Third home invasion suspect in custody

The last of three suspects sought in connection with a home invasion in Maryville on Sept. 29 is in custody after being arrested Friday in Fremont County, Iowa.

Nodaway County Sheriff Darren White said Michael Dillon Eddlemon, 22, Rockport, waived extradition and was transported to Maryville soon after being taken into custody.

He was being held in lieu of $50,000 bond on felony charges of first-degree burglary, armed criminal action, and second-degree assault. He also faces a pair of misdemeanor counts charging him with stealing and property damage.

Eddlemon, Benjamin Lloyd Ensley, and Jacob Thorne, all in their early 20s, were each arrested in recent days by Iowa authorities in connection with the Maryville break-in.

Ensley has been released on bond, Thorne, who also faces Iowa drug charges, was being held at the Fremont County jail. His extradition status remains undetermined.

Missouri charges against the men are identical.

The alleged home invasion occurred on a Tuesday night. Maryville Public Safety Director Keith Wood said the suspects forcibly entered a home in the 200 block of West Cooper and confronted two male occupants, one of whom was reportedly beaten with a baseball bat.

The other victim was able to flee the home, escaping injury.

Authorities believe one of the suspects was in possession of a handgun at the time of the incident.

Some kind of personal dispute, possibly over money, is believed to have motivated the robbery and assault, Wood said.