Ryan W. Horsman of Chillicothe has been appointed as the new Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney. The position became vacant upon the resignation of former Prosecuting Attorney John L. Young earlier this year.
Horsman, a Republican, is an attorney in private practice with the Chillicothe law firm of Chapman and Cowherd P.C. He is a former assistant prosecuting attorney for the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Ooffice, where he served until July 2016. In that position, he prosecuted sex offenses, crimes against childre, and domestic violence cases as a member of the Special Victims’ Unit as well as prosecuted violent crimes and drug offenses as a member of the Independence Drug Unit. He werved as an assistant attorney general in the Public Safety Division of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office and was an associate with a law firm in St. Joseph. He obtained his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri.
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