Grier sentenced on resisting arrest and drug charges
Travis Grier
April 29, 2021
Travis Grier, 32, of Branson, was sentenced to five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on April 14, 2021 on charges of resisting arrest and possession of methamphetamine.
Stone County Prosecutor, Matt Selby, reports that on January 25, 2020, Deputy Paul Algya was on routine patrol when he observed a Ford Taurus speeding. He attempted to make a traffic stop. The vehicle then accelerated even faster and headed towards Branson on East Highway 76. As the vehicle sped towards the Taney County line it began weaving from one side of the road to the other until it failed to make a curve near the State Highway 376 where it lost control and crashed into an embankment before rolling and coming to a stop. Travis Grier was the driver and only occupant in the vehicle. Deputy Algya found what appeared to be drug paraphernalia in the car. The defendant was not arrested at the time due to his injuries. He was, however, charged with felony resisting arrest for endangering others and a warrant was issued.
On January 28, 2021, Stone County investigators learned that Grier was living on Redwood Lane and went to try to arrest him on the warrant. When he refused to come out of the house a search warrant was obtained to make entry to arrest him, however, the defendant had barricaded the doors to the house. Officers finally set off several rounds of gas into the residence and Grier finally came at which time he was taken into custody. A second search warrant was then obtained to search the house for drugs and methamphetamine was found and seized. The meth possession charges were then filed.
The defendant eventually pled guilty and was sentenced to prison. “In many cases where a person is in possession of illegal drugs our goal is to seek treatment for the individual,” says Selby, “but in situations where a person runs from the officers, places others at risk for serious injury, and then continues to commit crimes, our objective changes to punishment and protecting the community from future acts of the individual.” Selby said that the case was investigated by Detective Zion English and prosecuted by assistant prosecutor Brynna Howell.
Travis Grier, 32, of Branson, was sentenced to five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on April 14, 2021 on charges of resisting arrest and possession of methamphetamine.
Stone County Prosecutor, Matt Selby, reports that on January 25, 2020, Deputy Paul Algya was on routine patrol when he observed a Ford Taurus speeding. He attempted to make a traffic stop. The vehicle then accelerated even faster and headed towards Branson on East Highway 76. As the vehicle sped towards the Taney County line it began weaving from one side of the road to the other until it failed to make a curve near the State Highway 376 where it lost control and crashed into an embankment before rolling and coming to a stop. Travis Grier was the driver and only occupant in the vehicle. Deputy Algya found what appeared to be drug paraphernalia in the car. The defendant was not arrested at the time due to his injuries. He was, however, charged with felony resisting arrest for endangering others and a warrant was issued.
On January 28, 2021, Stone County investigators learned that Grier was living on Redwood Lane and went to try to arrest him on the warrant. When he refused to come out of the house a search warrant was obtained to make entry to arrest him, however, the defendant had barricaded the doors to the house. Officers finally set off several rounds of gas into the residence and Grier finally came at which time he was taken into custody. A second search warrant was then obtained to search the house for drugs and methamphetamine was found and seized. The meth possession charges were then filed.
The defendant eventually pled guilty and was sentenced to prison. “In many cases where a person is in possession of illegal drugs our goal is to seek treatment for the individual,” says Selby, “but in situations where a person runs from the officers, places others at risk for serious injury, and then continues to commit crimes, our objective changes to punishment and protecting the community from future acts of the individual.” Selby said that the case was investigated by Detective Zion English and prosecuted by assistant prosecutor Brynna Howell.