CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who crashed his car in Camden County over the weekend is accused of driving while drunk, according to a pair of reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to a crash report, Jermaine Jackson, 25, of Springfield, Missouri, was seriously injured in a crash on Sunday on Highway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A deputy shot a Camdenton man with a rifle early Friday after going to a call about a dead body, according to a news release. Camdenton police and Camden County deputies were called to 95 Third St., with the caller saying someone at the residence was dead, the release says. Law enforcement
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A couple from Springfield, Missouri, was charged with assault after one of them allegedly hit a child with a car on Tuesday night. Chasimus Quinn, 36, was charged with first-degree assault, illegal gun possession and armed criminal action. Ashley Coleman, 34, was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Both
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Editor’s note: This brief was updated on Tuesday to say Ted Lange died from his injuries. The brief was updated after the crash report updated on Tuesday. CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 67-year-old Climax Springs man was killed in a crash on Monday on North Highway 7 in Camden County. According to a Missouri State
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man was charged with multiple felonies after he was accused of driving a vehicle into Osage Beach apartment buildings while he was drunk. John Vest was charged with driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest and leaving the scene of an accident where damage exceeded $1,000. Court documents say Vest was
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Macks Creek man was killed in a crash in Camden County Saturday night. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Martin Perez, 61, of Macks Creek was driving a truck along Mo. 7 North at Tranquil Woods Road at 7:25 p.m. The crash occurred when his truck went
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Camden County prosecutors have filed a murder charge against an alleged burglar whose partner was shot in the act on Oct. 2.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Sheriff’s Office on Monday released the identity of a man killed in what authorities say was an attempted burglary. Derek A. Wayman, 44, was identified as the suspected burglar who was shot and killed early Wednesday at a residence on North Highway 7. Wayman was “known to frequent” the
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A resident shot and killed a suspected burglar in Camden County on Wednesday morning. According to the Camden County Sheriff’s Office, at 3 a.m. Camden County Communications received a 911 call from a resident on North Highway 7 for a burglary in progress. The caller said they shot one of the
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A judge set a bond for a  Sunrise Beach man charged with twenty counts of child endangerment on Friday morning.
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused in the death of an Osage Beach police officer has been charged with murder. Christopher Wehmeyer, 23, of Camdenton, is now charged with aggravated fleeing and second-degree murder in the death of Officer Phylicia Carson. His bond was amended to $100,000 and jail records indicate that he
Continue Reading The man charged in a crash that killed an Osage Beach police officer will get a new judge on his case.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Mandatory jail time and what juries get instructed to consider could guide the first uses of a new state law on car chases with police, according to legal experts. Prosecutors can now consider charging people with aggravated fleeing a stop, dubbed Valentine’s Law by state lawmakers this session. People who drive
Continue Reading OSAGE, Mo. (KMIZ) A man charged in a crash that killed an Osage Beach police officer could be charged with murder. Camden County Prosecutor Richelle Grosvenor filed a motion on Tuesday to charge Christopher Aaron Bishop Wehmeyer with second-degree murder. He is currently charged with aggravated fleeing from a traffic stop resulting in death. A
Continue Reading A Sunrise Beach, Missouri, man has been charged with 20 felonies after allegedly driving a school bus while drunk.
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City man accused in the 2021 Memorial Day weekend shooting at Lazy Gators in Camden County has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies. Chad Tariq Brewer, 32, pleaded guilty on Thursday to voluntary manslaughter, armed criminal action and delivery of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison and
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A visitation and funeral service will be held Thursday in honor of an Osage Beach police officer killed in the line of duty.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach police officer Phylicia Carson’s name will soon go on the wall of the state’s Law Enforcement Memorial on the north side of the Capitol in Jefferson City. The plaque will rest not far from Angela Koepke’s son-in-law, Mason Griffith. “There’s not a day that goes by that we’re not
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Flags at government buildings in Miller and Camden counties will be flown at half-staff on Thursday in honor of fallen Osage Beach police officer Phylicia Carson. Carson died during a chase on Saturday. According to a crash report, Carson crossed the middle of Route A east of Toronto Springs Park Road
Continue Reading A man charged in the death of an Osage Beach police officer told investigators that he was racing a friend before the high-speed chase that claimed the officer’s life.
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