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: Corporal Logan Bolton
(636) 300-2800 ext.3324
C2022-004
4/20/2022

EMPHASIS: Troop C Announces The Addition Of A New Trooper To Ste. Genevieve & Perry Counties

Captain Ryan A. Burckhardt, commanding officer of Troop C, Weldon Spring, is pleased to announce the assignment of one new trooper to Troop C. The new trooper was a member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s 114th Recruit Class and graduated from the Patrol Academy on April 29, 2022. This was the Patrol’s first accelerated recruit class. The new trooper from the 114th Recruit Class will report for duty on May 9, 2022.

Trooper Jake R. Stombaugh, a native of Taylorville, Illinois, has been assigned to Zone 16, serving the citizens of Ste. Genevieve and Perry counties. Trooper Stombaugh is a 2010 graduate of Taylorville High School in Taylorville, Illinois. Prior to employment with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Trooper Stombaugh was a police officer for the Evansville Police Department in Evansville, Wyoming.
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