COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A septuagenarian was charged Monday in Boone County with third-degree child molestation. Charles Cook Jr., 70, of Huntsdale, is being held at the Boone County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A hearing was held on Monday afternoon. The probable cause statement says Cook grabbed a youth on Saturday evening. The act was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 77-year-old man from Morgan County has been charged with three felonies after he allegedly shared child pornography on Facebook. Alfred Maxon, of Stover, was charged on Friday with child enticement, first-degree promoting child pornography and child porn possession. A warrant was issued on Friday, but Maxon was not listed on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan County man was charged with a felony on Saturday after he was accused of making a threat against the county’s prosecutor in a Facebook post about Charlie Kirk. Mark Ream was charged with tampering with a judicial officer. A warrant was served on Monday and a $150,000 bond was set.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old Columbia man was sentenced to nearly two decades in prison Monday in connection with a deadly shooting in May 2024. Cordero Riley Jr., 18, admitted to unlawful use of a weapon and second-degree assault in a plea deal with prosecutors in July that took a second-degree murder charge off the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say they arrested a Columbia man early Monday in a domestic stabbing. Lawrence Johnson, 60, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, assaulting a police officer and felony resisting arrest, according to a Columbia Police Department news release. Information related to his case
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Editor’s note: The headline and lead have been clarified. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Prosecutor Roger Johnson will not file charges in a fatal shooting that occurred in May at the Nifong Boulevard McDonald’s. No charges will be filed against Ryan Woods. Johnson in a letter to the Columbia Police Department claimed that Woods shot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors in Boone County are considering reducing charges for a man charged with murder in a 2023 overdose death Derek Miltimore, 33, of Columbia, is charged with second-degree felony murder, delivery of a controlled substance, second-degree drug trafficking, two counts of drug possession, one count of unlawful use of a weapon and
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pulaski County school was put on a temporary lockdown on Thursday as a man was getting arrested. Ronald Brown, of Orrick, Missouri, was charged with resisting arrest. A warrant was ordered on Friday and no hearings have been scheduled. The probable cause statement says law enforcement tried to serve a warrant
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By Casey Tolan, Scott Glover, Curt Devine, Jeff Winter, Isabelle Chapman, Allison Gordon, John Miller, CNN Washington, Utah (CNN) — Growing up in a Utah suburb, Tyler Robinson seemed to be on a promising path: he had a close-knit family, scored well on standardized tests, and earned a 4.0 GPA, according to social media posts.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A suspect in the deadly shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was identified Friday morning as a man from Utah. Kirk was killed on Wednesday on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, where he was kicking off a national speaking tour of college campuses. Investigators say he was shot in
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By Donald Judd, Betsy Klein, Chris Isidore, Marshall Cohen, Wesley Bruer, Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that his administration would target Memphis as part of his efforts to crack down on crime across the nation’s major cities. “I’ll be the first to say it right now, again, we’re going to
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By Betsy Klein, Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Donald Judd, Lauren Chadwick, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has said that a suspect is in custody related to the killing of Charlie Kirk. The suspect was later identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson of Washington, Utah. “I think with a high degree of certainty we
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The FBI has released photographs of a person of interest in the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus. Kirk was fatally shot in the neck on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem during a public speaking engagement on Wednesday. The two pictures show a person
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The influence of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, reached young people across the country, including at the University of Missouri. Kirk’s rhetoric drew plenty of criticism, including his stance on gun violence. But for conservatives on college campuses, he was an inspiration, said a leader of
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Editor’s note: The day of the indictment was corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County grand jury indicted a woman and her boyfriend on child endangerment charges Tuesday for the crash that killed the woman’s 3-year-old daughter. Leela M. James, 32, of Holts Summit, and Jessie Knehans, 29, each face a single count of first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Missouri House speaker who resigned in disgrace a decade ago admitted Thursday to fraudulently getting a COVID-19 pandemic loan. John J. Diehl Jr., 60, pleaded guilty in St. Louis to one count of wire fraud. Federal prosecutors accused Diehl of using money from a COVID-19 business loan to pay for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who is charged with first-degree murder in Cole County has been charged in another case. Rejeane Redmon, 29, was charged in 2023 with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering with evidence in the death of 80-year-old Melvin Callahan. She was committed to the Department of Mental Health in March,
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By Taylor Romine, Amanda Musa, Dalia Faheid, Emma Tucker OREM, Utah – More than a day after a shooting that stunned the nation, a massive manhunt is underway for the person who killed Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative political activist. On Thursday, authorities shared a video that showed the suspect jumping off the roof of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A dashboard camera inside the car of a Columbia shooting suspect shows him firing a gun at another driver, newly filed court documents claim. The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office charged 77-year-old Arnold Phillips on Wednesday with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action. Phillips is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday for a gun charge, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Semaj Clark, 25, was charged with being a felon with a gun. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. The release claims
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