OWENSVILLE —Darcy Allison of Hermann was charged Oct. 7 with the class B misdemeanors of DWI and BAC related to a May 21 traffic stop by the Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO). According to the probable cause statement, the officer requested a summons due to having arrested Allison twice within five days on alleged instances of driving while intoxicated.

Allison is reported to have failed a field sobriety test after providing a breath sample at .148-percent. The traffic stop was initiated due to malfunctioning registration lights on the vehicle.

Joe Couch of Owensville is facing the class E felony charge of third-degree assault following a report taken Thursday by the Owensville Police Department (OPD). According to the probable cause statement, OPD was notified Couch was intoxicated and stating he wanted to fight. A woman reportedly told the officer that Couch assaulted her by wrapping his hands around her throat and strangling her to the point she could not breathe before two witnesses stepped in to free her and that Couch took off on foot. He was located three blocks away, heavily intoxicated and unable to speak coherently about the incident, according to the report. Couch was taken into custody and transported to Osage County Jail with bond set at $5,000 and the special condition of no contact or confrontation with the victim.

Scott Gene Birmingham of Bland is scheduled to appear in front of Judge Craig Hellmann Friday at 9 a.m. on the class E felony charge of failure to register as a sex offender. Charges were filed Jan. 2 following a traffic stop conducted for an inoperable license plate lamp. OPD reported that Birmingham was operating a vehicle that was not listed on his sex offender registry.

Court proceedings against Brady Millard Hicks of Bland on the class D felony charge of second degree domestic assault and the class A misdemeanor of violating an order of protection for an adult continue Friday at 9 a.m. with Judge Ada Brehe-Krueger presiding. Hicks is accused of hitting someone in the head with a beer bottle after his ex-girlfriend and cousin became involved romantically.

Owensville resident, James McMahan, Jr., a Tier III sex offender, was arrested Oct. 11 by the Rosebud Police Department at the Rosebud Community Park during the Rosebud Country Music Festival. McMahan was taken into custody for allegedly violating the state law prohibiting registered sex offenders from being present in or loitering within 500 feet of a public park — a class E felony. Bond was set at $5,000 cash or surety.

Steven Gregory Anselmi of Owensville was charged Saturday with failure to register as a sex offender. According to GCSO Anselmi was in a vehicle subject to a traffic stop near Blankenship Court and South Cuba Street and was found to be a non-compliant registered sex offender with an originating offense out of Kentucky for sexual abuse, first degree, involving a child less than 14 years old. GCSO reports a records check returned that his last registration date was June 20 and he is scheduled to register every 90 days, placing him approximately 23 days overdue. GCSO noted in the probable cause statement that Anselmi has criminal charges stemming from several states including Kentucky, Indiana and Florida, with one prior charge of failure to register in Indiana. He is currently on probation and parole for sexual assault and sale of amphetamine. He was being held in Franklin County as of Tuesday.

Sandra Seifert of Owensville is scheduled to appear in Judge Ryan Helfrich’s courtroom Nov. 6 at 9 a.m. on charges of possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony, and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, a class D misdemeanor. Seifert was charged June 20 following a drug-related search by GCSO and Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group (LANEG). According to the probable cause statement, located during the search in Seifert’s bedroom was a plastic baggie containing a crystal substance that field tested positive for the presence of methamphetamine, a glass smoking device and a digital scale.

Seneca Sean Williams of Rosebud is also scheduled to appear in Helfrich’s courtroom Nov. 6 at 9 a.m. having been charged with the class C felony unlawful possession of a firearm and class D felony of unlawful possession, transport, manufacture, repair or sale of (an) illegal weapon in August. According to GCSO, Williams is alleged to have been in possession of one prescription pill bottle containing a substance that field-tested positive for methamphetamine, one glass water bong containing liquid that he reportedly admitted was used for smoking methamphetamine, one white digital scale with residue, 19 hypodermic needles he reportedly admitted were used for methamphetamine, one Stoeger model STR-9 9mm semi-automatic handgun with suppressor attached and one nylon holster containing an additional loaded magazine belonging to the Stoeger handgun. Possession of a silencer is prohibited by RsMo 571.020. GCSO reports Williams admitting prior to the search that methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and the firearm would be located.