JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 25-year-old Columbia man pleaded guilty Tuesday to having hundreds of fentanyl pills along with several guns. Keaveon Z. T. Harris pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom in Jefferson City to possessing fentanyl — a deadly synthetic opioid — with intent to distribute the drug and one count of being a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have been charged with murder in the July overdose death of a 62-year-old Mexico, Missouri woman. Shelbi R. Hamilton and Timothy R. Hoffman, both of Mexico, were charged Tuesday. Hamilton is charged with second-degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance. Hoffman is charged with second-degree murder, delivery of a
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An Audrain County jailer has been accused of helping smuggle drugs into the jail including heroin.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan County man pleaded not guilty Thursday to more than two dozen charges of illegal gun possession. Jason D. Marriott, 45, of Versailles, was jailed this week on 27 counts of being a felon in possession of a gun and two counts of felony drug possession. Each charge represents a separate
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Jefferson City police arrested an unidentified driver who tried to run from a traffic stop early Thursday.
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Five individuals have been charged in connection with the 2023 death of actor Matthew Perry, according to the US Attorney’s Office.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Randolph County has been seeing an increase in overdose deaths related to fentanyl over the past few years, according to the county’s prosecutor. Randolph County Prosecutor Stephanie Luntsford said the county had been seeing a trend in heroin use that often times was found to be laced with fentanyl. Luntsford said the
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Two Columbia men were charged with felony murder Thursday in a 2023 fentanyl overdose.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Boone County Overdose Response Coalition and Boone County Public Health and Human Services hosted a town hall meeting on Tuesday night at Hickman High School to discuss the ongoing drug overdose crisis. The coalition included a nine-person panel which included community activists, health professionals, the Columbia Police Department Chief, as well
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) CONTENT WARNING: The video attached to this article contains graphic, potentially traumatizing content. Watch at your own risk. One Columbia lawmaker is pushing for a bill that would require institutions of higher education to have opioid overdose rescue kits available for public use on campuses. House Bill 1997 was proposed by state
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Two people have been charged in Mid-Missouri with selling a new, deadly type of opioid mixture.
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A Columbia man charged with abandoning a corpse has been arrested and booked into the Boone County Jail.
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Roughly $900,000 worth of drugs were recovered during a Feb. 14 drug bust in Camden County, according to a press release from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies served a search warrant at a residence off of Bittersweet Road, according to the release. In addition to $25,000 in cash, deputies seized about
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Gov. Mike Parson said this week that he will send up to 200 members of the Missouri National Guard to Texas to help with Operation Lone Star — that state’s effort to reduce illegal immigration.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A drug more lethal than fentanyl has potential to grow and spread across the country. According to Forbes and CNN, nitazenes are a class of synthetic opioids similar to fentanyl but can be much stronger and more fatal. Nitazenes were made by researchers in the 1950s as an alternative to morphine, but
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A judge sentenced a Columbia man to nearly a half-century in prison after he was convicted of manslaughter and other crimes in a 2020 fentanyl overdose.
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Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Roger Johnson said the goal is to make the community safer.
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A Boone County jury convicted a Columbia man Thursday of manslaughter and drug charges in a September 2020 overdose death.
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One was allegedly seen pulling out a handgun, before getting in the victim’s car and driving off, the statement says.
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Jonathan G. Shelley, 31, of Columbia, turned himself in at the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.
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