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Updated September 12, 2024

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Man facing charges in OB officer’s death

LAKE OF THE OZARKS – A Camdenton man has been charged in connection to the death of Osage Beach Police Officer Phylicia Carson.

According to the Probable Cause Statement (PCS) on Saturday August 31 at 1:17 a.m., an on duty Osage Beach Police officer spotted a passenger vehicle traveling westbound on Highway 54 at what appeared to be an excessive rate of speed.

The officer said he checked the speed with his radar and found the vehicle, driven by Christopher A. Wehmeyer, 23, of Camdenton, MO, going 90 MPH.

The officer activated his emergency lights and siren and began pursuit of the vehicle. The PCS stated Wehmeyer failed to stop and accelerated reaching speeds in excess of 100 MPH.

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Two children injured in rollover accident

LAKE OF THE OZARKS – Four people were injured in a rollover accident last week including two children.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) last Monday (September 2) at 5:55 p.m., Aaliyah Diehl, 19, of Jefferson City, MO, was driving a 2001 Ford Expedition west on Highway 54 east of Tolwood Road when the driver “failed to keep a proper lookout of the roadway.”

The Ford went off the left side of the road, returned to the roadway where it skidded and overturned. It then went off the right side of the road, overturned again, hit a highway sign and finally came to rest upright.

Diehl received minor injuries and was taken by Miller County EMS to Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, MO.

Three passengers in the vehicle were injured:

Brittany Wallace, 39, of Jefferson City, MO, suffered moderate injuries and was taken by Lake Ozark Fire to Lake Regional Hospital.

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Fund set up for Carson family

LAKE OF THE OZARKS – An official fundraising page has been set up for Officer Phylicia Carson, who died during a pursuit on August 31.

Carson was 33 years old and leaves behind a husband and six children that range in age from 3 to 16 years old.

As of last Sunday, the page had brought in over $55,000 for the family.

For those wishing to contribute the page can be found at:

https://mason-griffith-foundation.givecloud.co/fundraising/forms/PGD9N3E4

The Osage Beach Police Department issued a thank you to everyone last Friday.

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Parson orders flags flown at half-staff

JEFFERSON CITY – Last Wednesday, September 4, Governor Mike Parson ordered the U.S. and Missouri flags to be flown at half-staff at government buildings in Camden and Miller counties and at all police stations across Missouri on Thursday, September 5, to honor Osage Beach Police Department Officer Phylicia Carson.

“Officer Carson was a member of the Osage Beach Police Department for just under a year, but in that short period she made a difference for Osage Beach and contributed to an enduring legacy of public service,” Governor Parson said. “As Officer Carson prepared to enter into a law enforcement career, she wrote ‘As a mother of six children, I want to know I can make a difference in the area I am raising my children. I want to show my children how to grow up and be outstanding members of society.’ These are values we can all embrace, regardless of our careers. Teresa and I lift up in our prayers Officer Carson’s husband, Miller County Deputy Sheriff Grant Carson, and their children, Teighan, Raye, Emlyn, Roma, Chevy and Rhenner.”

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