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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was arrested in June following a 16-hour manhunt is facing more charges. Brandt Feutz, 34, is facing several felony charges following a grandy jury indictment on Friday. He is now charged with second-degree arson, first-degree harassment, two counts of resisting arrest, unlawful gun possession, unlawful use of a
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man died in a motorcycle crash on Missouri Highway 7 in Camden County Saturday afternoon. According to the crash report, 28-year-old Robert Eaton from Camdenton was driving a motorcycle near Devanna Drive in Camden County when he went off the side of the road. The motorcycle became airborne and
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A Kansas City, Kansas, woman who was pulled from a spring at a Lake of the Ozarks-area state park died Monday.
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Lake of Ozarks, Mo (KMIZ) The man accused of crashing a boat into a house and injuring several people at the Lake of the Ozarks has been charged. Adam Ramirez, 47, is charged with seven counts of boating while intoxicated — causing physical injury. A warrant was issued Monday, but he is not currently in
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The Osage Beach Fire Protection District is praising two firefighters and jet skiers who helped regain control of a boat Tuesday morning.
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SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County woman was charged Friday after she allegedly stole more than $2.8 million from her employer for almost six years. Danielle Nicole Thomas, 46, of Sunrise Beach, is charged with stealing more than $25,000 and forgery. She is being held at the Camden County Jail without bond. A bond
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary crash report one week after the plane crash in Osage Beach that killed two people. The crash happened on July 13 near the Grand Glaize Airport. Hayden Michael Ritchhart, 22, of Carrollton, and Evan R. Vandiver, 19, Richmond, died in the crash. Gary
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More than 5,400 Southwest Electric Co-op members were without power Thursday afternoon in Camden County.
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 600 Ameren customers near the Lake of the Ozarks have lost power. Currently, there are 576 customers without power in Miller County. An Ameren spokesperson told ABC 17 News in an email that the outages were weather-related and that power should be restored to the area by 1 a.m. Camden
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The first federal officials have arrived at the scene of a plane crash in Osage Beach that killed two people Thursday.
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An aircraft crashed Thursday afternoon near the Lee Fine airport at the Lake of the Ozarks.
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people suffered injuries in a one-vehicle crash Wednesday evening in Camden County on Route FF about a quarter-mile south of Brown Bend Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred after a 1985 Ford Crown Victoria – driven by Travis Roderick, 31, of Camdenton –
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Eugene man suffered serious injuries Tuesday afternoon after compact track loader slid off a hill and ended up in the Lake of the Ozarks, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred on Buckingham Drive about 700 feet south of Galahad Drive in Camden County. The driver
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Linn Creek man accused of causing a crash that killed a woman in December while he was intoxicated was sentenced on Friday. Steven Vonderschmidt, 52, pleaded guilty on March 8 to DWI causing the death of another and DWI causing physical injury. He was sentenced to 10 years in the Missouri
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of arrests have been by the Missouri State Highway Patrol this holiday weekend, and most of the arrests in Mid-Missouri are for drunk driving accusations. The MSHP counting period for Independence Day weekend started 6 p.m. Friday and will run through July 4. The counting period is designed to help MSHP track
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