COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one is in custody yet after two shootings in Northeast Columbia Wednesday. The Columbia Police Department taped off a parking lot at The Greens apartments, on Clark Lane, east of the Highway 63/Interstate 70 Connector. An ABC 17 News photographer saw at least 13 CPD patrol vehicles. Police responded at 4
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were operating in Sedalia this week, according to city officials. Sedalia Mayor Traves Williams confirmed to ABC 17 News that ICE officers were in the area on Tuesday, but said he was not notified in advance of their arrival. ICE officers were seen near 16th Street
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 56-year-old Columbia man was charged with a child sex crime on Wednesday in Boone County. Daniel Follett, 56, was charged with child enticement. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The brief probable cause statement says Follett arrived at a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The FBI has confirmed in a press release that a man accused in a casino robbery earlier this year in Boonville has been arrested. Hollis Vanleer Jr., 20, was arrested on Wednesday in Bloomington, Illinois. He is charged in the case with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and first-degree assault. Authorities had been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former youth minister was charged on Wednesday in Cole County with sex crimes. Robert Ferguson, 27, of Jefferson City, was charged with child enticement, nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Marshall man who was accused of shooting and injuring two Pettis County deputies last year was sentenced to more than 22 years in federal prison, according to a Wednesday press release from the Department of Justice. James Joseph Elsea, 63, pleaded guilty in January to two counts of illegal gun and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexican national who pleaded guilty in December to illegally reentering the country and being an illegal alien with a gun was sentenced on Wednesday, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Israel Ramirez-Jaramillo, 34, was sentenced to two years in federal prison. The release says he was living
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who is accused of murder and other charges was denied bond again during a hearing on Tuesday. Andrew Acton, 53, is charged with abandoning a corpse, tampering with evidence and second-degree murder. He is being held at the Boone County Jail. Court documents from previous reporting indicate Acton is
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control is warning the public of a new scam that is using MSHP’s likeness. The release says scammers are using social media to contact targets and telling the victims that they had sent a package to their residence. The victim will then
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with multiple felonies after law enforcement claims he pulled a knife out at someone after rear-ending a vehicle on Monday in south Columbia. Michael Mattingly Jr., 35, was charged on Tuesday with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and leaving the scene of an
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County woman was charged with two felonies after she allegedly stole nearly $12,000 from a Jefferson City nursing home resident during a three-year period. Michelle Weaver, of Tebbetts, was charged on Tuesday in Cole County with financially exploiting an elderly person and misappropriating funds of an elderly nursing home resident.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 30-year-old Columbia man was arrested on Monday and charged on Tuesday after he allegedly attempted to pay a minor for sex. Rifat Apurba was charged in Boone County with child enticement. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday. The
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More than 20 people have been charged in the Show-Me State for about $613,000 in alleged stolen Medicaid funds, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced in a press release Tuesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A second class action lawsuit was filed against Columbia Orthopaedic Group on Monday in Boone County. The new lawsuit also alleges that Columbia Orthopaedic Group did not do enough to protect patients’ personal information after a ransomware attack occurred last month. A class-action lawsuit was filed last week in Boone County by
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By Leah Rainwater ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) — A sixth man was arrested and charged in connection with allegedly plotting an attack at a UFC White House event this month. Jordan Rincker,28, from St. Joseph, Missouri, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Rincker was arrested in St. Joseph on Sunday, June 21. “Law enforcement
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Ashland announced in a Monday afternoon press release that a lawsuit filed by former police officer Thomas Whitener has been settled. Whitener’s attorney, Andy Hirth of TGH Litigation, announced on June 4 that a $1 million settlement was reached. Hirth told ABC 17 News at the time that it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rocheport man who was found guilty of manslaughter last month was sentenced to 15 years in the Department of Corrections on Monday following emotional testimony from family members of the woman killed in the crash. Matthew Shilling was found guilty on May 14 of second-degree involuntary manslaughter, two counts of armed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who pleaded guilty earlier this year in St. Charles County to child molestation and sodomy has died, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Corrections. Brian Tate, 62, of St. Peters, was being held at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center on Monday, June 15 and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The victim of a shooting in Osage County last week has died from their injuries, Osage County Sheriff Michael Bonham confirmed in an email on Monday to ABC 17 News. Bonham wrote that Paula Scheppers, 76, died at 8:27 p.m. Sunday. Previous reporting shows a woman was flown to a hospital, and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 80-year-old man has been charged with having child sex abuse materials in Pulaski County. A warrant was ordered on Saturday for Lonnie Kinworthy, court filings show. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement says someone noticed Kinworthy walking along the off-ramp of a highway and decided to
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