COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sunday around 12:46 a.m., several Columbia Police officers were recorded allegedly using force with a subject. The video and incident are now being investigated by the Columbia Police Department and Boone County Sheriff’s Office. The incident happened in the 20th block of South 10th Street, in the area of several popular Downtown
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were arrested and charged for a shooting in Jefferson City. Police say no one was hurt, but there was property damage. This happened in the 700 block of Marshall Street at Community Park around 8:30 Friday night. Officers nearby heard the shots, and were able to respond quickly. “The
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Boone County prosecutors on Friday charged a Kansas City man who allegedly led police on a high-speed chase and tried to get rid of guns Thursday afternoon.
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man has been charged with several child sex crimes. Troy Reed, 43, is charged with two counts of first-degree rape of a victim younger than 12 years old, two counts of first-degree child molestation and two counts of first-degree sodomy of a victim younger than 12 years old. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly stabbing a woman in the head. Trey Allen Keith, 26, is charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed-criminal action and parental kidnapping. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has yet to be set. The alleged
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TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man has been charged with possession of more than 20 pictures of child pornography. David Arabie, 57, is being held at the Miller County Jail on a $500,000 bond. An arraignment was held Friday at the Mille County Courthouse. A case review is set for 9 a.m. Friday, May 12.
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A suspect in a March shooting in Columbia is also a person of interest in a homicide and “multiple recent shootings,” according to police.
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The Boone County Commission is expected to vote on a sheriff’s department application for a cyber crimes grant when it meets Thursday afternoon.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were arrested Thursday afternoon following a high-speed chase that ended in northwest Columbia. The chase allegedly began when the driver drove away from a traffic stop, according to police. The vehicle allegedly blew out a tire around the area near Grayson Drive. Two guns were found on Sunflower Street. At
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Authorities are searching for the person who shot five people Wednesday at Northside Hospital Medical in Midtown Atlanta, killing one person and sending four others to the hospital, and then fleeing in a carjacked vehicle, police Chief Darin Schierbaum said Wednesday.
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The Better Business Business Bureau is warning people to be on the lookout for more convincing phishing scams generated by artificial intelligence.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department on Monday morning posted on Facebook reminding residents to lock their vehicles to prevent car break-ins. The post included surveillance footage from an alleged car break in that occurred Monday in the 700 block of King Avenue. CPD also included a graphic in a second post regarding the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man accused of stabbing the mother of his child to death refused to appear in court Wednesday. Sergio L. Sayles, 36, was charged in April with first-degree murder, armed-criminal action, evidence tampering and first-degree stalking. He remains in the Cole County Jail without bond. A motion for continuance was filed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A second man was charged Wednesday in relation to a shooting that occurred last month at the Conley Road Hy-Vee gas station. Royelle D. Hunt, 34, is charged with unlawful possession of a gun, unlawful use of a weapon and armed-criminal action. An initial court appearance is set for 1:30 p.m. Thursday
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By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The attorney for a Missouri man accused of shooting a Black teenager who mistakenly came to his door is asking a judge to prevent any new information in the case from being made public. Eighty-four-year-old Andrew Lester is accused of shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl at his
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Jackson Mahomes, the brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, was briefly jailed Wednesday on aggravated sexual battery charges over an alleged altercation at a Kansas restaurant in late February. Jackson Mahomes, 22, was charged Tuesday in Johnson County, Kansas, with
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A suspect in a recent Columbia shooting was arrested Wednesday, a Columbia police official said at the scene.
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The study, published in the Journal of Surgical Research, also found that childhood gun injuries are the leading cause of death among American children.
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Heitman posted on Facebook that the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and Missouri law allow the sheriff, during civil unrest or times of emergency need to protect the life or property of county citizens, to create a posse.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A couple has been charged with child sex crimes in Jefferson City. Jerad Miller, of Jefferson City, and Shellie Miller, of Columbia, are each charged with two counts of first-degree sodomy, first-degree accessory to endangering the welfare of a child, fourth-degree accessory to child molestation, accessory to the delivery of a
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