Ace Mohr pleads not guilty to armed robbery, assault, has new attorney

Ace Mohr, 25, Carthage, pleaded not guilty to armed robbery and assault charges during a video arraignment this afternoon in Jasper County Circuit Court.

Mohr was represented by Joplin attorney Austin Knoblock. Judge Dean Dankelson sustained a motion from Mohr's previous attorney, public defender Dan Pawlowicz, to withdraw from the case.

The next hearing in the case is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, February 19.

Mohr, who also faces a separate felony domestic assault charge and is on probation after pleading guilty to selling heroin and receiving stolen property, is being held without bond in the Jasper County Jail.

The armed robbery and assault charges stem from an October 27 incident investigated by the Carthage Police Department in which Mohr allegedly beat a Carthage man with brass knuckles and stole his wallet, phone and watch.

The charges against Mohr were spelled out in the probable cause statement:

On 10/27/2018 (the victim) was contacted at Mercy McCune-Brooks Hospital where he reported an assault and robbery to the Carthage Police Department.

On 10/27/2018 (the victim) was attacked and hit repeatedly on the face and head with brass knuckles by Ace Nolan Mohr at 1200 Regan St. Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.

During the assault Ace stole (the man's) wallet (unknown items inside it), black in color Android smartphone (unknown make or model) and black Timex watch. Per Mercy Hospital records (the victim's) injuries were a swollen and tender left eye which (the victim) was unable to open; facial fractures of the orbital bones; facial fractures of the zygomatic process and facial fractures of the maxillary sinus all on the left side of his face.