Head of Morgan County Emergency Management charged with felony, misdemeanor

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The director of Morgan County Emergency Management was charged with a felony and a misdemeanor after he allegedly followed a woman back to her home on Saturday.

Jason Foster, 40, of Versailles, was charged in Morgan County with first-degree harassment and first-degree trespassing, a misdemeanor.

He was booked into the Morgan County Jail at 6:10 p.m. Saturday and release at 11:30 a.m. Monday, jail records show. His bond was $5,000. An arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday.

The probable cause statement says Foster called dispatch to report a possible drunk driver on Route MM in Morgan County and claimed they drove in and out of a ditch. The statement says he followed the victim to her home and was told by the victim to leave her property.

Dispatch allegedly told Foster to leave and heard an argument occurring, the statement says. He was at a nearby property when law enforcement arrived, the statement says.

The victim was investigated for possible driving while intoxicated, but law enforcement found no evidence, the statement says. The victim told law enforcement that she was being followed home by Foster after he honked his horn at her, the statement says. She allegedly pulled into a ditch to call a family member before calling her boyfriend, the statement says.

Foster then allegedly gave conflicting statements over whether the victim told him to leave the property, the statement says.