COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman from the state of New York is accused of stealing $20,000 from the bank account of a Columbia resident. Rosa Rodriguez charged on Tuesday with stealing more than $750. She was not listed on the Boone County Jail roster on Tuesday afternoon and a court date was not set. A
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MARSHALL, Mo. (KMIZ) Marshall police are working with the county prosecutor to get an arrest warrant for the suspect who injured three people during a shooting outside of a Marshall bar early Sunday morning. The Marshall Police Department wrote Monday on its social media that it was called to a shots-fired scene at 1:20 a.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lawsuit filed in Boone County on Tuesday alleges that a patient at CenterPointe Hospital in Columbia was sexually assaulted by another patient last year. The plaintiff, listed as a Jane Doe, sued CenterPoint Hospital in Columbia and its parent company Acadia Healthcare. The petition accuses the healthcare company of multiple counts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged with a child sex crime on Monday. Xavier Burke, 18, was charged with promoting a sexual performance by a child. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail on a $20,000 bond. A court date has not been scheduled. According to the probable cause statement, Burke
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former restaurant worker has pleaded guilty to a pair of child sex crimes. Jesus Hernandez, 38, pleaded guilty in Boone County to second-degree statutory rape and second-degree statutory sodomy. He is being held at the Boone County Jail. He will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 21. According to court documents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager has been charged with seven felonies after he is accused of shooting at a car near the Columbia Mall in January. Samiyon Myers, 15, was charged with first-degree assault, three counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of armed criminal action and delivery of a controlled substance. Officers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A string of thefts and car break-ins were reported in South Columbia over the weekend. Several people near the Bearfield Meadows area reported having their vehicles broken into overnight, with items taken ranging from phone chargers to garage door openers. The six-hour police dispatch log from Friday through Monday shows the Bearfield
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia couple claims they were left injured and emotionally distressed after Columbia police officers used invasive force on them at their home in June 2023. A federal lawsuit filed by DJ and Joy Lynch — in Missouri’s Western District — claims six officers from the Columbia Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office has identified the passenger who was arrested in an alleged stolen vehicle chase. Callaway County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Crystal Kent told ABC 17 News that Orion Kenneth Mullins, 31, was arrested in a home in Fulton on Sunday. Mullins is charged with misdemeanor second-degree tampering with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is investigating more than a dozen cold case homicides dating back to 1985. “When you have such a terrible thing happen and you don’t have an answer for it, that really hurts the family and obviously the investigation,” CPD Lt. Matt Gremore said. Gremore said that 16 cold
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager has been charged with multiple felonies after he was certified as an adult, according to Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson. Ronal Holliday Jr., born in 2007, of Jefferson City, was charged with first-degree accessory to robbery, two counts of accessory to armed criminal action, one count of first-degree accessory to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 19-year-old man and two juveniles were accused of breaking into a trailer at North Callaway Middle School on Thursday night. Taylor Dale Harold Killian, of Centralia, was charged with three counts of second-degree burglary, one count of misdemeanor second-degree property damage and two counts of misdemeanor stealing. He is being held
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people were injured in a Sunday morning shooting at a bar in Marshall, Missouri, according to a social media post from the town’s police department. The Marshall Police Department wrote that it was called to a shots-fired scene at 1:20 a.m. Sunday at the Living Room Bar in the 1200 block
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department released its crime statistics for 2024 on Friday. A news conference was held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Columbia City Hall to discuss the statistics. Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude said the 2023-24 use of force audits was one of her priorities as police chief in order to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Monroe County jury on Friday found a man guilty of murder in the death of a woman in 2021. Lyle Miller, of Madison, Missouri, was found guilty of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the December 2021 death of Betty Hayes, 88. Miller was arrested in July 2023. Court documents in previous reporting claim a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four more people have been charged after more than 20 stolen guns were recovered in Columbia this week. Two people were initially charged on Thursday after 14 guns were found in an apartment and vehicle on Radcliffe Drive while police served a search warrant Wednesday, according to court documents. Another nine were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care told employees Friday that it is increasing security amid a national threat made to mid-size hospitals. The threat, which was posted on social media, reportedly involves ISIS-K planning to place car bombs outside mid-size American hospitals with relatively low security. University Hospital fits that description. “While there’s no verification
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged after he allegedly threatened to kill a police officer. Eugy Ngassi-Koumo, 27, was charged on Thursday with first-degree harassment and second-degree making a terroristic threat. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. The probable cause
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former cheerleading coach at Mexico High School pleaded not guilty to a pair of felony charges Thursday at the Audrain County Courthouse. Janae Nunnelly, of Mexico, Missouri, was charged on March 13 with two counts of having sexual contact with a student. She is being held at the Audrain County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have been charged with felonies after they were accused of stealing more than 20 guns from Macon County. Kayla Dugan, 36, of Columbia, was charged with two counts of illegal gun possession, one count of stealing a gun and drug possession. Justin Shelton, 30, of Columbia, was charged with two
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