Friday, July 26, 2024

Carthage man pleads guilty to murder of Lamar man


(From the Barton County Prosecuting Attorney)

Lane R. Bronson entered a guilty plea on October 7, 2021, in the Circuit Court of Barton County, Missouri. Bronson pleaded guilty to the felony of murder in the 2nd degree for causing the death of Terry G. Harless. 

Harless was shot and killed on July 13, 2020, at his residence in Lamar, Missouri. The investigation was conducted by the Lamar Police Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol.








On July 23, 2024, Judge Dean Dankelson sentenced Bronson to 20 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, concurrent with his sentence imposed by the United States District Court on a separate criminal matter.
 
Bronson is the second of three defendants who have been sentenced in this case. The third defendant, David William Morris, is currently in custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Morris will be returning to Barton County to answer his charges in this case.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lane R. Bronson - and the two other Criminals that killed Terry G. Harless should spend the rest of their lives in Jail - He will be out in less than 17-Years. We are too Soft on Criminals - If you Kill Someone or Participate in their Killing you do not deserve to see the light of day. When will Society and the Courts Systems - Wake-Up - these Individuals are not going to be Reformed or Find Jesus in Jail - and then we have to Deal with them again in Society.

Anonymous said...

From my understanding, Lane was also or will be charged with another murder as well. So, let's pray he does the 17 years plus another 17.