Month: March 2013

A stalking suspect is back on the street in Columbia after allegedly following around an 18 year-old girl. Patrick Gaffney was arrested around midnight Thursday, but later bonded out of jail. The victim says Gaffney went to her car and said he did not mean to scare her. But he allegedly kept following her as

Columbia police say a man who may have had a weapon robbed the FastLane gas station on West Boulevard early Thursday. The robbery happened around 2:30 a.m. when the suspect walked in with his hand under his shirt, as if he was hiding a weapon. He took cash from the store and left on foot.

The St. Louis Cardinals will remember Cardinal great Stan Musial this season by wearing a special patch, but it will be unusual. This patch will not have any black on it. The Cardinals decided the Stan Musial’s life was too bright to be memorialized by dark colors. The Red Birds will wear the No. 6

The Kansas City Chiefs have hired a new assistant coach –someone who is familiar to head coach Andy Reid. Kansas City hired former Vikings coach Brad Childress Thursday. He spent five years as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings (2006-10). He spent the last season as the offensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns. Childress

Columbia police arrested a man Wednesday night after he allegedly robbed a victim and assaulted an officer. Cops say 35-year-old Dean Wilmoth assaulted an 18-year-old man around 7:15 p.m. on Ninth Street. Police later found Wilmoth a few blocks away with the exact amount of money stolen from the victim. After the victim identified Wilmoth

Missouri senators are worried that new procedures at the Department of Motor Vehicles could lead to the theft of your identity. Lawmakers discovered that some DMV offices across the state have started collecting private personal information to go along with federal requirements, although the state decided not to comply. The Senate does not know exactly

Law enforcement throughout Missouri are now on the lookout for a missing teenager from Fulton. Fulton police say 14-year-old Amjina Davis ran away from home on Monday and issued an Endangered Person Advisory early Thursday. She was last seen Wednesday on Wyoming Street in St. Louis getting into a black passenger car driven by a

It was a miraculous season that ended too quickly for the Columbia College Cougars. The NAIA released their Postseason Top 25 poll, and the Cougars, who spent most of the regular season as the No. 1 spot, finished at fifth place. National Champion Georgetown College (Ky.) earned the No.1 spot, followed by SAGU (Texas), Lindsey

The Centers for DiseaseControland Preventionreleased its latest numbersofsalmonella outbreaks linked to live poultry Wednesday. The CDC says live baby chicks are a carrier of thesegerms,which are particularly dangerous to children. In 2012, the CDC reported eight salmonella outbreaks with32 people sickin Missouri. Genalee Alexander from the Columbia and Boone County Department ofHealthsayslooking at an animalisn’t

The air traffic control tower at Columbia Regional Airport will cease operations on May 5, according to a letter sent from the Federal Aviation Administration to the city of Columbia Wednesday. According to a late news release, the tower will be one of the last to close due to federal spending cuts. The other 149

Four suspects are behind bars in Kansas City for a robbery spree and now Columbia police are investigating their possible link to local robberies. ABC 17 News reported on Monday that James Miller, his brother Jamin, Cecil Robinson and Jamon Roberts-Overstreet were arrested in Kansas City for several armed robberies. James Miller is a teen

Two more suspects are under arrest in Jefferson City as police are trying to get the continuing heroin problem under control. One is a prior offender, the other is a what the prosecutors office calls a persistent offender. According to court documents, Mark Parker and Elonzo Johnson Sr. are accused of selling heroin and OxyContin

Tax fraud through stolen identity tops the Internal Revenue Service’s list of tax scams this year. It’s one of the biggest items on the IRS radar, said spokesman Michael Devine from the St. Louis office, who said they are attacking this problem aggressively. The IRS has 3,000 people working on identity theft-related cases, according to

A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday to set a date for Brandon Chase’s retrial on murder charges. Chase has been charged in the 2012 shooting death of Keith Mosely. A judge declared a mistrial in early March after jurors split on the verdict. Chase is also charged with robbery related to Mosely’s death, which Jefferson

Evan Ebel, the man accused of killing former Missouri corrections star Tom Clements, may have been plotting more violence. Documents obtained by ABC 17 News Tuesday show evidence was gathered from Ebel’s car that included bomb-making materials, zip ties, surveillance cameras and at least one weapon. The evidence was sent to both the El Paso

The former CEO of a failed artificial sweetener facility has been released from a Missouri jail after posting $10,000 bail while awaiting trial on theft and fraud charges. Officials at the Randolph County Jail said Bruce Cole was released Monday after his bond was reduced from $500,000 to $100,000 last week. Randolph County Prosecutor Mike

A road has reopened near the Lake of the Ozarks after closing for a sinkhole. It was on Valley Road between Station Drive and School Road. Public Works Director Matt Michalik told ABC 17 News another portion of the road was also in danger of caving in. The asphalt did not collapse, but the earth

A few hours after pitcher Adam Wainwright signed a multimillion dollar contract extension, another Cardinal ace took care of business on the mound. Jaime Garcia pitched eight innings Wednesday only allowing one run and six hits, as the Red Birds blew out the Washington Nationals 10-1. The Nationals’ lineup didn’t include anyone on its projected

Despite the Kansas City Royals spectacular spring season, they do, at times lose. On Wednesday the Royals had a tough time getting runs and fell to the Milwaukee Brewers 9-1. Luis Mendoza was tagged with six runs and 10 hits in 5 2-3 innings. He was chosen earlier this week to be the Royals fifth

A Columbia man is facing possible charges for allegedly watching women while they undressed. Employees at the Goodwill on Grindstone Parkway said the man did not take any items into the dressing room and left before police got there. But somebody caught his license plate number, and that led officers to Ronald Dameron. Investigators say