MULBERRY — After a nine-hour standoff Thursday, authorities from multiple law enforcement agencies successfully apprehended two suspects in a recent crime spree that allegedly included evading arrest on several occasions, assaulting an officer, armed robbery, and theft of firearms, among other offenses. Shortly after 8 p.m., authorities announced a search warrant and used a flash bang before entering a house at 809 S. Military Ave. in Mulberry, which they had surrounded since before noon. After an extensive search of the home, 28-year-old William Patton of Pittsburg and 21-year-old Kaitlyn McMurry of Girard — who had allegedly evaded capture by various law enforcement agencies at least four times in recent weeks in Crawford, Allen and Woodson counties, as well as across the state line in Joplin — were found hiding in the attic and taken into custody...
