COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with multiple felonies after authorities claim he stole a gun and possessed more than the legal limit of marijuana. William Haynes Jr., 33, was charged on Tuesday with delivery of a controlled substance, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and stealing a gun. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Downtown Community Improvement District sent a letter requesting the City Council to develop an enforceable “urban camping ordinance.” CID Executive Director Nickie Davis told ABC 17 News on Tuesday about the letter being sent to the council and the number of businesses that signed in support. She said it is expected
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Moberly police officer who was found guilty of murder in June for his role in a 23-year-old woman’s death is back in jail after his bond was revoked. David “Kip” Heyde, 69, of Moberly, was found guilty on June 26 of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Bailey Scott.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to several felonies in connection with two overdose deaths in 2023. Marcus Larkins, 21, pleaded guilty to second-degree drug trafficking, tampering with evidence and four counts of unlawful use of a weapon. He previously faced additional
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County man who took an Alford plea in May in a 2017 Cole County homicide case was sentenced to probation on Monday. Zacchaeus Silva, of Williamsburg, pleaded guilty in May to accessory to second-degree assault in the beating death of Jerry Robertson on April 20, 2017. He had been indicted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty on Monday to a felony in connection with a 2024 shooting in downtown Columbia. Kalvin Johnson, 22, pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon. He is currently being held at the Boone County Jail. He was previously charged with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The trial has been scheduled for next year for a Lincoln University sprinter who is accused of killing her boyfriend in Jefferson City in February. Denita Jackson, 28, is charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. She is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A jury trial is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged in Boone County after he allegedly pulled a gun out on an Uber driver on Saturday night. Kevin Bennett, 52, was charged with carjacking, first-degree harassment and fourth-degree assault. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. The probable cause statement says the victim
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County deputies arrested a man on Monday who is wanted for murder in Franklin County, a press release from the Cole County Sheriff’s Office says. Jacob T. Davis, 30, was arrested at 11:30 a.m. Monday in the 700 block of Cliff Street on suspicion of second-degree murder and first-degree drug trafficking.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rolla man was charged with 11 felonies after a child was reported to have several serious injuries when they were brought to a Phelps County hospital on Jan. 14, 2025. Devin McCollum was charged with one count of first-degree sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old and 10 counts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A California, Missouri, man was charged with three felonies after he was accused of hitting his own father with a hatchet on Sunday night. Dustin Coffelt, 40, was charged in Cooper County with second-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Cooper
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Timothy Morris/Phelps County Jail COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. James man was charged on Monday in Phelps County with seven counts of possessing child sex abuse materials. Timothy Morris, 41, is being held at the Phelps County Jail without bond. He applied for a public defender on Monday. A hearing has not been scheduled. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County prosecutor on Monday filed a motion to revoke the bond of an Osage Beach alderman after he allegedly failed a drug test. John Robert “Bob” O’Steen, 60, who represents the city’s first ward, was charged in May with delivery of a controlled substance, two counts of drug possession and one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A four-day trial has been scheduled for next spring for a woman who was charged with felony murder in connection with an officer-involved shooting. Lois Armour, 79, of Paris, Missouri, was charged last year with felony murder and hindering a felony prosecution after she was accused of harboring a man wanted in
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JEFFESRON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department required the help of a Missouri State Highway Patrol diving team on Friday after it encountered a “suspicious object” in Binder Lake. Officers were called at 9:42 a.m. Friday to the 300 block of Binder Lake Road for a report of a “suspicious incident,” according to
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Representatives of the State of Missouri filed an appeal on Friday to the state’s high court over a recent ruling involving abortion rights Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang last month in their 20-page ruling struck down a number of restrictions that were in place that were determined to be in violation of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A swatting call led to a large police response Friday morning in Rolla, the Rolla Police Department wrote on its social media. Police wrote that it responded to “to a report of a domestic disturbance involving a firearm” on Vichy Road. Officers quickly learned the home was vacant and “no disturbance had
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County family is asking a judge to stop the county from euthanizing its pit bull, arguing the dog does not meet Missouri’s definition of a dangerous dog and that previous biting incidents occurred only when law enforcement officers entered the family’s property without advance notice. Keith Nilges filed the lawsuit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors after he allegedly pulled out a gun during an argument at a business. William Smarr, 39, was charged on Thursday in Boone county with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and two counts of misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with possessing child sex abuse materials on Thursday in Cole County. Kaeden Turner, 24, is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond in this case. He has a bond review in a second case he was charged in this week for 10:30 a.m. Friday.
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