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Monday, January 21, 2013 • Richmond News LOCAL NEWS | 5GABBARDContinued from page 1a contracted public defender to represent the Richmondwoman.He opened Friday’s proceedings with a complaint thatthe prosecution had yet to provide the documents and othermaterial he requested.“To date, there is no tangible effort that’s been providedto me to prove my client is connectedto this terrible murder,” said Johnson.Miller said the court would dealwith the discovery issue and Johnson’sbond-reduction motion, but the immediatepriority would be to schedule theeight-month-old case for trial.“I think that’s an appropriate stepright now,” the judge said. “That’s (discoveryof prosecution evidence) not anRHEUPORT$345$701-800-DENTUREwww.AffordableDentures.comissue we’re going to decide today.”Miller consented to Johnson’srequest for a two-week trial, althoughEconomyFull SetRoutine Tooth Extraction(with New Denture Package)Fees effective through 11/22/13GREATSAVINGSSEEBELOW• Same Day Service* • On-Site Lab• Financing AvailableAnthony F. 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Johnson said a reduction to 10 percentof the current cash amount might allow his client’s family tofree her from jail.She’s been in custody since May 24, a day after Rheuportwas found dead in the bedroom of her Richmond home.According to court records, the prosecution believes BrandonSimpson, one of Gabbard’s co-defendants, strangled thevictim after burglarizing her home.Simpson is charged with murder in the first degree, aswell as two other felonies – burglary and stealing a controlledsubstance – as well as an unrelated misdemeanor.Gabbard and the third defendant, James Gant, are eachcharged with murder in the second degree, as well as the twolesser felonies, because they allegedly knew of the burglaryplan in advance.Under Missouri law, knowledge of a felony crime inwhich a death occurs makes a person liable – like Gabbardand Gant – to be charged with murder in the second degree.The prosecution’s case against the three defendants isbased, in part, on voice and text-message records recoveredfrom their cell phones. Those records are part of the evidenceJohnson referred to in his opening remarks to MillerFriday.The prosecution has alleged that Gant and Gabbardremained in Gabbard’s home while Simpson burglarizedthe Rheuport residence. According to court documents, thepair were instructed to keep an eye on Rheuport’s son and agirlfriend and to let Simpson know if either left the house.Two injured in Sunday afternoon wreckTwo Rayville teens were injured Sunday afternoon aftertheir pick-up truck overturned.Britteny R. Pigg, 17, and Crystal A. Stephens, 18, weretransported to Liberty Hospital via Ray County Ambulancewith moderate injuries, according to the Highway Patrolcrash report.Pigg was driving southbound on Highway C around 2:45p.m. when her 1996 Chevy Silverado ran off the roadway,hit a mailbox and overturned several times. 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Dortonwas arrested by Merriam, Kan. police Thursday eveningand interviewed by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department.Police also learned from Dorton’s stepfather, ChristopherBryant, three hammers were missing from the family’sgarage after he gave police consent to search the home.Police also interviewed Dorton’s girlfriend, AllisonRebecca Miller, 20, of Kearney. She told police her boyfriendoften said, “the only way we can be together is if shewas not here,” according to court documents. She said Dortoncalled her around 8:10 p.m. Jan. 15 about a fight withhis mother because she didn’t want Miller over at the familyhome anymore. According to court documents, Dorton toldhis girlfriend he had been drinking earlier in the eveningand got the idea to kill his mother. He allegedly told Miller,“I hit her in the head with a sledge hammer,” adding hehad $100,000 in the car and wanted her to come with him.Miller told police she refused the offer and asked Dorton ifhe was serious about his comments. He told her he was kidding.Miller told police said she didn’t knew what happenedto Bryant, nor her condition other than what her boyfriendhad told her over the phone.Dorton is on probation for two second-degree assaultcharges from 2010.Plattsburg Family Medicine214 N. Main; Plattsburg(816) 930-2041 or 539-3366Laeeq Azmat, MD, Medical DirectorMary Kaser, FNPSuzanne Mazer, FNPPolo Family Health Center101 E. Meadowbrook; Polo(660) 354-2550Theodore Rights, MD, Medical Dir.Mary Kaser, FNPStewartsville Medical Clinic106 E. 4th; Stewartsville(816) 669-3225Fred Kiehl, DO, Medical DirectorElisa Vinyard, DOSuzanne Mazer, FNPWalnut Medical Clinic221 E. 7th Street; Cameron(816) 632-2111(816) 632-8407Kendall DeSelms, DOLaura Harbison, DOL. W. 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