COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of firing a gun Monday at a Boonville intersection has been charged with several felonies. Dorian Gardner, 37, of Boonville, was charged on Wednesday with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, illegal gun possession and endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who is accused of embezzling money from nonprofits in Boonville and Columbia is back in jail. Jennifer Waibel, 52, of Boonville, is being held at the Cooper County Jail for a Boone County warrant, according to online jail records. She was booked into the jail at 1:48 p.m. Monday and
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested Monday after he fired a shot near the intersection of 6th and Locust streets in Boonville, according to a social media post from the Boonville Police Department. Police wrote that they were called at 11:24 a.m. after the man fired a shot after having an argument with a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of embezzling nearly $50,000 from a Boonville nonprofit has now been charged with a similar crime in Boone County. Jennifer Waibel, 52, of Boonville, was charged last week in Cooper County with stealing more than $25,000. Her bond in that case was reduced and she is no longer listed on the Cooper
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old man was charged with several crimes after he allegedly broke into several cars on the University of Missouri’s campus. Larron Brown was charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, five counts of second-degree burglary, two counts of misdemeanor stealing and five counts of first-degree property damage. He is being
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A Boonville woman accused of embezzling from a non-profit she worked for is now in the Cooper County Jail. Jennifer Waibel, 52, spent nearly $50,000 on a credit card owned by Unlimited Opportunities Incorporated in the summer of 2023, according to a probable cause statement. She is scheduled to be back in court on
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The former executive director of Unlimited Opportunities Inc. has been charged with a felony after she was accused embezzling nearly $50,000. Jennifer Waibel, of Boonville, was charged on Monday in Cooper County with stealing more than $25,000. A warrant was issued for her arrest on Monday and a $10,000 bond was set.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man was charged with several felonies after authorities say he raped a woman in Fayette on Tuesday morning. Christopher Neal, 41, was charged in Howard County with first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping and third-degree domestic assault. He is being held at the Howard County Jail on a $30,000 bond. A judge
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported, but one person was displaced from their home after a kitchen caught fire on Sunday afternoon at an apartment in the 800 block of 7th Street in Boonville, according to a Monday social media post from the Boonville Fire Protection District. The post says firefighters were called at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has been charged after authorities claim he shot at two people on May 9 in Boonville. Fernando Townshend was charged on Thursday in Cooper County with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. Janiya Rucker, of Jefferson City, was charged with being an accessory
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men from Boonville were killed during a head-on collision Wednesday afternoon on Highway 87 in Cooper County, just outside of Boonville city limits, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred near Hail Ridge Court on Highway 87, CCFPD Lt. William Johnson said. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville woman charged with incest in Benton County was arrested Thursday in Boone County. Troopers arrested Kimberly D. Schnieders, 35, on a warrant for statutory sodomy, child endangerment involving sexual conduct and incest on Thursday afternoon, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol online arrest report. Charges were filed against Schnieders
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas man was charged in Cooper County after he allegedly broke into a home and pointed a gun at the homeowner on Sunday morning. Rivanold Truman Tegomo Tekombo, 25, of Olathe, Kansas, was charged with first-degree burglarly, second-degree kidnapping, armed criminal action and two misdemeanors: Fourth-degree assault and stealing. He is
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HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man accused of shooting another man in Howard County last week is expected to face a judge Tuesday morning for an initial arraignment. Johntelle Millens, 39, was charged on Friday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and illegal gun possession. Millens is being held
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police and deputies have arrested a suspect after a man drove himself from Howard County to Boonville. Boonville police found the victim sitting in a car bleeding with a gunshot wound and Main Street, according to a news release. The shooting happened in Howard County, the release says. Boonville police and Cooper
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man and two juveniles were accused of robbing someone at gunpoint on Thursday in the 500 block of Leroy Street in Boonville. Trenton Schoen, 18, was charged on Friday with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and illegally having a weapon. He is being held at the Cooper County Jail on a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several rallies happened across Mid-Missouri and the nation on Thursday to honor the legacy of late U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia), regarded as a champion of the Civil Rights Movement. We Stand United Missouri held its “Rally to defend the Constitution” at the Capitol in Jefferson City. Organizers say an estimated 300
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power is restored after storms rolled through Howard County Wednesday night. The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives outage map on Wednesday night showed 216 Howard Electric customers without power, while 50 Co-Mo Cooperative customers in Cooper County had no power and 28 Boone Electric Co-op customers with no power in Randolph County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Independence Day is on Friday this year and residential trash pickup will be impacted in a number of Mid-Missouri cities. Trash pickup normally scheduled for Fridays in Jefferson City, Fulton and Boonville will occur on Monday. However, trash will be picked up like normal on Friday in Columbia, the city wrote in
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Columbia Mo. (KMIZ) On Saturday, Second Chance celebrated the opening of its new clinic building at an open house event where the public got their first look inside, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony two days ago. Second Chance unveiled a climate-controlled storage building for pet food and opened an in-house clinic for spay and neuter procedures.
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