Wyrick, 28, appeared without an attorney (his lawyer withdrew last month, according to court records), and Dally appointed a public defender for him. An evidentiary hearing on the probation violation allegation is scheduled for 9 a.m. December 1.
Wyrick was placed on probation after pleading guilty October 9, 2012, to a felony charge of receiving stolen property. He was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to undergo long term drug treatment. On December 11, 2013, he was released from prison and placed on probation.
On March 26, the Jasper County Sheriff's Department arrested him on a charg of tampering with a motor vehicle. That case is still pending with a motions hearing scheduled for December 29.
A probation violation report was filed, but not until June 25, nearly three months after the arrest. Jasper County Circuit Court online records indicate Judge Dally suspended Wyrick's probation and issued a warrant for his arrest, setting bond at $20,000.
Bond was posted July 7 and since that time, Wyrick was arrested August 23 for possession of a controlled substance, another case which is pending with a hearing scheduled Thursday before Judge Richard Copeland, and the Joplin Police Department arrested him October 11 on a felony charge of burglary in the first degree.
In the meantime, Wyrick's probation violation hearings have been scheduled and continued three times.
Wyrick's name first became known to the Joplin area in January 2005 when Joplin High School senior Jamison Alexander was struck by two vehicles and killed while walking along Junge Blvd. near Cunningham Avenue.
The first vehicle, a van, clipped Alexander with its mirror. The driver, a 17-year-old, stopped the van, jumped out, and ran away.Before he was able to do so, a second vehicle, a Chevy Blazer, ran over Alexander and drove away without stopping.
Alexander was taken to the hospital in critical condition, doctors determined he was brain dead, and he was taken off life support
The Joplin Police Department later arrested Travis Scott Wyrick, 18, Joplin, and charged him with a felony, leaving the scene of an accident. Those charges were later dropped.
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