A Jefferson City man pleaded guilty to amended charges in connection with a stolen property incident from 2020.
During a hearing before Cole County Judge Dan Green, Robert Edmonds, 46, pleaded guilty to charges that were amended by prosecutors. Instead of a felony count of receiving stolen property, he pleaded to a misdemeanor count. Instead of a charge of felony delivery of a controlled substance, Edmonds pleaded to felony possession of a controlled substance. Instead of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, Edmonds pleaded to misdemeanor child endangerment.
For his pleas, Edmonds was placed on five years supervised probation. If he fails to meet conditions of his probation, he faces 10 years in prison.
Deputies were called Dec. 9, 2020, to the break-in of a construction company trailer on Route CC, according to a Cole County Sheriff's Department probable cause statement. Among the items stolen were screw guns, a belt sander, a router and a gas-powered generator.
One of the victims in the case told the Sheriff's Department a few days later that the generator had been listed for sale on Facebook by Edmonds.
The victim contacted Edmonds and set up a time for the two to meet.
Deputies were notified and found Edmonds in a pickup parked where they had planned to meet. In the back of the truck was the generator, and a check of its serial number determined it was the stolen generator.
Edmonds was taken to the Cole County Jail. When searched by deputies, he was found to be in possession of methamphetamine and nearly $2,200 in cash. A search of the truck found several power tools that matched descriptions of items reported stolen.
Deputies later went to Edmonds' home, which he shared with his 4-year-old child, and deputies found more methamphetamine along with several knives and two propane torches.