๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐
๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ซ: ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ. ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐, ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐, ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ.
On May 26, 2026, officers with the Sedalia Police Department responded to the 500 block of W. 7th St. in reference to a physical disturbance.
According to the probable cause statement, dispatch advised responding officers that Melissa R. Keele had struck the reporting party and was on the roof of the residence. Upon arrival, officers observed Keele on the front balcony roof before she re-entered the residence through a window.
During the investigation, witnesses reported that Keele struck her boyfriend and later shoved another individual during a confrontation inside the residence. Officers were escorted upstairs to locate Keele. After discovering that the roof access door had been screwed shut, an officer climbed through a damaged screen door onto the roof and located Keele hiding in a corner.
When officers attempted to take Keele into custody, she pulled away and resisted. During the struggle, Keele kicked an officer in the ankle. Officers continued to struggle with Keele on the sloped roof before gaining control and placing her in handcuffs. She was then escorted outside and secured in a patrol vehicle.
Additional witnesses told officers they had been outside the apartment complex when they heard Keele yelling and what sounded like someone being shoved down the steps. They reported that after the reporting party left the apartment, Keele continued yelling and began throwing childrenโs toys outside. When confronted about the toys, Keele allegedly shoved another individual by the shoulder and neck.
The reporting party later told officers that he and Keele were in a relationship and that she had been intoxicated and yelling for several hours. He reported that while he was playing a video game, Keele punched him in the back of the head. He then left the residence, with Keele following him downstairs while continuing to yell. He reported head pain but denied falling down steps.
Keele is now charged with two counts of fourth-degree assault, fourth-degree domestic assault, and resisting arrest.
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