Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Guilty plea may be on horizon for Webb City businessman

Webb City businessman Keith McBride, 51, facing a federal arson charge, may be ready to change his plea to guilty, according to documents filed today in U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
McBride was the owner of the Coin-Op business, 302 W. 4th Street, Webb City, which he allegedly burned to the ground April 14, the same morning he also is accused of burning his home in Duenweg to the ground.
A change of plea hearing has been scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 in Springfield.
McBride was arrested April 14 following a stand-off at a warehouse that lasted for several hours. According to the arrest affidavit in the court file, McBride had a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol and threatened to kill himself. He claims he did not do so because the gun failed to work. Eventually, the police used tear gas and McBride surrendered.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:13 PM

    I've heard there is a story behind a story on this case. I've heard more was involved than depression, a failing business and a court case. Perhaps you can investigate that, Mr. Turner.

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  2. Anonymous5:46 PM

    in answer to "more was involved than depression". I know more to this story than anyone!!! The man had a failing marrage NOT business. The woman in question repeatedly promised to take Mr. Mcbride "to the cleaners" as well as cause trouble to current employees. The man simply had all he could take.

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  3. Anonymous5:59 PM

    ....more FACTS: the woman in question (and her son)were guilty of stealing from the business. This involved changing 'pay to' statis on checks and cashing them. The court case in question involved a bad business venture with a joplin man that left the state. It is sad how facts were mislead in the news. I'm glad I can correct this here!

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  4. Anonymous8:01 AM

    yes...I heard from close sources to the man who left the state that he had mislead Mr McBride to thinking he could sell Mcbrides games on the internet and make big $ so a advance was paid. Long story short..this was done in hopes to close Mcbrides busines in order to save his own failing game business which closed anyway.

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