• Authorities in Camden County, Missouri, arrested Leigh Ann Bauman, 43, a prominent Lake of the Ozarks real estate agent and self-described "cheer mom," on March 4 for plotting to kill her former mother-in-law.
Prosecutors say Bauman offered to pay $1,500 to a person in St. Louis who contacted the Missouri Highway Patrol and then turned informant, recording Bauman's request that the "look like an accident," and later saying she's a Christian but she could ask for forgiveness later.
According to The Daily Beast, Bauman also texted her daughter, saying, "Your grandmother will die."
She is being held without bond in the Camden County Jail. [The Daily Beast, 3/5/2021]
• Detectives investigating recent thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles in Pasco, Washington, went to the mobile home of Dustin Allen Bushnell, 30, in nearby Burbank with a search warrant on Feb. 26, and not only found converters, but also discovered a 400-pound playground slide that had been removed from a city park in December, KEPR reported.
The slide had been repainted and mounted to a bunk bed in the home.
Bushnell was arrested for possession of stolen property for the slide; no charges were filed for the converters. [KEPR, 3/10/2021]