A man accused of killing two people in Jefferson City on Thanksgiving is in prison, according to Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler. Wheeler said Torry Upchurch, 27, is no longer in Cole County’s custody. He is now back in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections because of a parole warrant, Wheeler said. According
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Divers continued their search of the Lamine River for a missing Columbia woman on Wednesday.
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County prosecutors charged a man with drug possession after county deputies said he led authorities on a chase in November. Ben Bates, 27, of Lohman was arrested and charged Monday. Court documents say Bates drove on the wrong side of the road after pulling out of a dollar store parking
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Boone County’s head prosecutor said Wednesday that murder convictions can be won without a body, as divers continued their search for a missing Columbia woman in the Lamine River.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Callaway County prosecutors charged a Fulton man with second-degree child molestation after he allegedly tried to rape a child who fought him off. Carl Martin, 38, was arrested Tuesday by Callaway County sheriff’s deputies. He’s accused of trying to have sex with a child younger than 12 years old. Court documents say
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of setting a fire in July 2018 pleaded guilty to lesser charges Monday. Boone County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jennifer Rodewald confirmed Tammy Nevels pleaded guilty to delivery or possession of a controlled substance and fourth-degree assault. Court documents filed in 2018 said Nevels used a lighter to set a
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COLUMBIA, Mo, A Columbia man accused of child abuse pleaded not guilty to two felony charges in court on Tuesday morning. Joseph Elledge, 24, pleaded not guilty to child abuse or neglect and endangering the welfare of a child after he waived his preliminary hearing, said Boone County Prosecutor Dan Knight. The case is now
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia businessman accused of child molestation had his bond set at $500,000 cash on Monday. Cale J. Kliethermes was originally booked in the Boone County Jail on Nov. 14 on no bond. His attorney requested the court set his bond at $50,000. Kliethermes, the owner of Kliethermes Homes and Remodeling, was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man charged with conspiracy to commit murder pleaded guilty on two lesser felonies Monday. Jared Bears, 21, of Oak Grove, Mo. pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal a motor vehicle and failure to appear in court. Bears was charged with co-defendant Brian Kelley accused of plotting to kill Kelley’s grandparents. Brian
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people accused in the death of a mentally disabled man in Callaway County pleaded guilty Friday in federal court. Sherry K. Paulo, 54, and Anthony R. Flores, 59, pleaded guilty to failing to provide medical care to Carl DeBrodie, resulting in injury or death, according to a release from the
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) A Springfield judge sentenced Dorial Green-Beckham to two years probation linked to a pair of charges from 2018. Green-Beckham pleaded guilty Friday to resisting arrest and possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana. Online court records show the charges come from an incident in December 2018. Our ABC affiliate in Springfield,
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A Boonville child molestation suspect is back in the Cooper County Jail after allegedly violating the conditions of his bond by leaving home six times in a week, including multiple trips to Walmart and one to Columbia.
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A Columbia man pleaded guilty on Thursday morning in connection with a fire that was intentionally set to the Planned Parenthood in Columbia in February. Wesley B. Kaster, 42, pleaded guilty before to one count of maliciously using explosive materials to damage a building owned by an organization that receives federal financial assistance, and one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Federal prosecutors charged a man with being a felon in possession of a firearm after a chase in north Columbia led to three arrests Tuesday. Joseph Luckett, 25, was charged Wednesday after federal investigators said he was investigated accused of selling heroin. A special agent with Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco said Luckett
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The trial of a man accused in a deadly 2018 shooting at a Columbia Waffle House continued Wednesday with testimony from one of two men shot that night.
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A Boone County prosecutor filed a manslaughter charge Wednesday against a woman accused of causing a crash that killed a man who was picking up cones after a bike race.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County jury on Tuesday convicted a Kansas City man accused of post-tornado looting. The jury found Adam S. Brandt, 40, guilty of unlawful gun possession, unlawful use of a weapon, drug possession and two counts of receiving stolen property, Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson said in a news
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former School of the Osage teacher pleaded guilty to statutory sodomy of a person less than 14 years old on Tuesday. Mark Edwards, of Eldon, was accused of touching a student inappropriately on two separate occasions in April 2018. A detective with the sheriff’s office looked at the school bus
Continue Reading The trial of a man accused in a deadly 2018 shooting at a Columbia Waffle House is scheduled to start Tuesday.
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