Murder Suspect Makes Court Appearance

Dillon Bacon, the 22-year-old Laclede County man charged with 1st-degree murder in the shooting death of 21-year-old Megan Glasser, also of Laclede County, on April 16th, was in court on Wednesday and denied a request for bond and decided to waive his preliminary hearing. Bacon entered a plea of not guilty on April 20th and claimed the shooting was an accident. Glasser died of a gunshot wound to the head following an argument between the couple, according to the probable cause statement. Bacon will be back in court on May 16th for his arraignment before Judge Aaron Koeppen.