ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Many cases dealing with the sexual exploitation of minors that the Boone County Cyber Crimes Task Force investigates occurs on social media or apps, according to Det. Andrew Evans. Evans has worked for the task force since 2014. During a parent session at the Southern Boone Middle School Monday night, Evans emphasized
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The northern lights were able to be seen in Mid-Missouri once again on Thursday evening. Check out some viewer-submitted photos in the gallery above. Do you have any photographs you want shared? Add them to our Facebook page and they can end up on-air and online. We will be adding more photos
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Editor’s note: Language around the custody status of some of the students has been clarified. DIXON, Mo. (KMIZ) Threats were reported at multiple Mid-Missouri schools on Thursday, with one school district canceling class as a result. The Dixon R-1 School District in Pulaski County will not hold classes on Friday after a threat was made
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School threats, real or hoax, are taking a toll on some Mid-Missouri parents, students and teachers.
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September has been the month of school threats.
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A student made a “threatening statement” in class Wednesday morning at Southern Boone Middle School — a school that has seen a spate of students arrested for alleged threats.
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The Southern Boone School District is hosting its first board meeting after a series of threats were made involving schools and students.
Continue Reading ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A Southern Boone Middle School student was arrested Friday afternoon on suspicion of making a terroristic threat, a social media post from the Ashland Police Department says. Police wrote in the past that it was “made aware of an Instagram account with content interpreted to be threatening and harassing to some SBS
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The Ashland Police Department released a statement Tuesday providing more details about alleged threats that led schools to close early Monday.
Continue Reading Several parents of Southern Boone Middle School students held a tense meeting with district administrators over apparent threats made by a student.
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Ashland police arrested two Georgia men on Friday for allegedly coercing a person to cash fraudulent checks at numerous places. Jawon Adams, 25 and D’Andre Smith, 32, both of Fairburn Georgia were arrested and booked into the Boone County Jail on charges of second-degree kidnapping, forgery, possession of a forging instrument, and
Continue Reading ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A juvenile was arrested for allegedly making a terrorist threat against a middle school, according to Ashland police. According to a social media post from the Ashland Police Department, on Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. the department was made aware of a verbal threat from a SBS student. The threat was related
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Editor’s notes: This article has been updated to say Johnson was sentenced to five years of probation. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of stealing a gun from a Missouri State Highway Patrol vehicle pleaded guilty to multiple felonies on Monday. Jamarie Young Johnson, 20, of Columbia, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man who pleaded guilty last month to two child sex crimes was sentenced on Monday. Justin Franks, 46, pleaded guilty on July 15 to statutory sodomy and second-degree child molestation. He was sentenced on Monday to 45 years in prison. According to previous reporting, court documents say law enforcement was told
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A Boone County judge sentenced an Ashland man found guilty of voluntary manslaughter to 50 years consecutively in prison on Tuesday.
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Saturday is the final day of the Cattlemen Days Rodeo in Ashland and law enforcement is making sure people are staying safe driving to and from the day full of events. In a Facebook post, the Ashland Police Department advised drivers to plan routes accordingly for the Cattlemen Days Rodeo Parade that
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man pleaded guilty to a federal child porn charge, according to a Thursday court filing. Scott Alan Barker, 32, pleaded guilty to producing child pornography. He faces a 15-to-30-year sentence. He is being held at the Cole County Jail. According to previous reporting, Barker allegedly created a video that
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man was charged with first-degree sodomy on Thursday. Johnnie Tarl Riley, 48, was booked into the Boone County Jail at 10:02 p.m. Wednesday, according to jail records. He is being held without bond. A court date has not been set. The probable cause statement claimed that Riley sexually assaulted the
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OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man who pleaded guilty to statutory rape and statutory sodomy in 2022 has been charged again. Christopher Fisher, 50, was charged on Tuesday in Osage County with first-degree statutory rape of a child younger than 14 years old. A court date has not been scheduled. He pleaded guilty in
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A jury began deliberations Thursday in the trial of a man accused in a 2021 Boone County stabbing death.
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