Man accused in summer 2025 Miller County standoff indicted by federal grand jury

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An Eldon man accused of being in a standoff with law enforcement last year in Miller County was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday.

Lawrance J. Giddens, 44, is now charged in federal court with being a felon with a gun and having an unregistered gun. Charges still appear in Miller County for four counts of illegal gun possession and single counts of unlawfully having an illegal weapon and resisting arrest. He is charged in another case with drug possession. He is being held at the Miller County Jail.

Previous reporting indicates Giddens was involved in a standoff with law enforcement on June 30, 2025, at a home in the 100 block of Witt Road.

Officers were serving a failure-to-appear warrant and Giddens refused to come out of his home, court documents in previous reporting says. Someone who talked to law enforcement allegedly told them Giddens had multiple guns and was willing to fire.

Giddens came out of the home after law enforcement sent a gas canister into the home, previous reporting says.