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

Troop A - 504 SE Blue Parkway - Lee's Summit, MO 64063


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For further information please contact: Sgt. Collin Stosberg
(816) 622-0800 ext. 3149
A2013-9
April 3, 2013

EMPHASIS: Troop A Promotions


Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee's Summit, announces the following promotions effective April 1, 2013:

Sergeant Nathan C. Ahern was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and assigned to Troop A. Lieutenant Ahern is a 20-year veteran with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Ahern was appointed to the Patrol on January 1, 1993, as a member of the 65th Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop A, Zone 10, serving Saline County. In February 1998, he was promoted to corporal and assigned to Zone 15, serving Henry County. Ahern was promoted to sergeant in August 2001, and designated zone supervisor of Zone 13, Pettis County.

Ahern was born in Quincy, Illinois. He graduated from Montgomery County R-II High School in 1988. He earned a bachelor's of science degree in criminal justice from Truman State University, in Kirksville, Missouri, in 1992. Lieutenant Ahern and his wife, Rhonda (Thornton), have three daughters, Tabby (and her husband, Steven), Meghan, and Abby. Lt. and Mrs. Ahern also have one grandson.

Trooper Josh D. Owens was promoted to the rank of corporal and will be designated as the assistant zone supervisor of Zone 12, which serves Johnson County. Owens was appointed to the Patrol on January 7, 2007, as part of the 86th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop A, Zone 7, serving Jackson County. In April 2009, he transferred to Zone 12, Johnson County.

Owens was born in Benton, Illinois. He graduated from Salem R-80 High School, in Salem, MO, in 2003. Before joining the Patrol, he attended William Jewell College and the University of Central Missouri, in Warrensburg, MO. Corporal Owens and his wife Rachel (Scherer), formerly of Centerview, MO, have two sons, Andy, 3, and Collin, eight months.

(Photographs available upon request.)

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