Month: August 2015

An Eldon woman was federally indicted Friday for having illegal guns. 41-year-old Talissa Dummermuth was charged with being a felon in possession of firearms on August 19. Dummermuth allegedly had a .22 caliber pistol, a Ruger .22 caliber revolver, and a Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistol on July 22. Dummermuth is in federal prison pending

The University of Missouri College of Engineering received a $500,000 gift for renovations at Lafferre Hall. A Kansas City based engineering firm, Burns & McDonnell, donated $400,000. Alumnus Ray Kowalik donated $100,000. Kowalik is the executive vice president for Burns & McDonnell. The combined gifts will be put toward renovating an area dedicated for student

Ashland Police are asking residents to remember to lock their car doors at night. Police said the reminder comes after several victims complained of their cars being broken into and items being stolen. Police said the common denominator in each theft was an unlocked car overnight.

A campus alert has been issued for the University of Missouri in Columbia. MUPD officers told ABC 17 News the alert was just before 8 p.m. after a possible gun was spotted near campus. Police said just before 7:30 p.m., three students walking by Lathrop Hall reportedly saw a passenger in a white older model

The MUSTANG drug task force carried out a search warrant for drugs about 8:45 Friday morning. Fulton police officers also helped form a perimeter around the property. ABC 17 News has confirmed it happened on Jefferson City Road in Fulton. Stay with ABC 17 News on this developing story.

Work is scheduled to begin on a major Columbia road starting Friday. Phase 3 of the Scott Blvd. road construction project was scheduled to start at 7:00 a.m. The project involves rebuilding the road from Vawter School Road south to State Route KK, about 1.8 miles south of the road. Workers will first shut down

Three male suspects are on the loose Friday morning after a home invasion robbery in Columbia. Around midnight Friday, officers were dispatched to the 2600 block of Jacobs Place for a burglary with a gun. Three men approached another man when they arrived at his home. One of the suspects pointed a handgun at the

A suspect is in custody Friday morning after leading authorities on a high speed vehicle chase in Columbia and Ashland. Around 2:15 Friday morning deputies were involved in a high speed chase that started at Vandiver and Rangeline and ended on Highway 63 towards the Columbia Regional Airport. Authorities say 41-year-old Leslie Shoemate was the

Officials at the Columbia Public Library confirmed to ABC 17 News Thursday that thereare bats inside the library. This comes just weeks after the library had to temporarily close for a flea problem. A concerned viewer contacted ABC 17 News Wednesday. Library spokeswoman Mitzi St. John told ABC 17 News there have been several bat

A 20-year-old man is dead following a Thursday afternoon crash in Camden County. Osage Beach police officers said the crash happened just after 4 p.m. on Highway 54 near Osage Beach. Thomas Rosemann, 67, of St. Louis, was driving a 2005 Airstream motor home when he made a U-turn at Highway 54 and Key Largo.

A weak cold front will move across Mid-Missouri Friday night and Saturday bringing a slight chance of showers and t-storms. A line of showers is forecast to move across northern Missouri Friday morning, bringing a slight rain chance mainly to areas north of I-70. Clouds will break up as we head into the afternoon with

School districts in Missouri will now have greater access to employee criminal records. The Missouri State Highway Patrol recently upgraded its background check website to allow for completely digital transactions. The Department of Education no longer has to use mail to submit and get results of fingerprint information. “Basically, you would set up your account

A man is in the Boone County Jail after authorities said he was caught with child pornography involving infants and toddlers. Investigators arrested 42-year-old Richard Ortega earlier this week after the Boone County Cyber Crimes Task Force received a cyber tip. The tip claimed Ortega uploaded child porn back in May to an email account.

A Cole County man accused of molesting a child is in jail. ABC 17 News obtained court documents that claim Dan Streetman molested the victim several times. The documents also accuse Streetman of taking inappropriate pictures on his phone. He’s charged with statutory sodomy and child molestation, and his bond is set at $100,000.

On Thursday police said they made an arrest after a recent shooting outside Waffle House in central Columbia earlier this month. Christopher Robinson, 33, was arrested around 9 p.m. Wednesday. Detectives claimed they identified Robinson as the same suspect who flashed a gun during a fight in the parking lot early August 2, at the

Police responded to an armed robbery at a Columbia hotel near the connector Thursday morning. Officers were called to the Howard Johnson Inn across from the Moser’s grocery store off I-70 Drive S.E. around 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The suspect reportedly had his face covered, but surveillance video was grainy. Detectives believe the man got into

Police are investigating after shots were fired in central Columbia. It happened just before midnight Wednesday night in the area just north of Garth Avenue and Sexton Road. Police say they found multiple shell casing in the 400 block of Duncan Street. Investigators say a vehicle in front of 601 McBaine Avenue, Buckner’s Beauty Shop,

A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly stealing the identity of eight Jefferson City Country Club members and employees. 22-year-old Travis Sumpter started working at the country club in June. Sumpter allegedly created 8 credit card accounts under the names of members and employees. ABC 17 News obtained court documents that said Sumpter had access

Drivers in and around Jefferson City need to be aware of some traffic changes happening Thursday night. Lane changes at the Lafayette interchange will begin at 5:00 p.m. Westbound lanes of Highway 50 and 63 will open, and traffic will go down the new Lafayette off ramp. From there, drivers will cross Lafayette and go

Three people were charged in Morgan County after investigators found stolen property, explosives, and drugs in a home. Morgan County deputies, the FBI, ATF, and Camden Co. explosives detection K9 Unitsearched the home on Highway T outside Versailles on Monday. Investigators found meth, stolen property, and explosives inside. 35-year-old Jack Medley, 45-year-old Charles “Billy” Crowe,