MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
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Q12122014
December 12, 2014
EMPHASIS: Missouri State Highway Patrol To Commission 99th Recruit Class

Colonel Ron Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces that 31 Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers will graduate from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy on Friday, December 19, 2014. The ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. in the Academy gymnasium. The 99th Recruit Class reported to the Academy on July 1, 2014. The new troopers will report for duty in their assigned troops on January 5, 2015. The media and the public are invited to attend the ceremony.
Governor Jay Nixon will address the class and Chief Jon Belmar, St. Louis County Police Department, will give the keynote address during the December 19 graduation ceremony.

Listed below are the names, hometowns, and first assignments for members of the 99th Recruit Class:

Name/Hometown/First Assignment

Kyle E. Alcorn, Lake Sherwood, MO, Troop C, Ste. Genevieve & Perry Counties
Kenneth R. Bechaud, O’Fallon, MO, Troop C, St. Charles County
Michael L. Bradley, St. Louis, MO, Troop B, Marion & Ralls Counties
Kyle R. Copeland, Centertown, MO, Troop D, Stone & Taney Counties
Jack W. Cotter, Blue Springs, MO, Troop H, Holt & Atchison Counties
Isaac A. Cox, Jackson, MO, Troop I, Phelps & Maries Counties
Robert L. Crafton, Kennett, MO, Troop I, Phelps & Maries Counties
Austin G. Darnell, Villa Ridge, MO, Troop C, South St. Louis & Jefferson Counties
Allison R. Enderle, Wentzville, MO, Troop F, Moniteau & Morgan Counties
Joshua E. Hainey, St. Joseph, MO, Troop H Harrison & Gentry Counties
Michael K. Halim, Imperial, MO, Troop C, Franklin County
Ethan T. Hobbs, Anderson, MO, Troop I, Pulaski & Maries Counties
Gregory A. Jackson Jr., St. Charles, MO, Troop C, North St. Louis County
Christopher R. Kottwitz, St. Joseph, MO, Troop B, Clark & Scotland Counties
Brian J. Magnan, Crystal City, MO, Troop C, Jefferson County
Andrew W. Marbaker, Jefferson City, MO, Troop F, Callaway County
Houston M. McDaniel, Carl Junction, MO, Troop F, Miller County
Jerrick W. Myers, Jackson, MO, Troop E, Bolinger, Cape, & Scott County
Matthew D. Obert, Lamar, MO, Troop H, Harrison & Gentry Counties
Brandon S. Pearson, Green City, MO, Chariton & Linn Counties
Jonathan W. Pengress, Jonesboro, IL, Troop C, Jefferson County
Nicholas A. Perez, Lexington, MO, Troop A, Saline County
Tyler D. Pond, West Plains, MO, Troop G, Southern Howell & Oregon Counties
Scott T. Roettger, Imperial, MO, Troop C, St. Louis & Jefferson Counties
Tyler L. Shupe, Kansas City, MO, Troop H, Holt & Atchison Counties
Holly R. Stevens, Lincoln, MO, Troop A, Bates County
Emilio J. Villanueva, Springfield, MO, Troop A, Cass County
Jacob H. Vislay, Jefferson City, MO, Troop F, Boone County
Christopher C. Wakefield, Bismarck, MO, Troop E, Mississippi, New Madrid, & Scott Counties
Geoffrey N. Wensel, Plato, MO, Troop I, Pulaski & Maries Counties
Travis N. Ziegler, Joliet, IL, Troop C, St. Charles County


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