MISSOURI SEEKS DISCIPLINE AGAINST PIKE COUNTY DEPUTY OVER ALLEGEDLY FALSE COURT STATEMENT

BOWLING GREEN, Mo. — The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is seeking disciplinary action against the peace-officer license of a Pike County sheriff’s deputy accused of misrepresenting details surrounding a 2024 arrest.

A complaint filed July 15 against Deputy Christina Moser alleges she included inaccurate information in a probable-cause statement following the February 4, 2024, arrest of a motorist accused of driving the wrong way on U.S. Route 61.

According to the complaint, Moser and a Bowling Green police sergeant attempted to remove the driver from his vehicle and place him under arrest. Investigative documents allege the police sergeant struck the driver in the face, causing him to bleed.

Moser’s written statement reportedly said the driver was already bleeding before officers removed him from the vehicle and that officers struck him only in the torso. The state complaint alleges those statements misrepresented what occurred during the arrest.

Criminal charges against the driver were later dismissed after he entered a treatment program addressing mental-health concerns.

The administrative case was filed by the Attorney General’s Office at the request of the Missouri Department of Public Safety. The complaint could result in disciplinary action against Moser’s state peace-officer license, but the filing itself does not revoke or suspend the license.

Pike County Sheriff Stephen Korte had not issued a public response to the allegations when the case was reported. The accusations remain pending and have not yet been decided by the state licensing commission.