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POSITIONS AVAILABLE – ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
The Christian County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has an immediate opening for a full-time Assistant Prosecuting Attorney. The Assistant Prosecuting Attorney will regularly appear in court, conduct motion hearings, bench trials and jury trials. The Christian County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office is a fileless office. The successful candidate will be proficient at keyboarding. Further, we use PROSECUTORbyKARPEL as our case management system. No prior prosecution experience is required. The preferred candidates will have prosecution experience or experience as an intern in a prosecutor’s office and a working knowledge of PROSECUTORbyKarpel or other experience to support the ability to learn and work within an electronic case management system.
Resumes will be accepted until position is filled.
If interested, please apply online at https://www.christiancountymo.gov/human-resources/
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Social Media Choices and Consequences Presentation at Spokane High School
Students at Spokane High School were asked to choose right when using electronics and social media. On October 5, 2021, the Honorable Judge Laura Johnson, Prosecuting Attorney Amy Fite, and Juvenile Officers William McCrimmons and Andy Silliman spoke to Spokane High School about electronic and social media choices and the consequences of those choices.
The presentation included information about bullying and sexual harassment and the possible civil consequences to schools and parents, the crimes that can be committed with electronics and the consequences, and the way cases are referred and the role of the juvenile office. Students were encouraged to be kind to one another. Students were encouraged to think about the long lasting, detrimental impact their actions have on others. Information was shared about the potential consequences they can face if they don’t choose right. Students were encouraged to report if they have been a victim and if the first person they tell does not help to keep telling.
If you suspect a person under the age of 18 is a victim of child abuse or neglect please call the Missouri Child Abuse & Neglect Hotline at 1-800-392-3738.
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which first began in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence as a Day of Unity. Domestic violence affects millions, both women and men, of every race, religion, culture and status.
New APA Jill Patterson Sworn In
On September 23, 2021 Judge Bacon swore in Jill Patterson as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney. Prior to receiving her badge of office she was administered the Prosecutor Code of Ethics by Prosecuting Attorney Amy Fite.
Jill received her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis, in 1990 and her law degree from the University of Missouri in 1993.
BRADLEY J. BLEVINS FOUND GUILTY OF STATUTORY SODOMY IN THE FIRST DEGREE, ENTICEMENT OF A CHILD, ATTEMPTED ENTICEMENT OF A CHILD, AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT INVOLVING A CHILD
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: PROSECUTING ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
Kristen Tuohy
Shana Mora
417-581-7915
DATE: August 26, 2021
RE: BRADLEY J. BLEVINS FOUND GUILTY OF STATUTORY SODOMY IN THE FIRST DEGREE, ENTICEMENT OF A CHILD, ATTEMPTED ENTICEMENT OF A CHILD, AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT INVOLVING A CHILD.
OZARK, MO – The Christian County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announces on August 25, 2021, Bradley J. Blevins, was found guilty of two counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree of a child less than twelve-years-old, one count of enticement of a child, one count of attempted enticement of a child, and two counts of sexual misconduct involving a child following a bench trial that began on June 8, 2021. The Honorable Judge Jennifer Growcock presided over the trial. The defendant is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on October 28, 2021, at 2:30 P.M.
Many child sexual abuse cases are never reported to law enforcement. If you suspect a child needs help, make a report. The Children Division’s Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-392-3728.
The case was prosecuted by Christian County First Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Kristen M. Tuohy and Senior Prosecuting Attorney Shana Mora, Shannon Stephens served as Victim Advocate. The Christian County Sheriff’s Office investigated the crime.
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