Webb City felon arrested by Joplin Police Thursday

A 19-year-old wanted felon from Webb City is in custody thanks to Joplin Police. Read their full press release below:

On Thursday morning, Joplin Police officers responded to 1116 S. McKinley Avenue for a suspect who had active felony warrants.

19-year-old Hunter R. Sease, of Webb City, was located at this address and refused to exit the home.

After numerous attempts to get him to peacefully surrender were unsuccessful, JPD officers and on-duty SWAT team members deployed a chemical munition into the residence.

Sease surrendered a short time later. He was transported to the Joplin City Jail where he remains in custody with no bond.

Sease had felony warrants out of Jasper and Newton County related to a vehicle pursuit in 2020 where he rammed a Joplin PD K9 officer on I-44, totaling the K9 vehicle.

Sease continued to flee into Joplin and crashed into a utility pole at 7th and Pearl Avenue. As he was being taken into custody, he assaulted another Joplin PD officer.

He was arrested following that incident for Assault in the First Degree (special victim), Assault in the Third Degree (special victim), Assault on a Police Animal, Property Damage in the First Degree, Resisting Arrest, and Driving While Intoxicated.

An additional charge of Resisting Arrest is being sought from today’s incident.