COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A records request obtained by ABC 17 News found that the University of Missouri has investigated two sextortion cases so far this semester. The University of Missouri Police Department previously announced in April that there were 10 cases during the 2022-23 school year. MUPD spokeswoman Sarah Deidrich said sextortion can begin, “when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of stealing guns from a Missouri State Highway Patrol vehicle was charged on Thursday with two counts of first-degree burglary. Jamarie Johnson, 19, was charged on Sept. 1 with first-degree burglary, four counts of stealing a gun, three counts of first-degree property damage and misdemeanor stealing. He is
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$750 or more. According to a probable cause statement, Mullett is accused of multiple counts of stealing between December 2018 and June 2023.
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WARRENSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) A Warrensburg man has been charged with several child pornography charges. John Skelly, 47, was charged on Thursday with three counts of possessing child pornography, first-degree promoting child pornography and sexual exploitation of a minor child. He is being held in the Johnson County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A court date
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man who was accused of exposing himself to a teenager is facing another charge for a child sex crime. Zackery Allen Oliver, 30, was charged on Thursday with statutory sodomy. He is being held without bond in the Audrain County Jail. He was charged earlier this month with failure to
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The state’s motion for a mental examination for a Jefferson City man accused of a 2021 Memorial Day weekend shooting at Lazy Gators was denied on Tuesday. Chad Tariq Brewer, 31, was charged with first-degree murder, delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man has been charged with multiple felonies following a chase with law enforcement on Monday. Mark Helmich, 36, was charged with illegal gun possession, resisting arrest by fleeing and driving while revoked. He is being held in the Boone County Jail on a $50,000 bond. Helmich’s address is listed
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged after allegedly yelling racial slurs at a drive-thru worker and hitting him with his truck on Sunday. David Conrad, 60, has been charged with second-degree assault and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail on a $25,000 bond, according to court
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson filed a notice of intent on Tuesday to seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing two people at a Jefferson City bar in November. Damien Davis, of Kansas City, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action,
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According to online court records a plea hearing has been set for Blake Morsovillo.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was in custody following a chase on Monday near Benson Road and Highway 22 in Boone County near Sturgeon. A large law enforcement presence was seen in the area. An ABC 17 News reporter saw one man in the custody of the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, as well as
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LINN, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged and arrested after allegedly stealing a 2021 Toyota Corrolla on Thursday from State Technical College of Missouri. Alex M Stieffermann, 33, was charged with second-degree burglary and first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle. He was arrested at 4 p.m. Friday and is being held without bond at the
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged on Saturday with nearly a dozen child sex crimes. Logan M Johnson, 25, was charged with three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of statutory rape, four counts of fourth-degree child molestation, fourth-degree attempted child molestation and attempted tampering with a witness. Johnson is being held
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A Jefferson City man who told police he was holstering his gun when he accidentally shot another man in the Columbia Mall parking lot in 2017 was sentenced last week to four years in prison.
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Phelps County deputy who was arrested last month for allegedly possessing child pornography has been indicted by a grand jury on Thursday. Justin Bradley Durham, 41, was charged with possession of child pornography. He is being held on a $500,000 bond at the Phelps County Jail. An arraignment is set
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was found guilty of shooting and killing Rod Jones in 2020 in the 2700 block of Quail Drive has been sentenced to life in prison. Bobby Dawson, 42, was found guilty by a jury on Aug. 1 to first-degree murder and armed-criminal action. He was sentenced on Friday to
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The man accused of crashing a boat into a house and injuring several people at the Lake of the Ozarks was booked into the Camden County Jail on Wednesday and posted bond. Adam Ramirez, 47, was charged with two counts of boating while intoxicated – causing serious physical injury and five counts of BWI
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) The state of Missouri will be seeking the death penalty against a man accused of murdering a Hermann police sergeant in March. Kenneth Lee Simpson, 35, of Steelville, was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of armed-criminal action, first-degree assault, two counts of unlawful gun possession, unlawful possession of an illegal weapon,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A default judgement was entered last week in favor of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office against Zechariah Hockersmith and ProCare Pools, LLC. Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced the default judgement in a Thursday press release. The judgement was entered on Friday, according to Casenet. The defendants were ordered to pay a
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ST. LOUIS (KMIZ) A former Moberly doctor who admitted in federal court to a scheme to steal from taxpayers by using his father’s name to bill Medicaid and Medicare was sentenced Thursday to nearly two years in prison, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Dr. Justin G. LaMonda, 42, pleaded guilty
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