Judge considers bond reduction for Montgomery County snake breeder’s wife
A judge wants more information on a potential plan to release a woman accused of murder from jail before deciding the issue.
Continue ReadingA judge wants more information on a potential plan to release a woman accused of murder from jail before deciding the issue.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Corrections is reporting convicted murderer 57-year-old William Salmon was pronounced dead at 3:40 Friday morning at the Jefferson City Correctional Center. Salmon was serving life without parole for a Boone County murder. Salmon killed a woman in September 1990. Salmon was found guilty in 2001. Officials say
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis County man could face up to life in prison after being convicted of distributing the fentanyl that led to an overdose death. The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis says 36-year-old Travis Broeker was found guilty Thursday of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and conspiracy to distribute
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for defrauding an NFL player out of $250,000. Federal prosecutors say 43-year-old Abayomi Jamil Martin of O’Fallon must also repay the money to Dallas Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr, along with $11,000 to credit card companies. Martin pleaded guilty of wire
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — The shooting death of a woman in St. Louis marks the city’s 195th homicide this year, topping the 194 killings in all of 2019. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the 24-year-old woman was killed Thursday night in the Benton Park West neighborhood. Police responded to a shooting call and found
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are investigating two incidents in which shots were fired Thursday — one in central Columbia and another on the city’s south side. The first incident was called in at about 6 p.m. and happened on Worley Street near Ridgeway and Sanford avenues, police said Friday in a news release. Officers recovered
Continue ReadingA Jefferson City man accused of threatening to shoot up a Walmart store was sentenced to probation on Tuesday, nearly a year after charges were filed.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A trespassing call on Sept. 12 at a hotel in east Columbia leads to drug trafficking charges. In the probable cause statement, Columbia Police report a front desk employee at a hotel on the 2900 block of Clark Lane alert police to a man trespassing in a room on the upper floors.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri woman pleaded not guilty to a killing an abandoning an elk last year. The misdemeanor charge against 50-year-old Deborah Flanigan, of Scott County, comes in one of six cases involving the illegal killing of protected elk in Missouri in recent years. The other five cases are still
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News crews are on scene and report that Columbia Police are investigating a possible shooting on Worley. Crews report Worley is blocked at Sanford through a streets down. Several officers are on scene using evidence markers in the street. This is a developing story check back for more information or
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ATF agents continue to execute a federal search warrant on the 300 block of E Winter street in north Columbia. U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives senior investigator John Ham says the search began this morning. Ham says the search warrant is part of an ongoing criminal investigation involving multiple
Continue ReadingThe trial of a Missouri man accused of killing two brothers from Wisconsin is being moved because of extensive pre-trial publicity.
Continue ReadingThe man arrested after a standoff in central Columbia Wednesday night faces multiple felony charges linked to a separate case from June.
Continue ReadingBOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol says a chase on Hwy 63 ended in a wreck Tuesday night. Officials say a trooper stopped Stephan Reed on the shoulder of northbound Hwy 63 at Vandiver Dr. Reed then sped off and crashed two minutes later on the off ramp of Hwy 63 to Route
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A probable cause statement was issued in the Aug. 23 shooting on the 1000 block of Claudell lane. In the statement, the shooting victim says Amiyha Grant had been threatening him since June 2020 when they argued. The victim says on the morning of Aug. 23, another argument started and “The next
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Damaceo Washington faces a harassment and trespass charge after an incident at the Columbia Mall. The Boone County probable cause statement states Washington was trespassing at the mall on Aug. 25 when an employee asked Washington to leave. According to the document, Washington was jumping on tables and yelling at people. Washington
Continue ReadingColumbia police were negotiating with a man holed up in an apartment building on College Avenue on Wednesday afternoon.
Continue ReadingOfficers said no people were hurt and no property was damaged from the shooting.
Continue ReadingMaries County Sheriff’s Department is reporting a naked man assaulted a deputy during a morning call.
Continue ReadingTUNAS, Mo. (AP) — A southwestern Missouri man has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for killing a couple in 2018. KYTV-TV reports that 24-year-old Billy Medley of Macks Creek was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty to killing Joseph and Brandy Allen in September 2018. Investigators say the Allens were shot when they tried
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