Brandon Eugene Funkhouser, 43, Joplin, wanted to failure to appear in Jasper County Circuit Court on a sodomy charge was captured without incident Wednesday in Carl Junction.
The Carl Junction Police Department issued the following news release:
On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, our department developed information that a suspect with a felony warrant was a residence at Pennell Street in the city. It is the same suspect that we were looking for on Thursday, March 6, and have been looking for the past several weeks.
At approximately 9:30 p.m., the Jasper County SOG took the suspect, Brandon Funkhouser, into custody on a no bond warrant for failure to appear on first degree sodomy.
Funkhauser is also awaiting trial in Cherokee County, Kansas District Court on methamphetamine possession and theft charges.
The Jasper County charge against Funkhouser is detailed in the probable cause statement
Funkhouser committed the alleged crime April 27, 2024 in a Joplin hotel room, where the victim, a 21-year-old woman, was visiting her friend when Funkhouser and another man arrived.
The probable cause statement says Funkhouser pushed the woman from the patio into the room, then pushed her onto the bed.
Funkhouser stated to Victim 1, “you know you want this”. Victim 1 replied stating no and attempted to push him away. Funkhouser used one hand to pull the back of Victim 1’s hair, pinning her head to the bed.Funkhouser proceeded to undress the woman, touched her breasts and violated her with his hand, according to the probable cause statement.
Funkhouser stopped his assault when Victim 1 told him that Witness 1 and the second male had returned to the room.Funkhouser was bound over for trial after a preliminary hearing June 24, 2024.
1 comment:
Brandon Eugene Funkhouser, like several others, fail to understand that "NO - MEANS NO". So, Funkhouser should spend some quality time in our finest State Institutions - for Offenders -
While, Several of you need to STOP putting yourselves in situations that could cause yourselves and others to become Victims. Use Your Heads and THINK!
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