Former Sturgeon cop who shot dog charged with trespassing; hearing scheduled for next week
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A former police officer who shot and killed a 13-pound, blind-and-deaf dog last year in Sturgeon has been charged with a misdemeanor.
Myron Woodson, of Moberly, was charged on Thursday with misdemeanor first-degree trespassing for an alleged incident that occurred on Sept. 29. A court appearance is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Boone County Courthouse.
Court documents say Woodson was trespassed from a property owned by Bluffs Boone Retirement Home days prior.
The probable cause statement says Woodson arrived at the location on Sept. 24 as a “court document server to serve civil court papers” to a resident, but the manager was not sure how Woodson entered the building. The manager allegedly told Woodson to leave, but “Woodson acted as if he was some kind of Officer, and threatened to get” the victim arrested, the statement says.
Woodson arrived at the location again on Sept. 29 and was told to leave the property, the statement says. Police allegedly called Woodson and Woodson asked if he was trespassed, the statement says. Police told him to not go back to the property.
Woodson then went back to the property again and refused to leave when the manager told him to, but then stood by his vehicle, court documents say. Woodson allegedly told police he could not be arrested because he’s a “process server for Cole County,” the statement says.