contacted
us at any
time about
anything
related to
this investigation,
nor
have we
contacted
him,” Nanci
Gonder, at-
torney general press secretary, stated in
an email to the SEMO Times.
Kingree said he has had a conversation
with Page Bellamy, prosecutor of
the attorney general’s office, advising
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Young baseball players between the
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Three Rivers Theater to Hold Open
Auditions
The new theater department at
Three Rivers College will host open
auditions in August for its first play.
Ten performers are needed for the
play, titled “..And I Stood Still.” The
play was written by new Three Rivers
theater director Tim Thompson, and
follows the reaction of the American
public after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Auditions for the play will be from
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Fine Arts Center auditorium. Auditions
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Liz Ellis
Reporter
The world of wine is a complicated
place, especially for the casual wine
drinker. There are probably a few hundred
different types of wines and so
many things that go into making a certain
wine taste the way it does; the type
of grape, type of soil, the way the wine
is made and even where it is grown or
when it’s harvested.
The age-old rule of matching the
color of the wine with the color of the
meat—white wine with fish and red
wine with beef—is probably familiar
to most people. However, Leesa Tilotta,
owner of The Wine Rack, said that
rule is a bit outdated.
“If it’s easy for people to remember,
and choose a wine that is probably going
to fit their meal, then I won’t dispute
it,” Tilotta said. “But there are
some serious examples that challenge
that…You want something that compliments
[your food]. Different wines
for different foods… there really isn’t
a hard, fast rule.”
The best way, she said, was to con-
Wining and Dining
sider the weight and fat content of your
food with your wine. With really fatty
foods, like caviar or cheese, an acidic
wine like champagne will go best, as it
will cut through the fatty taste and they
will compliment
each other.
“ I
think that
if you’re
looking
to compliment
y o u r
dish,
t h e n
you’re
probably
going to
have to
choose a
dry wine,
because
if you drink something sweet and then
you eat something salty and savory like
olives, your next bite is going to taste
bitter,” Tilotta said.
When trying a wine with a meal, it
is important to keep in mind that some
foods and wines will just clash due to
acids and tannins in the wine and/or
foods.
“The old saying that chocolate goes
well with
champagne,
I
always
thought
was a fallacy,because
it
doesn’t,”
Tilotta
s a i d .
“Chocolate
has
a lot of
tannin in
Photo by Liz Ellis
Leesa Tilotta, owner of The Wine Rack, shared some of
her wine expertise with SEMO Times.
it.” Some
wines will
change
the flavor
of certain
foods, Tilotta said, because they coat
the inside of your mouth. So it’s usually
a good idea to start with a wine
you enjoy drinking by itself and then
work from there.
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“For most of our customers who
come in and they don’t know what
they want, I like to say ‘What was the
last bottle of wine that you had and you
really liked?’” Tilotta said. “I would
probably choose a sweet red or a sweet
white for someone who didn’t drink
much wine.”
The Wine Rack has about 1,000
bottles of wine, all organized by color
and taste palate—sweeter on the left to
drier on the right. Tilotta said that the
idea was to make buying wine simpler
for people who aren’t as familiar with
wines, but like to try new things.
In addition to their impressive wine
selection, The Wine Rack also offers
about 120 different types of beers,
specialty spirits, and specialty cocktails
featuring botanical flavors and
additions. The restaurant also serves
food all day and offers a wide variety
of coffeehouse-inspired drinks including
iced mochas, smoothies and Italian
sodas.
For more information or a full list of
the menu, go to www.thewinerack.com
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opinion & editorial
Let’s Do Things Differently Poplar Bluff Senate
Candidate Raises $25,000
Dear Friend:
Albert Einstein once
said that “the definition of
insanity is doing the same
thing over and over again
and expecting different results.”
Our nation is facing a
crisis which keeps parents
awake at night worrying
for their children’s future.
The current establishment
has seniors fearing for
their future. In the meantime,
Washington politicians
do not understand the
value of a dollar. They can’t
see that when you contribute your hard
earned and saved money, you and your
family must sacrifice a purchase or an
opportunity.
We have far too many Washington
politicians with their hands in the
cookie jar. Members of Congress take
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
contributions from special interests
and then vote and earmark to give them
your money.
I am pleased to report that our
campaign received contributions from
3,126 different contributors!!! That is
a truly amazing number and I am so
grateful to each and every one of you
for your support. This is exactly the
message that we need to send to Washington.
This is a government “of the
people, by the people, for the people.”
Don’t you have to ask yourself - why
is it that our Senators and our Congressman
are the only people able to
find easy money these days? Why is
it that while many people in our nation
are suffering, the Washington politicians
are bragging about their million
dollar fundraising efforts?
All they have to do is extend their
hands and it comes back full of special
interest money. And all the while
it is their policies that have sent our
national debt soaring to devastating
levels, increased
unemployment and
caused the price
of gas and groceries
to increase. We
simply cannot allow
them any more
chances to ruin this
country with their
schemes. To do so
would be beyond
insanity. We must
do things differently!
And we are doing
things differently!
Together we are
standing against Washington and the
special interests and standing up for
the principles that will save this country.
We will win this fight! We have
generations of Americans counting on
us and we will not let them down.
So, again, to each and every one of
you who has reached out your hand
to do your part to save this country
we love, I thank you from the bottom
of my heart. I know we will win this
battle, because I believe in you, and I
know that contrary to what Washington
thinks, the real power in this nation is
in you.
With your donation of $10 or $25
we will take this country back from
people like Sen. Claire McCaskill, who
accepted thousands from unions and
special interest groups. With your help
we can defeat Sen. Claire McCaskill
and get this country headed back in the
right direction. Please visit my website
today to make any donation you can afford
at www.sarahsteelman.com.
Sarah Steelman
Thanks again for helping. It is Our
Freedom. Our Fight!
Sarah Steelman,
U.S. Senate Candidate
“Gratified and energized,” are the
words Missouri State Senate candidate
Jeff Shawan used to describe fundraising
results for the quarter ending June
30.
“As a non-politician seeking public
office for the first time, 57 separate donations
representing more than 70 individuals
can only be viewed as grassroots
support that is on fire!”
The 25th District Republican candidate
turned in a report that totals
nearly $25,000 and has approximately
$20,000 cash on hand.
“The generosity of everyday working
folks challenges me to work ever
harder in this campaign and I am excited.
We are well funded for such an
early stage of the campaign and the
planning efforts of our volunteer staff
have this campaign poised to continue
to raise money and gain momentum.”
“Though important, fund raising
is just one component of a consensus
building campaign,” Shawan said. “I
am crossing the district building coalitions
that reach to both sides of the
aisle with my message of jobs, education,
freedom and family. That’s what
Jeff stands for.”
To submit a letter to the editor
or become a contributing columnist,
e-mail the managing
editor Tim Krakowiak at tim@
semotimes.com.
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Fundraising Dance for
Cancer Research Saturday
Liz Ellis
Reporter
The American Cancer Society
will be holding a Masquerade Ball
from 6–11 p.m. Saturday at the
Black River Coliseum. The event
will feature two local performing
artists, both a live and silent auction,
food, dancing, and a guest
speaker. Individual tickets can be
purchased online or at the door and
cost $75 for individuals. A company
may purchase a table for $1,000
which includes eight VIP tickets at
a reserved table with priority seating,
the company name displayed
on the table and in the program,
and four special gift bags.
The ball is a black tie event,
and includes a meal and a bar for
guests. The meal will be provided
by Tasteful Creations and the
drinks are provided by Budweiser.
The night will open with performances
by Rebekah Northern
of Bloomfield, and close with the
cover band, BGP, of Poplar Bluff.
“The goal for this event is to
raise $25,000,” said Brittany
Ruopp, ACS community manager
and developer. “All of the money
raised in this event will benefit
patients locally and nationally.”
Ruopp said that the money will go
primarily toward research, patient
services, education about cancer
and advocacy at the national level.
Naylor Girl Donates
the Hair off her Head
to Cancer Patients
Liz Ellis
Reporter
It was a big day for
4-year-old Madison.
She was excited as her
mom, Amanda Brainard,
took her to the hair
dresser to get her hair
cut. Her golden blonde
hair had been carefully
brushed and pulled
back into a ponytail.
“She sat there like a
pro; she didn’t cry the
entire time,” Amanda
said. “She grew her
hair out because she
saw ‘Tangled’ and
wanted to grow it out
like Rapunzel.”
Unlike Rapunzel,
however, Madison decided
that she wanted
to donate her very
long hair to the Locks
of Love program to
be made into wigs for
cancer patients.
“It was her idea, completely,” Amanda
said. “She came to me and said, ‘I
wanna give my hair to Lots of Love,
Mom,’ and I was a
little confused before
I realized she
meant Locks of
Love. We talked
about it for a few
weeks to make sure
she really wanted to
do it… She was so
excited.”
It was late afternoon
when the Rapunzel
of Naylor got her hair cut, so
they didn’t get to donate the 10 inches
of golden-blonde hair to the United
Submitted Photo
Madison Brainard holds up her hair with a grin
before donating it to Locks of Love via the United
Cancer Assistance Network in Poplar Bluff.
Cancer Assistance Network in Poplar
Bluff until the next day. UCAN then
sent the hair on to Locks of Love where
it will be used to make a wig for someone
who needs it.
“I think it’s
sweet—it shows
that the future generations
care and
are very giving,”
Amanda said. “It’s
awesome.”
UCAN helps
cancer patients in
Butler and Stoddard
counties. The
nonprofit organization performs a variety
of services including taking care of
hair donations for Locks of Love.
“I think it’s sweet—
it shows that the
future generations
care and are very
giving.”
- Amanda Brainard

“…It’s just a service that we provide,” UCAN Volunteer
Coordinator Lois Bevill said. “Anybody that
wants to donate their hair can bring it in and we send
it to Locks of Love. We don’t get anything out of it,
it’s just something that we do for the kids. You’d be
surprised how many kids donate.”
UCAN will also provide wigs or hats to any cancer
patient who asks, regardless of county. Although
some people, Bevill said, don’t wear the wigs because
of how hot they can be.
“When you loan someone a wig, that’s a technically
financial benefit that they get, but it really is multiplied
by four, because they’re like, ‘Wow, someone
really cares about me and is helping me.’…They feel
like they want to fight,” said Jeff Shawan, president
of the UCAN board of directors.
“We have cabinets full of wigs, and there is no
charge for anything,” Beville said. “We ask that
when [the patient] doesn’t need the wig anymore,
they bring it back. Then we wash it and get it ready
for the next person.”
UCAN will also help qualifying patients with their
bills, paying for part or all of a bill, to help them get
back on their feet. They also can help with some prescription
costs, but that is on an individual basis.
Another service that UCAN provides is helping patients
get nutritional supplements, such as Ensure, to
drink during chemo, as many people need the additional
nutrients and sometimes cannot eat solid food
during the treatment. They will also give gas cards to
help patients traveling to and from treatment and can
help pay for other miscellaneous medical supplies.
“We try to help them live while they’re in treatment,”
Bevill said. “We do different than what the
American Cancer Society does. They do a lot of research
but we don’t do any of that…. Research is
good, we need that. But our goal is to help people
now, while they’re in treatment, to help get them
back on their feet.”
All that aside, Bevill and Shawan say that the most
important thing that UCAN volunteers can and do
give is support.
“I always tell people: if you need to talk, just call
us,” Bevill said. “We’ll be glad to listen and sympa-
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The Rambler
with Gordon Johnston
Aunt Mackie’s
Bavarian Cream
A friend of mine hadn’t spoken to his sister in two
years, even though they live across town from each
other. This isn’t the first of these incidents; they’ve
lost a lot of time because of such foolishness. The
family dynamic works something like this: You
have a falling out with one of your siblings. If your
other siblings continue to communicate with that
sibling, then you don’t talk to them either.
Eventually, somebody gives in. My friend was
driving down her street and she was in the yard, so
he stopped and said, ‘Hey.’ The next week we were
hanging out and he said he was going over there to
get some recipes. I said, “I’m gonna sit here in the
shade and sleep.”
When he came back I said, “Did she have any
chickens?”—‘cause I had been past there previously
and saw a chicken in her yard. He said, “That was
the neighbor’s chicken.” I said, “It looked real good
in her yard.” He said, “She was really mad about it.
She called the city and complained.”
The recipes:
1) 4-Layer. Pecan crust on bottom, then cream
cheese mixed with Cool Whip and powdered sugar,
chocolate pudding, and finally whipped cream.
(You can substitute lemon or butterscotch pudding.)
2) Go West Cake. Some kind of batter mixed with
cherry pie filling. Bake till done.
3) Sweet Chantilly. Pecan crust again, this time
in a pie pan. Fill it with cream cheese and cherry pie
filling mixed together. Refrigerate.
As you can see, the most imaginative aspect of
these recipes is their names.
There is a situation in my family involving money
lending which is beginning to get tense. So far we
are keeping it civil. I think
that’s best. You never know
when you might need to call
in Aunt Mackie’s Bavarian
Cream.
Gordon Johnston is the
director of library services
at Three Rivers College. He
can be reached by emailing
gjohnson@trcc.edu.
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thize.”
most of the money for UCAN comes
Shawan agreed. “I do not believe you from memorials and fundraisers.
can underestimate the spiritual compo- UCAN was created 14 years ago
nent of the counseling and a shoulder, and originally serviced more counties.
someone who understand what you’re Over the years, the organization was
going through,” Shawan said. “I think forced to limit it to two counties: But-
that’s big. [Cancer] is absolutely cataler and Stoddard. Their services have
strophic and that’s where UCAN comes also changed slightly over the years,
in… [with] loving shoulders to cry on, but the goal has always been the same:
and someone to talk to.”
to help cancer patients make it through
Because they are local with no ties to treatment.
a larger organization, all of the funding “Every one of the volunteers has
for the program is made through area said, ‘You know, I get so much more
donations, memorials and fundraisers. out of this than I ever put into it,’”
In addition, all of the UCAN workers Bevill said. “And you do. Just a hug,
and the directors are volunteers. Many just seeing them so happy… when
of them are cancer survivors them- you help them with a wig and you can
selves or have had family or friends say ‘no charge’ and they just can’t be-
touched by cancer.
lieve it. You get so much out of it.”
“If everybody in town donated $1 a Amanda and Madison would no
month, just think of what you would doubt agree.
have,” Bevill said. Some people, she “When Madison gave them
said, make monthly donations, but [UCAN] her hair, they asked her, ‘Do
you think it is weird
that another kid will
have your hair, or if
you met another kid
who could possibly
have had your hair?
And she replied,
‘No,’ that it would
be neat because they
would have the same
hair, and if someone
was sick and needed
her hair, they could
have it,” Amanda
said. “The future
generation does such
neat stuff. It’s inspiring,
in a way.”
For more information
about UCAN
or to donate, call
their office at 573-
776-1892, or email
ucan@semo.net.
Submitted Photo
Madison Brainard gives her hair to Lois Bevill, UCAN
volunteer coordinator to give to Locks of Love.
Liz Ellis can be
reached by email at
lizellis@semotimes.
com or by calling
573-785-2200.
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> From pg 5
that Kingree rid himself of the case
since there is the appearance of a conflict
of interest, considering the main
suspect was a public official in the
same county.
“My constituents very much elected
me to do a job; they didn’t elect the attorney
general,” Kingree said. “I feel
beholden to stay on the case as prosecutor
until the end.”
Kingree, 27, of Van Buren, said he
has had only a handful of conversations
with 31-year-old Adams in his
entire life, and would be willing to take
a polygraph test to prove it.
After Kingree was elected in November
over incumbent Ernie Richardson,
the young man requested a private investigation
on Adams based on rumors
circulating, only to discover patrol was
already ordered to do so, he said.
“If the agencies say they are working
together, they need to also work
with my office to make sure the procedures
and policies are met, otherwise
they’re intentionally or unintentionally
stopping my case,” Kingree stated.
“We have a history of a long period of
corruption, and I just want to stop the
same thing I grew up around, and improve
Carter County.”
Tim Krakowiak can be reached by
emailing tim@semotimes.com.
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