MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

TROOP C HEADQUARTERS
891 Technology Drive
Weldon Spring, MO 63304


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sergeant Al Nothum
(636) 300-2800 ext. 3340
C010983
February 1, 2010

EMPHASIS: Patrol Announces Promotion



Captain Ronald S. Johnson, commanding officer, Troop C, Weldon Spring, is pleased to announce that effective February 1, 2010, Corporal Johny L. Ellsworth was promoted to the rank of sergeant. Ellsworth is assigned to Zone 15, St. Francis and Washington counties, as the zone commander. Ellsworth was born in Dexter, Missouri. He graduated from Desoto High School in Desoto, MO, in 1998. Appointed to the Patrol in 2001, Ellsworth was assigned to Troop C, and was first assigned to Jefferson County. In 2007, he was promoted to the rank of corporal and was assigned to Zone 12, Jefferson County. Sergeant Ellsworth currently resides in Desoto, Missouri. He is married and has two children.



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