Saturday, April 01, 2023

Plea hearing set for Joplin man who was shot after allegedly assaulting JPD officer


A plea hearing has been scheduled for 11:45 a.m. Monday before Judge Gayle Crane in Jasper County Circuit Court for a Joplin man who was shot by a Joplin Police Department officer March 19, 2022 in an alley west of Connor Avenue on 9th Street after allegedly using pepper spray on another officer.

Officers feared Michael C. Yarga, 35was going to grab the officer's weapon after the pepper spaying, according to the probable cause statement.

Yarga is charged with the third degree felony of assaulting a law enforcement officer and also with resisting arrest.

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