FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton Police responded to a report of a person with a gun on the 200 block of west 6th Street Wednesday afternoon. According to officials, Jared Brooks drove to the location and had an argument with the victims, displaying a handgun in front of two adults and three children in a vehicle.
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A New York man pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to produce child pornography on Tuesday.
Continue Reading MENDON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mendon man is arrested earlier this week after a 10-year-old child was allegedly injured in his care. According to court records, Buck Moffitt is charged with two counts of armed criminal action, endangering the welfare of a child and abuse or neglect of a child after an incident on Oct. 10.
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Columbia police say they found the boy’s mother and reunited them.
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A man accused of child molestation in Boone County has been arrested.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police responding to a report of children being left alone in a hotel room in June leads to charges for a Columbia woman. According to court documents, police responded to the Motel 6 on the 3400 block of Interstate 70 Drive Southeast after an employee reported three children between one and
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KMIZ) The FBI is seeking assistance from across the nation with obtaining identifying information regarding an unknown male who may have critical information pertaining to the identity of a child victim in an ongoing sexual exploitation investigation. The video depicting John Doe 42 is believed to have been produced prior to October of
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A Columbia woman pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge for pressuring her boyfriend to kill his 3-month-old child.
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A Columbia woman originally charged with 11 counts including child abuse pleaded guilty Friday to three abuse counts and two endangerment counts.
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Prosecutors charged a man with child abuse in Cole County on Sunday.
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The Columbia Public School District is set to begin virtual classes on Tuesday, but not all students are safe at home.
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ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Columbia Public Schools employee faces a felony rape allegation from a minor, according to court documents filed this week. Boone County sheriff’s deputies arrested 27-year-old Charles A. Griffin, of Rocheport on Tuesday. He faces a felony count of second-degree statutory rape. CPS spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark said in an email Thursday
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Mid-Missouri authorities arrested a Boonville man on Thursday after he was charged with two felonies relating to possession of child pornography.
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The Cooper County Prosecuting Attorney said his office is recommending a former Boonville radio host serve prison time after allegedly violating the conditions of his probation.
Continue Reading A former Boonville radio host was sentenced to 5 years of supervised probation after he pleaded guilty to a felony count of child molestation Wednesday.
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Search teams returned to the Lamine River on Wednesday, in search of a missing Columbia mother. “Our goal is really to gain some closure for the family and to truly investigate to a point where we find evidence of her body and close the case,” Brittany Hilderbrand, a Columbia Police Department spokesperson
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Deputies with the Cole County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Jefferson City man suspected of child sex crimes Tuesday afternoon.
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Some law enforcement officials say they haven’t necessarily seen more domestic violence cases but they worry about reporting.
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A man and woman face multiple charges in Callaway County after they were both arrested recently.
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Callaway County prosecutors charged an Auxvasse man with multiple child sex crimes after he was accused of having sexual contact with a child younger than 12.
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