Deputy Jacob Pickett, 34, died as a result of injuries sustained during a shooting. Lebanon Police were serving a search warrant to a woman on Yates Street around 8:30 a.m. when a foot chase ensued. While serving the warrant at approximately 9:32 am officers recognized another wanted person, John D. Baldwin Jr. 28.
at 3:12 a.m. Baumgardt has been charges in Boone County with a felony count of murder, two felony counts of possession of methamphetamine, felony and misdemeanor counts of carrying a handgun without a license, two
for Baumgardt but he agreed in April to plead guilty to murder and other charges under a plea deal that spared him the death penalty.
Ball pleaded guilty on 9/27/19 in Boone County to five drug-related charges and a charge of providing a firearm to an ineligible person. Under his plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to drop a murder charge Ball had faced.
