St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office News Updates July 30-Aug. 3, 2018 

Sheriff Scott Keeler reported deputies made five arrests during the week of July 30-Aug. 3, 2018.

Warrant Arrest

Dakota Antle

     Dakota Antle- On Aug. 1, Dakota Antle, 25, Amazonia, was arrested on a St. Clair County warrant charging him with a probation revocation on original charges of a class E felony of leaving a scene of an accident with property damage exceeding $1,000, and a class E felony of resisting arrest/detention/stop by fleeing. There are five class A misdemeanor charges for assault in the fourth degree, operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner-involving an accident, failure to yield to emergency vehicle sounding and displaying red/blue lights, driving while revoked or suspended-second offense, and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Antle is also charged with two class C misdemeanors for failure to stop at a stop sign and exceeding the posted speed limit by 16-19 mph. Bond is set at $15,000 cash or surety.
     The charges come after a St. Clair County deputy attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle, on Feb. 12, 2018, that Antle was driving. Antle failed to yield to the deputy and fled. When the deputy tried to block the vehicle, Antle accelerated his vehicle and side swiped the patrol vehicle, and continued to flee. After a short distance, Antle did stop the vehicle.
     The deputies did a search of the car and found a glass pipe used for smoking marijuana.
     

Destiny Needham

     Destiny Needham- On Aug. 1, Destiny Needham, 48, Sugar Creek, was arrested by a St. Clair County deputy on a class D felony possession of a controlled substance and a class D misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Needham was booked and released pending formal charges.
     The arrest comes after a St. Clair County deputy pulled over the vehicle that Needham was driving for traffic and equipment violations. While talking with Needham, the deputy asked if there was anything illegal in the car. Needham admitted to the deputy that there was a marijuana pipe with some marijuana cigarettes in the vehicle, along with a methamphetamine pipe. The deputy got consent to search the vehicle and recovered said items, with negative results for the rest of the vehicle. The pipe did field test positive for methamphetamine.
     

Amanda Lancaster

     Amanda Lancaster- On Aug. 1, Amanda Lancaster, 31, St. Joseph, was arrested by a St. Clair County deputy on a class D felony possession of a controlled substance. Lancaster was booked and released pending formal charges.
     The arrest comes after the vehicle that Lancaster was a passenger in was pulled over for multiple traffic violations and equipment violations. The deputy made contact with the driver and got consent to search the vehicle. The driver voluntarily emptied his pockets for the deputy. The other three people consented to a search of their personal belongings. The deputy did not find anything in anyone’s belongings, except Lancaster. Lancaster told the deputy she had pills in her purse. During the search of her purse, the deputy found prescription pills, not in their original container; without the prescription, and multiple zip lock bags with a white crystalline residue in them. The pills were a schedule 4 narcotic and the zip lock bags field tested positive for methamphetamine.
     

Nicholas Austin

     Nicholas Austin- On July 27, Nicholas Austin, 20, El Dorado Springs, was arrested on a St. Clair County warrant charging him with a class D felony possession of a controlled substance and a class D misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond is set at $10,000 cash or surety.
     The arrest comes after a St. Clair County deputy was dispatched to the area of Highway H and Highway 82 in reference to a suspicious person walking in the middle of the roadway on July 22, 2018.
     The deputy arrived in the area and found Austin walking in the middle of Highway 82. After making contact with Austin, the deputy asked if he had anything on his person that the deputy should know about. Austin emptied his pockets voluntarily onto the hood of the patrol car. Among the belongings was a red straw that the deputy observed to have a white crystal like residue on it. The straw field tested positive for methamphetamine. Austin also admitted to the deputy that he had a small amount of marijuana in his wallet.
     

Terry Vanholt

     Terry Vanholt- On July 26, Terry Vanholt, 43, Osceola, was arrested by a St. Clair County deputy on a class D felony possession of a controlled substance and a class D misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Vanholt was booked and released pending formal charges.
     The arrest comes after the vehicle that Vanholt was a passenger in was pulled over for a traffic violation. The deputy got consent to search the vehicle from the driver of the vehicle. During the search, the deputy found a glass pipe and a zip lock bad with a white crystalline substance in it, under the passenger seat where Vanholt had been sitting.

Disclaimer: Arrest records are public information. Any indication of an arrest does not mean the individual identified has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Sheriff Keeler urges those with any related information to these cases or any others to contact the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office Tip Line, 417-646-5832, or email to tips@scsomo.org