Prosecutors charge man after standoff in Cole County
Prosecutors charged a man after a standoff with Cole County deputies on Tuesday night.
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Former CPS employee sentenced for assaulting student
A former Columbia Public Schools employee pleaded guilty three years after he was accused of inappropriately touching a middle school student with a disability.
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Local attorney weighs in on new charges in George Floyd case
COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office upgraded charges Wednesday against the former Minneapolis police officers allegedly responsible for George Floyd’s death. ABC 17 spoke with local attorney and former Cole County prosecutor Bill Tackett about what the next steps are in the case. Tackett said there are a couple of things the
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Woman charged in attempted kidnapping investigation
MONROE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities arrested a New Hampshire woman for allegedly planning to kidnap a child in Monroe County. According to a news release, Erica Johnson, 20, came to Monroe County from Boston on April 25 to meet an 11-year-old. Johnson allegedly talked to the child for about four months over social media and
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University of Missouri to pay $175,000 to settle open records lawsuit
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The University of Missouri will pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by an animal rights group over a public records request. The Beagle Freedom Project asked the university for records pertaining to cats and dogs used for research. The university initially said the group would need to pay $82,222 for the
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Columbia man accused of child abuse
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boon County prosecutors charged a Columbia man in connection with a child abuse investigation. According to a probable cause statement, Columbia police officers responded to University Hospital for a report of a three-month-old child with rib fractures. Doctors believed the child had new fractures and healing fractures. Investigators looked over medical records
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Jefferson City man accused of child sex crimes
Deputies with the Cole County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Jefferson City man suspected of child sex crimes Tuesday afternoon.
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Two plead guilty in alleged deadly drug ring
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man from Columbia and another from California pleaded guilty Tuesday in connection with what authorities have labeled a deadly marijuana-trafficking conspiracy. Nawel Girma, 25, of Columbia and Cody Brent Davis, 31, of California, pleaded guilty in separate federal court appearances in Jefferson City, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a
Continue Reading Moberly man pleads guilty to role in deadly robbery
MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man admitted to his role in a 2018 double homicide on Thursday. Travis Koenig pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery in a hearing on Zoom. Koenig is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 23, according to online court records. Court documents in the case said the killings were the result of a
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Man accused of shooting at van on I-70
Troopers arrested a Boonville man accused of shooting at a van on Interstate 70.
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Judge sets trial date in Columbia murder case
The Columbia man accused of murdering his wife will head to trial in June.
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Columbia businessman’s fate uncertain after Missouri Supreme Court ruling
A Columbia businessman’s freedom was uncertain Friday after a Missouri Supreme Court decision that could send him back to prison.
Continue Reading Lawsuit filed after chase, deadly crash in Cole County
The family of two people killed in a crash that happened during a pursuit last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against law enforcement officers as well as Jefferson City and Cole County.
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Suspect in deadly Columbia shooting seeks to get out of jail over COVID-19 concerns
The suspect in a deadly shooting outside of a Columbia nightclub wants out of jail amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Appeals court rejects Columbia death row inmate’s case
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man once again lost his claim to avoid the death penalty. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that Ernest Lee Johnson’s lawsuit should be dismissed following a U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding another Missouri inmate. Johnson has faced the death penalty for two decades after killing three people
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Evictions suspended, other court changes made in Boone and Callaway counties
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Evictions in Boone and Callaway counties are on hold for the next month in an order issued by the area’s presiding judge. An order from 13th Circuit Presiding Judge Kevin Crane suspended all evictions through April 17. The order said that “it is not in the interest of the public health to
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Police arrest third suspect in Jefferson City shooting
The Jefferson City Police Department arrested a third person after a shooting near a gas station at the roundabout at Jefferson Street and Stadium Boulevard on March 11.
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High-profile attorney to represent Columbia man charged in wife’s disappearance
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A high-profile Missouri attorney will represent a Columbia man charged in connection with his wife’s disappearance. Scott Rosenblum of St. Louis will defend Joseph Elledge in a Boone County murder case. Rosenblum told ABC 17 News he looked forward to defending Elledge in court. A grand jury indicted Elledge with first-degree murder
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JC Schools begins process to appeal circuit court loss
The Jefferson City School District began the process to appeal a Cole County judge’s ruling that the district must reinstate a fired administrator.
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Judge denies bond for suspect in Cole County teen’s 1991 killing
William “Chris” Niemet, the man arrested in the 1991 shooting death of a teenager in Cole County, could find out Monday whether he will get a chance to get out of jail on bond.
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