Month: December 2018

A Fortuna man pleaded guilty to murder Friday in the killing of a baby. Matthew Hamm pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and abandonment of a corpse in Moniteau County. In his plea Hamm admitted to seriously injuring the baby called “O.H.” in court documents, causing his death on May 5, 2017 by hitting him in

The Jefferson City Police Department is reassigning officers from patrol and shifting their focus strictly to solving recent homicides in Jefferson City. “It’s not that they have been taken off patrol, because they are still patrolling, they are just patrolling specific areas based on possible information from investigators,” JCPD Lt. David Williams said The department

A former employee of an Eldon drug company admitted in federal court Tuesday to embezzling nearly $150,000. Katherine E. Cebuhar, 41, of Olean, waived her right to a grand jury before pleading guilty to four counts of wire fraud in federal court. Cebuhar was an office manager for Eldon Drug Company, a pharmacy, from April

A former Lincoln University student pleaded guilty to her role in a meth conspiracy in federal court on Tuesday. Bria Royale Lanier-Richie, 24, of St. Louis, took part in a 2017 drug conspiracy that would have been used to distribute methamphetamine that was sent through the mail by a co-conspirator in California, the U.S. Western

A Columbia man found guilty of three counts of domestic assault in November asked a Boone County judge for an acquittal of those charges on Friday. Brian Kelley was convicted of two counts of fourth-degree domestic assault and one count of first-degree domestic assault in November after he attacked his grandparents. Authorities said Kelley had

Pat Jones, who along with her husband provided the initial donation that led to development of Missouri’s popular Katy Trail State Park hiking and biking path, has died. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources says Jones died Monday. A cause of death was not disclosed. She was 93. Jones and her late husband, Ted, were

Negotiations are underway for the Holts Summit Police Department to continue servicing New Bloomfield in 2019. Holts Summit Assistant Police Chief Shannon Jeffries said a new contract has been approved by Holts Summit City Council and now it’s “in the hands of the city of New Bloomfield.” Jeffries said the contract must be renewed by

A Sedalia homeless man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly tried to kidnap a 10-year-old girl from the front yard of a home she was staying in. According to court documents, multiple witnesses told police Corey T. Owens was a homeless man staying at the same home as the victim in the 300 block of

THIS AFTERNOON: One last mostly sunny afternoon Tuesday will lead to increasing clouds through the evening hours. Enjoy the nice southerly breeze and warm temperatures because we will be seeing temperatures diving back to seasonal values through the rest of the week. Bring a light jacket for any evening plans, we’ll be in the 40s

Officer Chris Papineau received an award from the mayor at Monday’s Columbia City Council meeting regarding his actions on May 13, 2017, when he shot and killed Clarence Coats. Investigators said Papineau shot in order to protect others, since Coats was pointing a gun at someone from atop a building on Garth Ave. He also

The Warren County coroner confirmed Tuesday morning a mid-Missouri circuit judge passed away over the weekend. ABC 17 News is told Judge Wes C. Dalton, 60, died Sunday afternoon, reportedly from a heart-related condition. An official cause of death hasn’t been released. Dalton represented the 12th Circuit, which covers Audrain, Montgomery and Warren counties. The

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – A 26-year-old Missouri woman who intentionally drove her vehicle into the Kansas River in Kansas has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Scharron Dingledine, of Columbia, Missouri, entered the plea Monday. As part of the plea, she won’t be eligible for parole for 25

A 19-year-old Columbia man was arrested and charged after he allegedly threatened undercover police officers and had a half-pound of marijuana under the hood of his car Friday. According to court documents, undercover Jefferson City officers encountered Yashim M. Smith and others during an investigation of a recent homicide. Smith and the others were suspected

The Jefferson City Police Department took one person into custody on Tuesday morning after they led police on a chase on Highway 54/50. Multiple officers are in the area of Hwy 54/50 for a subject fleeing arrest. — JeffersonCityPolice (@JeffCityPolice) December 18, 2018 According to the police departments Twitter, there were multiple officers chasing the

A Columbia man convicted of murder and weapons charges was sentenced Monday to 105 years in prison. A jury convicted Denico Crawley of four counts on Oct. 31 — second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action — in the 2017 fatal shooting of Quentin Hurt near Interstate 70

TUESDAY: Following a cold start to the morning, southerly winds through the day will bring the return to mild conditions. Afternoon highs will top out in the mid 50s under mostly sunny skies, with clouds steadily on the increase into the afternoon hours. TONIGHT: We’ll see some clouds increase into the overnight hours as temperatures

A federal court approved a settlement Friday in a lawsuit filed against police officers who accused a man of trying to shoot them. Carl Roettgen will get $100,000 from the Marshall police officers involved in his 2016 arrest. In 2016, the Saline County prosecutor dropped a number of charges against Roettgen that stemmed from an

The upcoming holiday season will change the Columbia City Council’s timeline in hiring a search firm to help find the next city manager, but the group still hopes to finalize a contract in early January. The council discussed its next steps in hiring the firm at a pre-council work session on Monday night. The seven