Man jailed without bond after armed altercation at repair shop

Dave Marner, Managing Editor
Posted 9/25/19

A former Crawford County resident with a history of domestic assault is alleged to have pulled a gun Sept. 18 on a woman — with whom he had a prior domestic relationship — and took a …

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Man jailed without bond after armed altercation at repair shop

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A former Crawford County resident with a history of domestic assault is alleged to have pulled a gun Sept. 18 on a woman — with whom he had a prior domestic relationship — and took a pickup truck they reportedly owned together as she was attempting to have it serviced at an Owensville repair shop.

Michael Glen Dawson, 55, now of Sullivan, is being held in the Crawford County Jail in Steelville without bond on a felony Gasconade County warrant alleging the class D felony unlawful possession of a firearm, a class E count of unlawful use of a weapon (exhibiting), and violation of a full protective order (a class A misdemeanor).

Owensville police patrolman Josh Smith was called to Turnbo Auto at 11:01 a.m. last Wednesday after a woman reported her truck stolen by Dawson as she was having a window repaired. Smith said the woman and Dawson were not married but had shared a domestic relationship.

Dawson, however, was prohibited from being within 100 feet of her after a Crawford County judge in May 2019 issued a full protective order which was in effect until April 2020. He was also ordered not to speak with the woman.

When Dawson arrived at the repair business, he ordered a mechanic out of the truck and left with about $100 of the man’s tools still in the 2006 Ford F-150.

According to the probable cause statement filed by Smith, Dawson “has several felony convictions including domestic assault and is currently violating a full order of protection,”

Smith said Dawson pulled a .45 caliber handgun on his former domestic partner and a man identified as her fiance´.

Rosebud police had been notified that Dawson might be traveling through the eastern-Gasconade County community along with a Nissan hatchback being driven by a female. Dawson and the female had circled the repair shop several times before he exited with the handgun and took the pickup truck, according to Smith’s report.

Dan Terry, a police patrolman for Rosebud, stopped the pickup truck entering town from the south on Route T. The driver of the Nissan, Amber Blumenfeld, was also stopped. Police recovered the handgun in the center console of the car she was driving.

Dawson pleaded guilty in November 2013 to a class C felony count of domestic assault in a case heard in Ste. Genevieve. He was sentenced to three years in prison.

He also has a 1982 conviction to three felonies including burglary, steal a motor vehicle, and stealing from St. Louis. He was sentenced to seven years in prison but received a suspended execution of sentence and served five years on probation. He pleaded guilty to those charges.

After Terry took Dawson into custody, Smith transported him to the jail in Steelville on a 24-hour hold. Associate Circuit Court Judge Ada Brehe-Krueger issued the no bond warrant on Thursday morning.

Dawson appeared in custody and was arraigned Friday before Brehe-Krueger who entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. He requested appointment of a public defender and submitted an application for one. He is scheduled to return to court at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday) for a status hearing on his counsel and the setting of a preliminary hearing. Brehe-Krueger reviewed his being held on a no-bond warrant and continued his detainment without bond.