JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal grand jury indicted two people Tuesday in connection with a February shooting in Jefferson City. The grand jury indicted Powell Yaeger and Alisha Selvey for unlawful possession of a gun. In addition to the federal indictment, Yaeger also faces state charges. Cole County prosecutors charged him with first-degree assault
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Nathanial Simmerman is suing Johnny Peery, of Mexico, Missouri, for negligence in the death of his wife, Cassandra Simmerman, 30, of Clarence, Missouri, and unborn child, according to court documents.
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HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge has sentenced a Franklin, Missouri man for stabbing a woman to death in September 2020. Howard County Judge Scott Hayes sentenced Emmett S. Wood Jr. to a total of 32 years in prison on Monday. The judge gave Wood consecutive sentences of 25 years in prison for second-degree murder
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a man accused of breaking into Jefferson City businesses. Myron L. Blount is charged with five counts of second-degree burglary, two counts of stealing $750 or more, and other crimes. Blount is accused of breaking into the businesses on Monday and Wednesday mornings. Early
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Investigators have taken a boy into custody following a deadly stabbing in Jefferson City last week. Police said officers responded to the 800 block of Montana Street just before 11:55 a.m. on Friday for reports of a domestic disturbance. Officers found a 23-year-old man suffering from stab wounds lying in the
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Prosecutors charged a St. Robert man in connection with multiple burglaries in Pulaski County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A trial date is undecided for a Columbia man accused of taking part in a 2017 killing. Neither Jeffrey McWilliams nor his attorney appeared at a court hearing scheduled for him on Monday morning. ABC 17 News is told the trial could happen between the second or third week of August. The
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Monday in connection with a deadly shooting in Audrain County. The shooting happened on Aug. 5, 2020 and killed 17-year-old Tornez Burton. The shooting injured at least one other teenager. According to court documents, Ja’Vone Hornbeak, who was 18 at the time, told
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Columbia Public Schools called the Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuit over its former mask rule moot since the district dropped its mandate. The district asked Judge Joshua Devine to dismiss the attorney general’s January lawsuit on Thursday. The district argued that it no longer has a policy requiring masks that
Continue Reading An appeal was denied to dismiss the case against a Columbia man accused in taking part in a 2017 killing.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The attorney for a Columbia man accused in taking part in a 2017 killing is appealing a judge’s decision not to dismiss the case based on prosecutors allegedly violating his right to a speedy trial. Judge Josh Devine rejected attorney Stephen Wyse’s request on April 8 to dismiss the case against Jeffrey
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Randolph County jury convicted a Kirksville man Wednesday night for his role in a deadly 2020 Mexico, Missouri home invasion. Jurors found Sadiq Moore, 25, guilty of second-degree murder, first-degree burglary, unlawful use of a weapon, and armed criminal action in the death of 25-year-old Chance Davis. A judge is expected
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A former Camden County deputy has filed a lawsuit for sexual harassment, discrimination and illegal retaliation against the sheriff’s department, Sheriff Tony Helms and a former Camden County Captain.
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A federal judge has sentenced a Sedalia man for attempting to hire an undercover law enforcement agent to murder the victim in a pending statutory sodomy case.
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The Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed suit against the Moberly School District in Nov. 2021 for failing to comply with the Sunshine Law.
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A Jefferson City man has reached a plea agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office to plead guilty to one count of possession of child pornography.
Continue Reading The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is charging a Texas man with deceptive businesses practices after he allegedly took money from customers without giving anything in return.
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A woman who pleaded guilty to hindering the prosecution of a felony was sentenced to 5 years probation.
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Lawyers for the wife of a Columbia man who was hit and killed by a car in May 2019 have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County prosecutor has charged an Illinois man after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 32-year-old woman that is learning disabled. Tobias Olavarri is charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy. According to court documents, the victim told police she was at the Jodie Coin Laundry on the 600 block of East
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