Carthage's interim municipal court attorney, Nathan Gurley, dropped a misdemeanor stealing charge against former Carthage City Council member Tiffany Cossey, KSN reported today.
Gurley filed the request — stating, “Although Cossey was cited for stealing a campaign sign from a homeowner’s yard, the police report indicated she requested permission from the homeowner to remove it.”
The Turner Report: Carthage City Councilwoman Tiffany Cossey charged with stealing
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Anyone who has been involved in an election knows the MEC has rules that regulate political signs. Interesting that she made the motion to hire Gurley before she was recalled. You would think that would be a conflict of interest for him to rule on anything to do with a former council member.
Could it be a quid pro quo? Recommend a guy for a job then same guy dismisses the charges? Seems a bit fishy.
Requested permission? It’s literally on video that she threatened the homeowner to remove the sign or she would punish him and his kids if they parked or played on her property….
Seems cordial and neighborly…
Somebody is getting their taxes done for free!
Gurley is a friend of hers who was hired from the law office. The same office whose principals donated to all of her campaigns and is very closely aligned with CCU.
From the beginning this was a brazen attempt by Bill Sherer, Kirk Friesen, and Jeff Hole to influence the recall election. They got what they wanted even though she was eventually exonerated.
So you’re saying that they put the signs in her trunk?
This is not an exoneration. This is a buddy hook up. She was also overwhelmingly recalled by the people in her Ward because she is trash.
Exonerated? Lol. I believe she found herself a “work around”.
She saw to it her hispanic neighbors, who she claimed can barely understand English, no longer had a Recall Tiffany Cossey sign in their yard, by issuing the threat of future trouble for them. Then she locked the signs which were not her property in her trunk.
She was needlessly angry and on a mission, as usual.
But, the prosecuting attorney failed to recuse himself from her case despite Tiffany Cossey, while serving on City Council, having recommended him for his Carthage City job. So, favor repaid. He dropped the charges. That’s what Tiffany would famously call a work around. It exonerates her from simply nothing. It only makes the attorney look as corrupt as she is.
Political signs are a reality during election season. Anyone who cannot tolerate an opponent’s signs is not fit to serve in any public office. There are laws about campaign sigs for a reason. Namely, what happened here.
Tiffany Cossey - Is a Crook and got off on a Technicality - Which I do not Believe she should have - but at least she got Recalled and Embarrassed throughout the County as the "Karen" She is - What Balls - Asking her Neighbor to Remove things from their Property - Her Politically Ambitions - are now a thing of the past - Thank goodness! Again, No Justice!
According to Missouri law, “stealing or willfully defacing, mutilating, or destroying any campaign yard sign on private property,” is considered a class four election offense. These offenses are deemed misdemeanors and could carry a fine of up to $2,500 and/or up to a year in prison.
Who originally filed these charges against Tiffany Cossey? It seems like that is an important thing to know!
What were they thinking?
I left the link with the information at the bottom of my post.
The image at that link shows the citation that apparently was issued by the officer who responded to the scene.
Which doesn't answer the question.
Officers don't file charges.
Who originally filed these charges against Tiffany Cossey?
A report that can be found on AOL has the answer.
Oct. 21—CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage City Council member Tiffany Cossey, who is facing a recall vote Nov. 5, also now faces two charges of misdemeanor shoplifting for allegedly stealing campaign signs that advocated for her recall.
Karen Trotter, treasurer of the Project 508 political action committee, which includes members who gathered the 508 signatures to put Cossey's recall on the ballot, filed the complaint Oct. 11.
City Prosecutor Nathan Gurley filed two counts of shoplifting against Cossey, and her first appearance before a judge is slated for 9 a.m. Nov. 21.
https://www.aol.com/carthage-council-member-accused-stealing-223200639.html
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Who originally filed these charges against Tiffany Cossey? It seems like that is an important thing to know!
What were they thinking?”
“Who?” Exactly! That would be owner of the property she took and locked in her trunk because of her inability to cope with the reality of political signs.
“What were they thinking?” Right! They were realizing legally Tiffany has no right to have a fit over signs, go threaten her neighbor, remove the signs and lock them into her trunk. She’s not the sign owner, nor the property owner. She’s merely the angry neighbor issuing threats because she’s mad at the sight of the political signs of her opposition. Which could not be more childish.
Two parties, under Missouri election law, have the right to remove political signs once placed. The owner of the signs, or the owner of the property where the signs are placed.
She threatened her neighbor over her own frustration about political signs, lol. She promised them trouble and a disruption to their neighborly relationship. What a narcissist.
She even lied in her original statement found in Turner’s October report on this. She said the neighbor removed the signs. But, the police report details after her angry conversation with promises to punish the children over this, lol, it was Cossey herself who removed them and carted them off to the trunk of her car next door. The neighbor also states it was Tiffany who removed them.
She and the attorney she advocated for hiring as City of Carthage Attorney both now claim it’s all good because the neighbor gave her permission. Well, if you call threatening, and thusly coercing, your neighbor into letting you take down the signs you hate gaining “permission” ….lol. Then okay, yeah, right. She got permission. But it’s also very clear you’ve giving up truthfulness for a false idea of rightfulness.
Most people appearing on ballots are able to cope with the simple reality there will be an opposing side, and both sides will have political signs during an election season. Most people don’t have fits of anger over that reality and go issue threats to have problems with people and their children.
Election interference is a big no-no. Look it up.
Apparently the charge has been dropped for nearly 3 months!
Either Nov 18 or Nov 20? SEE CASENET!
There are two camps of thinking regarding election interference:
Those who recognize it as wrongful and worthy of consequences.
Those who deny it, support it, and/or defend it.
The difference between these camps of people is shown to be:
Those who understand and respect election law.
Those who have personally benefited from the one who broke it. (In this case, the prosecuting attorney as well as the CCU-loyals.)
"in retrospect, I wish I would have told the neighbor to keep them at his house for Scheerer to collect. Hindsight is 20/20. I never had an intent to steal signs; if there was I wouldn’t have given them back when asked if I had them. I would have simply lied and said I hadn’t seen them. When the police officer came to my office to discuss it he seemed content and left shortly after talking to me and to my neighbor to confirm the information."
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This should have been filed under the state election interference law. State statute 115.637 (19) describes stealing of political signs. Cossey admits to being the one removing them. She admits to the crime. Unfortunately, a spineless county prosecutor wouldn't go forward with it. Now her buddy, and the person she recommended for a job just dropped the charges. She isn't innocent or exonerated. She got let off the hook due to who she knows.
Now her buddy, and the person she recommended for a job just dropped the charges.
BONUS!
That's the guy that filed the charges in the first place!
OOOPS!
Funny how thngs can happen sometimes.
The success of a plan like this is probably determined by who you are.
And who you know!
“Now her buddy, and the person she recommended for a job just dropped the charges.
BONUS!
That's the guy that filed the charges in the first place!
OOOPS!”
Exactly! Favors from the very start when he didn’t charge her to the full extent of the law. His first step should definitely have been recusal. She recommended him for his job as Carthage City Attorney. This whole thing was dishonest and corrupt from the start.
I’m always amazed at the know it all, tough talkers, who comment on your site, but all Anonymous. All cowards who want to rant away, make baseless accusations, but don’t have the testicular fortitude to do it under their names. The Prosecutor was called “spineless,” above. The definition of spineless is your commenters. If you’re big enough to state your feelings, why hide?
Answer: Typical bully mentality. I hope you’re proud of what you allow on here, and even participate in, Randy. What a nasty rag.
Go get stuffed!
Do you still block everyone who criticizes you and your crew on social media?
You are an idiot. You do know she had never worked for a law firm in Joplin, right? Why bother to research facts when you can make up crap.
Paul Wilson what a waste of time.
If his butt still hurts that 730 voters recalled Cossey then there's always Preperation H!
Paul, you block everyone that disagrees with you on Facebook. You are a coward that can't handle any other viewpoint other than your own. Go cuddle up with Brian Chorum and whisper in each other's ear. You are a nobody that doesn't live anywhere near Carthage. Your opinion really doesn't even matter. Go smoke your pipe and move on. You're a moron.
C'mon Wilson. You're one of the biggest babies on FB. Blocking everyone that doesn't fall for your crap. You've been wrong about just about everything in Carthage.
Congrats to Tiffany for the charges being dropped and surviving the witch hunt! The cream is rising to the top. She's moving on while the rest of the KF et. al. swamp continues to revel in the mud.
Mark Peterson is next! Another great dude!
Pond scum floats too.
I dearly love the comments about who I’ve blocked and what that shows me to be. While Kirk blocks everyone on the Hate Page he chooses. He just blocked me for the second time, this week.
Typical of situational ethics. He can do as he chooses, but if anyone else does the same, it’s wrong and the name calling begins.
Rife - GONE
Dagnan - GONE
Dally - GONE
Hawkins - short timer on a short leash
Abi - All but GONE
Just wait till March.
It kind of looks like I’ve been right all along, and you losers lost.
All you can point to is a Cossey recall, which wasn’t even properly certified.
Have a great day, cowards.
It is always funny how some people miss the Basics and the Truths - Tiffany Cossey, was Recalled by her Constituents/Voter and Lost - Tiffany Cossey, was charged with Stealing and Removing Political Signs - she got off on a Technicality - and had her Constituents/Voters been able to Voice their Opinion - She would be Facing Fines and Jail Time. Do you Think that is a WIN - 7:36AM???
Would you ever Trust - Tiffany Cossey - Of Course Not?
Would you ever Vote for - Tiffany Cossey - Of Course Not?
Tiffany Cossey is not the Cream Rising to the Top, but the Sludge Falling to the Bottom - This was "No Witch Hunt", when the Majority of her Constituents/Voters - Voted to Recall Her. 7:36AM - You're Trying to turn Dog Pooh 💩 into Ice Cream - and you are the only one that believes your Hype!
Rife - GONE
Dagnan - GONE
Dally - GONE
Hawkins - short timer on a short leash
Abi - All but GONE
Just wait till March.
It kind of looks like I’ve been right all along, and you losers lost.
So everything's going according to some plan?
surviving the witch hunt!
Was the Carthage City Prosecutor in on it too?
The reason I ask is that as far as I know the police just wrote the citations, the Globe posted an article on OCtober 21, 2024 that had the following:
"City Prosecutor Nathan Gurley filed two counts of shoplifting against Cossey, and her first appearance before a judge is slated for 9 a.m. Nov. 21."
How does the City Prosecutor fit into your witchhunt?
How did the Cossey Recall supporters force the prosecutor to file charges?
Did anyone watch the full video of this? Hard to defend her after seeing it. I saw it was out on YouTube Saturday evening.. Share, share, share.
You saw the carnage of all the turnover on the council? Did any of you still believe them? What say you now? Do you think you were mislead about Peterson (both of them), Dally, Dagnan, Rife, Martin, Hawkins, Almadinger, Snow, Cossey, Schramm, Heckmaster, Edge, Barlow, CCU, CWEP, and everyone else they utilize or use for their gains? Some supported them, the others they got rid of. Can you honestly still believe Jana, Gina, Tiffany, Paul Douglas, Brian C, or any of the minions ever again? They now are targeting half of our pd, & Taylor and Leece. Why? Are you next? Am I? Are my taxes safe? Can they negotiate contracts with an illegitimate fake mayor? Is our city insurance fixed? Are they going to drop us or increase premiums as they said they would after the impeachment is finally resolved, and after Dagnan wins or loses his tort case? Why do they need to control the entire city and council and pd and fire? Why did they need only their lawyers working the city - at more than the cost of Dally? When and how much more will they cost us, the tax payers, for the illegally impeached mayor just to be overturned as they perjured themselves in their own disqualification hearing? They also voted Rife out with not enough votes. Their sitting lawyer Gold told them before, during and after that they didn’t have the number of votes needed. They also got in trouble with the assistant attorney general for sunshine violations and lack of training.
They can point a finger at the truth sayers each and every day, but remember, three of their fingers point directly back to them for every time they make the gesture.
The only voice/choice that we made, for all of this change, was for the recall of the only eligible person up for a recall. Funny we didn’t need much to convince anyone as it was too big to rig.
No. One. Liked. Tiffany. After. She. Was. Showing. Her. Butt. And. Ignorance. In. Every. Single. Meeting. And. Still. Weekly. On. Her. Pages. Since. Then.
They need to drop her like a nasty habit.
“F.A.T.E. Just met its untimely demise for CCU”.
Please send this video to anyone who uses her tax services and holds any of her licenses. The bar. The college. The businesses that she does accounting for.
Send it to the media.
Don’t let the Boots Court foundation and tourist scam become the next funnel for funds like how Mark Peterson used the golf course.
Work out something with Carthage Humane Society.
Fix our Charter.
No more insanity or influence from ccu.
Make all departments equal in accountability and transparency without regard for donations & friends and family.
Audit them all!!!!!!! Forensic deep!
Sunshine request them all and call the Missouri AG again to say how after the training they were non-compliant.
This is OUR town. Let’s get it back to business and with safety in mind and peace between who all is willing to remain or step up now.
Link: YouTube video in
https://youtu.be/uUlIGOyKfBI?feature=shared
Thanks for the link to this video!
The recall signs were next door to her office.
lol!
I can't imagine why she wouldn't have wanted the signs there.
The video shows the officer interviewing both Tiffany and the neighbor. Where is the interview of Bill? Where is the original complaint/statement from Bill? Please share both sides of the issue at hand.
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