Man In Custody For Questioning After OD Deaths In Stone County Now Charged Wtih Distribution of Controlled Substance:

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Dennis Horn has been charged with distribution of a controlled substance

Authorities in Stone County are treating the overdose deaths of two men found in a home near Kimberling City as homicides.

Stone County Sheriff's Captain Tim Gideon says Robert Murray, 45, of Kimberling City and Mark Marshal, 46, of Sparta, were found dead in a house at 97 Terrace Crest Lane in Reeds Spring after they allegedly bought Fentanyl patches from Dennis Horn, 50, of Reeds Spring. 

According to the probable cause statement, Todd Rogers told Sgt. Matt Maggard that he had taken Marshal and Murray to 18 Aire Lane on Monday September 26th to purchase 10 Lorcet tablets from Horn for $40.00.  Rogers says Murray and Marshal returned to Horn's residence about 8:45 the next morning and purchased two Fentanyl patches.

Rogers told Maggard that he witnessed Murray and Marshal "cook" the Fentanyl with apple juice on the stove and then found them unresponsive about 9:45 a.m.

A life flight helicopter was called to the scene but Murray and Marshall were already dead

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Gideon says Murray and Marshall extracted the Fentanyl with a needle and then injected it causing their deaths.

During a search of Horn's residence a box of Duragesic patches was found with seven patches still inside the box.  Horn, who filled the prescription for ten patches on September 26th, was wearing one of the patches when investigators arrived at the house.  According to the directions on the prescription, a patch was to be replaced every 72 hours.

Southern Stone County Fire Protection District crews, St.Johns EMS, St. Johns Lifeline, and Stone County  responded to the incident near State Highway OO near Kimberling City about 9:45 a.m. First responders began CPR and continued life saving measures for nearly an hour.  Despite their efforts, both patients were pronounced dead at the scene by Stone County Coroner Rick Stumpff.

Southwest Missouri Forensics will conduct autopsies on Murray and Marshal tomorrow in Springfield.

Stone County prosecutor Matt Selby has charged Horn, who is being held on $100,000 bond, with two counts of distribution of a controlled substance.  "There's just not enough evidence to charge Mr. Horn with anything else at this time," said Selby.

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Fentanyl (aka  Durogesic, Duragesic patches,) is a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic with a rapid onset and short duration of action. It is a strong against at the u-opioid receptors. Historically it has been used to treat breakthrough pain and is commonly used in pre-procedures as a pain reliever as well as an anesthetic in combination with a benzodiazepine.

Fentanyl is approximately 100 times more potent than morphine.

After Supreme Court Reverses Stewart's Conviction, Seaman Charged With First-Degree Murder For Dulin's Death:

Timothy Lee Seaman (SCSO)

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Stone County Prosecutor Matt Selby has filed first-degree murder and armed criminal action charges against Timothy Lee Seaman, 34, of Crane for the November 2006 death of David Dulin of Hurley.

In 2008, Zackary Lee Stewart of Hurley was tried and convicted of first-degree murder for Dulin's murder in Greene County where the case was moved on a change of venue.  He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. 

During Stewart's trial a key piece of evidence was questioned by Dulin's family.  Selby said a bloody hat recovered at the crime scene belonged to Dulin.  Family members approached Selby and told him they had never seen their loved one in possession of the hat. 

Selby had DNA analysis expedited on the hat in the middle of Stewart's trial. When the analysis came back it was a bombshell, it connected DNA to three people other than Stewart; Dulin, Stewart's brother-in-law Tim Seaman, and another unknown person.

During closing arguments, Selby argued that the preliminary DNA information from the bloody hat reflected a DNA "hit" to Seaman made by an investigative database. He stressed that it was not a DNA "match" confirmed by comparing it with Seaman's actual DNA.

Seaman's DNA was in the CODIS database because of previous convictions of leaving the scene of an accident and property damage.  He pleaded guilty last month in Stone County to charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and  his bond was revoked after Stewart's release because Selby believed he was a flight risk.

According to online court records, Seaman has also pleaded guilty to assault, trespass, possession of marijuana, operating a vehicle without a license and not paying child support.

The Missouri Supreme Court reversed Stewart's conviction earlier this year.  He was scheduled to be retried for Dulin's murder on February 14, 2011, when Selby announced on December 3rd that he was dismissing those charges saying he'd received "more information" about Dulin's death. "Based on all of the information currently available," Selby said, "I do not believe that it is appropriate to continue Zackary Stewart's current prosecution."

Stewart was released from the Greene County jail the same day into the waiting arms of family, friends and his attorney's, Stacie Bilyeu and Grant Rahmeyer.
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Stone County Prosecutor Matt Selby

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A little after midnight on November 29, 2006, Dulin called 9-1-1 and told the dispatcher that two men in their 20's and 30's had broken into his home and shot him in the head with his own .22 pistol.

As Dulin lay dying in his home at 403 Tin Can Hollow, he told the 9-1-1 operator that he did not know who shot him, but stated that the assailants were from Hurley and that one of the men said he was the "Eby girl's boyfriend."

Seaman was married, but seperated, from Candy Eby-Seaman at the time of Dulins murder.

Another man, Leo Connelly of Crane, also was charged with Dulin's murder at the same time as Stewart.  The prosecutor dropped charges against Connelly about a year later.  At the time of the murder, Connelly was living with Christy Pethoud, another sister of Stewart's.
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According to the probable cause statement filed with the murder charge against Seaman, "A black semi automatic Walther that belonged to Dulin was missing from Dulin's home."

A gun found during an investigation in Springfield on February 17, 2007 was sent to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Lab for testing. Shell casings found near Dulin's body matched the gun recovered in Springfield.

On August 20, 2008, Detective Karl Wagner interviewed a man from Hurley who told him, "He had purchased a black .22 with a laser light on it from Timothy in the fall about two years earlier....after David's murder."

Wagner goes on to write, "A person who told me they were in the company of Timothy Seaman on the night of David's murder told me they were party to a conversation with Timothy that night where Timothy discussed robbing someone for money to buy dope.  Taking a gun and shooting that person was also discussed before David's murder.  Some weeks after David's murder, Timothy told the same person that Timothy disposed of a gun taken from David's home the night David was shot. "

The High Court wrote in their ruling the following:

When asked if Tim had said anything to him about a homicide, Bales, Tim's nephew, responded, “He just told me that he and [John] Mills were at the house where it happened, and that's pretty much it, that they saw it. He didn't mention any other names or anything like that.” Bales testified that Tim did not tell him anything else and he never talked to Tim about the homicide again.

Selby says the investigation into Dulin's murder is ongoing.

Seaman is jailed in Stone County on $1 Million dollars bond his prelimary hearing is scheduled for February.

Reeds Spring Man Shot Seven Times In Domestic Disturbance Remains In Critical Condition:

Jason Devron Campbell (SCSO)

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A man from Reeds Spring who was shot seven times during a domestic disturbance on December 15th remains in the intensive care unit following several surgeries.

Stone County Sheriff Richard Hill says Jason Devron Campbell, 40, was drinking and out of control at his home at 196 Jami a little after 10:45 p.m. when he chased his girlfriend to her sister's next door.

When no one inside the sister's house would open the door for Campbell, he kicked it in.  A 39 year-old man inside the residence then shot Campbell who was holding a knife. 
 

Hill says deputies have dealt with Campbell a number of times regarding burglaries, assaults and domestic violence.  "We're very familiar with Mr. Campbell, "  Hill stated.

Stone County Prosecutor Matt Selby charged Campbell with third-degree domestic assault and third-degree assault on November 17th for an unrelated incident.  He pleaded not guilty to those charges and is scheduled to reappear in court for that case on January 25, 2011.

Hill says Campbell faces additional surgery, "At this point we don't know if he's gonna make it."

Former Employee Facing Arson Charges For Fire That Destroyed Stone County Business:

Richard S. Bumbery (SCSO)

Authorities in Stone County have charged a former employee of a business with arson in connection to a fire that caused over a million dollars worth of damage to the business.

Stone County Prosecutor Matt Selby charged Richard S. Bumbery, 45, with first degree arson for the fire that destroyed Bolivar Insulation last Sunday (12-12-10). 
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Mark Newsom-SSCFPD

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Firefighters who were dispatched to the blaze at 5:28 a.m. were hampered by brutal winds winds and frigid temperatures as they fought the early morning fire.  At one point the fire was so intense firefighters closed part of Highway OO while they fought the blaze for nearly seven hours.

Selby says Bumbery admitted to someone that he started the fire and wanted to do even more damage to the business. 

Sheriff Richard Hill says investigator's were led to Bumbery after a tipster called the C.O.M.E.T Drug Task Force.  The tipster told authorities that Bumbery described how he sparked the blase and told them they would find a tool stolen from the business in the mans living room.

Bumbery was arrested when Stone County deputies assisted by the Highway Patrol executed a search warrant at 51 Sparrow Lane in Galena.
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He is being held in the Stone County Jail on a $200,000 cash only bond.

Man Found With Loaded Weapon In Branson West Wal-Mart On Black Friday Charged:

Tyrel Lee Campbell (mug shot SCSO)

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A twenty nine year-old man from Ozark who carried a concealed weapon and a backpack filled with 550 rounds of ammunition for that gun into the Branson West Wal-Mart crowded with Black Friday shoppers has been charged with two felonies.

Stone County Prosecutor Matt Selby has charged Tyrel Lee Campbell with possession of a controlled substance and possession of a concealed weapon.

According to the probable cause statement, a woman called 911 to report that Campbell had threatened her with a gun and had left the residence and was headed for Wal-Mart.

 Branson West police chief Doug Rader says he had officers working security at the store who spotted Campbell near the Lawn and Garden section in a crowd of shoppers. 

Officer Vincent Collins writes in court documents, "We approached the male the male from behind. I then quickly ordered the male away from Wal-Mart customers. As we enter an aisle the male began reaching for the inside of his coat pocket with his right hand. I then ordered the male not to reach for anything in his pocket and grabbed his right hand. I then asked Campbell where the gun was located and he replied, in my front pocket."

Officers say he told them he felt people were watching him and the customers at Wal-Mart were “were out to get him.”

In addition to the loaded gun and ammo officers recovered two knives, a white powdery substance believed to be meth and anti-government literature in the backpack.

According to online court records, Campbell was charged with possession of unloaded firearm and DWI in March of 2009.  He pleaded guilty to those charges in January of 2010 and was placed on probation.
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Selby says he won't speculate as to what Campbell's intentions were,  "All I can say is that using meth, carrying a concealed weapon and ammunition is obviously not a good combination."
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Campbell is being held in the Stone County jail on a $25,000 cash only bond.

Elderly Woman Admits To Animal Abuse And Keeping Dead Dogs:



Judy Lee Chambers (SCSO)

An elderly woman from Marionville has pleaded guilty to animal abuse after investigators found several sick and dead animals on her property near Hurley last March.
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Stone County Prosecutor Matt Selby says Judy Lee Chambers, 65, pled guilty on November 2, 2010 to animal abuse and improper disposal of a dead animal.

Investigators went to Chambers home at 354 Holts Spring Road on March 16, 2010 and observed several dogs with no access to food or water.

Sheriff Richard Hill said at the time, “Investigators knocked on the front door of the residence and could detect a strong foul odor of what was believed to be feces and urine coming from the home, and saw at least 13 dogs running loose and free inside the residence, with several of the dogs appearing to be emaciated. They also observed an abundance of feces and trash covering the floor.”

Investigators applied for a search warrant to check on the well being of the animals.  Armed with that warrant, sheriff's deputies and members of the Missouri Humane Society raided the property on Monday, March 22, and found 55 dogs, several of them emaciated and in need of veterinary care.

The animals rescued included more than 40 Dachshunds, four Great Pyrenees, one German Shepherd, several Boston Terriers and five mixed breed dogs. Two four-week-old puppies, who were not being kept with their mother, were severely dehydrated and taken to a local veterinarian for immediate treatment.

According to the probable cause statement, investigators found 12 dead adult dogs and several newborn puppies, including a partially eaten puppy, in a plastic container behind Chambers home. More than 20 dogs were running loose inside the house; five others were held in wire crates in the kitchen.

A check of records at the time of the raid indicated the residents of the home had applied for a breeder's license but were found not to be in compliance with state statutes and denied a license.

The rescued dogs were taken to the Humane Society headquarters in St. Louis.

Selby says, "Both charges are misdemeanors and as a result of the guilty pleas she was placed on two years probation with special conditions that she not violate the law, not maintain a commercial dog breeding operation, and that she allow reasonable inspections of her property to make sure similar violations do not occur during her probation period."

Reeds Spring Man Sentence For Selling Drugs To Confidential Informant:

Adam E. Henderson

A man from Reeds Spring who pleaded guilty to distributing a controlled substance without a prescription has been sentenced to 120 days "shock time" for distributing prescription medication to a confidential informant for the Stone County Sheriff's Office.

Stone County Prosecutor Attorney Matt Selby says Adam Henderson, 30, met with the confidential informant in a parking lot in Branson West on Christmas Eve last year and sold the CI two Oxycontin pills for $120. The exchange was observed by Stone County Investigator Karl Wagner.

Stone County Prosecutor Matt Selby

Selby says abuse of prescription medication is on the rise and a serious problem.

Judge Alan Blankenship sentenced Henderson to five years in prison, if he successfully completes his "shock time" he will then be placed on probation.

Henderson is facing charges in Taney County; in 2009 with two counts of burglary, fraudulent use of a credit device and trafficking in stolen identities there.

Maverick Pleads Guilty To Impersonating Cop:

Mark "Maverick" Sager

The man who posed as a cop last summer in Stone County has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of impersonating a law enforcement officer.

Stone County Prosecutor Matt Selby tells the Ozarks Sentinel that Mark "Maverick" Sager was scheduled for a bench trial in Galena on Monday ( Mar 8), but instead entered a guilty plea.

Sager, who told cops in Stone County that he was a retired ATF agent, was continually showing up at traffic stops and crime scenes to "assist" authorities or "back them up" in their investigations. Stone County sheriff's deputies became suspicious of his claims and conducted a background check on Maverick.

What they found was alarming, Sager had been charged with capital murder for the September 2, 1977, death of 14 year-old Julie Wittmeyer. Wittmeyer was a classmate of Sager's in Platte County (northern Kansas City.) A jury convicted Sager of manslaughter in Wittmeyer's death.

Sager was arrested on his houseboat in Indian Point in late June and charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer.

Stone County Prosecutor Matt Selby

Selby says, "He (Sager aka "Maverick") was given a 90 day suspended sentence and placed on probation for two years. He forfeited all of the "cop" gear- air guns, batons, belts, badges, sirens, lights, handcuffs, etc. - to the sheriff's office.

An order of protection was filed against Sager in Greene County by his girlfriend in late June, court records show it was promptly dismissed by the court because the filing party filed the ex parte in Greene County instead of Stone County.

Sager no longer lives on his houseboat in Indian Point. Online court records show Sager now lives in Kearney-Missouri.


****Greg Brock contributed to this report