CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montreal, Missouri, man pleaded guilty on Monday to abandoning a corpse and was sentenced to four years in prison. According to previous reporting, Eric Cole, 41, was initially charged in 2022 with second-degree murder, stealing, abandonment of a corpse and conspiracy to commit a felony. Cole pleaded guilty before going
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CAMDEN, Mo. (KMIZ) A 60-year-old man was airlifted to University Hospital after hitting a deer on his motorcycle. John Edwards was seriously injured when he hit a deer on his Harley-Davidson a little before 6:30 on Friday Night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened on Route D 79′ South of Rock
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Sheriff’s Office stated in a Friday press release that it has added a terrorism tip link to its website. The sheriff’s office stated the link was established in response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas War. The release states the system was set up under the Missouri Office of Homeland
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The state of Missouri will not seek the death penalty against a Jefferson City man accused of a 2021 Memorial Day weekend shooting at Lazy Gators Camden County Prosecutor Richelle Grosvenor on Tuesday filed a notice of intent to waive the death penalty against Chad Tariq Brewer. Brewer, 31, was charged with first-degree murder,
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County man nearly drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks Friday evening, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. An online drowning incident report states that Jared Hawkins, 31 was near the Miller Hollow Cove around six o’clock when he went into shallow water to try and
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An eastern Missouri motorcyclist suffered serious injuries when he crashed Friday afternoon in Camden County.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Local government and nonprofits in 33 Missouri counties will receive federal aid after President Joe Biden approved Gov. Mike Parson’s request for a “major disaster declaration,” according to a Thursday press release from the governor’s office. Federal aid will go to several counties, including Benton, Camden and Maries counties. Parson announced
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people suffered serious injuries in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday in Camden County on Highway 5 at Spencer Creek Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, the crash occurred as a 2015 Chevrolet Impala – driven by Meldoy Yeary, 68, of Pontiac, Illinois –was
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The state’s motion for a mental examination for a Jefferson City man accused of a 2021 Memorial Day weekend shooting at Lazy Gators was denied on Tuesday. Chad Tariq Brewer, 31, was charged with first-degree murder, delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held at the
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The man accused of crashing a boat into a house and injuring several people at the Lake of the Ozarks was booked into the Camden County Jail on Wednesday and posted bond. Adam Ramirez, 47, was charged with two counts of boating while intoxicated – causing serious physical injury and five counts of BWI
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man has been charged with multiple felonies after allegedly intentionally causing a crash on Sunday near South Highway 7. Justin Marshall, 26, was charged with two counts of first-degree domestic assault and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held at the Camden County Jail
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Two more men were arrested and charged in relation to an assault case in Camden County. John Brennan Richard, 22, of Camdenton, and Jonathan Cosme Ortiz-Gopar, 23, of Montreal, Missouri, were arrested on Thursday. Both have been charged with first-degree assault and are being held in the Camden County Jail without bond.
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men are charged in relation to an alleged assault that occurred on Aug. 7 in the Greenview area of Camden County, according to a press release from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office. Aaron Gonzalez, 25, and Ramiro Aguilar-Garcia, 26, both of Lake Ozark, were charged with first-degree assault. Both men are
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach woman was killed during a boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks Saturday night. According to an incident report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Nicholette McKenna, 44 was killed in the crash that occurred when the boat got too close to the dock, hit a wake
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A Camdenton man died late Thursday after his motorcycle hit a median cable barrier, the Missouri State Highway Patrol says.
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Sheriff’s Office said in a Wednesday press release that a now-former deputy has been accused in a child pornography investigation. The Sheriff’s Office did not release the name of the deputy and filed charges were not apparent on Casenet. The release stated the deputy was fired Tuesday “for policy
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A mental examination was ordered for a Jefferson City man accused of a 2021 Memorial Day weekend shooting at Lazy Gators. Chad Tariq Brewer, 31, was charged with first-degree murder, delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held at the Camden County Jail without bond.
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County man was charged Wednesday in Camden County with drug trafficking after deputies allegedly found 140 fentanyl capsules during a Tuesday traffic stop. Kevin Patrick Erdelen Jr., 41, was charged with first-degree drug trafficking. He is being held without bond at the Camden County Jail. An initial court appearance was
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CAMDEN, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men were seriously hurt in a car crash in Camden County late Saturday night. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Luis Virgil, 47, was driving North on Avalon Way around 11:50 pm. The report states that the crash happened when Virgil failed to navigate a curve and drove
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CAMDEN, Mo. (KMIZ) A Gardner, Kansas woman is recovering Sunday morning after getting into a car crash in Camden County Saturday night. A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says that Lauren Havlik, 19, was traveling South on of Sassafrass Ridge Road on Missouri Route 7 around 10:30 pm, when her vehicle began to skid.
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