๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ
- Raw Pettis
- May 27
- 2 min read
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, deputies with the Pettis County Sheriffโs Office responded to the area of South Grand Avenue and 20th Street in reference to a vehicle failing to yield to a traffic stop.
At approximately 12:38 a.m., a deputy attempted a traffic stop on a gray Chevrolet Impala for expired registration and driving on the wrong side of the roadway while traveling south on South Grand Avenue approaching 20th Street. The deputy activated emergency lights, but the vehicle continued south before turning west onto 20th Street. The vehicle continued traveling at approximately 15 mph past South Prospect Avenue despite the activation of emergency lights and an audible siren. Pettis County Joint Communications was notified that the vehicle was failing to yield and continued west on 20th Street past South Quincy Avenue before turning north onto South Stewart Avenue and stopping in the 1900 block of South Stewart Avenue.
Deputies conducted a high-risk traffic stop after the occupants were reportedly uncooperative. The driver was given repeated verbal commands to roll down the window and show his hands, but failed to comply. Additional deputies arrived to assist and approached the vehicle. The driver was ordered several times to open the door, but was observed locking the door instead.
During the encounter, deputies and Sedalia police officers attempted to detain a rear-seat passenger later identified as Eustolio Martinez Morales. According to the report, Morales began fighting with officers and resisting arrest. During the struggle, a Sedalia police officer attempted to deploy a department-issued Taser, but Morales allegedly grabbed the device and disarmed the officer. The officer and Morales then struggled over the Taser, which discharged and struck the officer in the hand.
Additional law enforcement officers arrived to assist and were ultimately able to regain control of the Taser and take Morales into custody. Deputies reported Morales appeared highly intoxicated and remained uncooperative until he was secured in a patrol vehicle.
Morales was transported to Bothwell Regional Health Center for a fit-for-confinement evaluation before being taken to the Pettis County Jail, where he was placed on a 24-hour hold.
Morales is now charged with disarming a peace officer, assault in the third degree, and resisting arrest for a felony.
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