JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man currently in prison faces more than a dozen crimes related to sexual and physical abuse. A Cole County grand jury inducted Francis H. Kempker of thirteen crimes, including rape, kidnapping, assault and armed criminal action. The indictment claims Kempker committed these crimes throughout 2016 to four different
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal judge sentenced a man accused in a scheme to cover up the death of a disabled Fulton man to three years of probation Wednesday. Anthony R. K. Flores pleaded guilty in federal court in February to lying to authorities as part of the cover-up of the death of Carl
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A Columbia man was sentenced to five years in federal prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to setting a fire at a clinic operated by Planned Parenthood Great Plains.
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Two men convicted in the death of Carl DeBrodie are set for sentencing hearings Wednesday in federal court.
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A Fulton woman was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison Tuesday for her role in the death of a disabled man.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man living in rural Boone County will spend more than three years in prison for his role in a nationwide marijuana operation. Christopher Bradshaw received a 41-month sentence from Judge Brian Wimes in federal court on Tuesday. Bradshaw admitted to helping sell marijuana that prosecutors believe came from Oregon and
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Boone County sheriff’s deputies arrested a woman Monday on suspicion of stealing a vehicle and banking documents from more than a dozen people.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a 30-year-old Columbia man in connection with a shooting that happened downtown over the weekend. Prosecutors charged Chad Thomas with assault, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, unlawful possession of a firearm, kidnapping and resisting arrest. Police said it happened around 12:41 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a Jefferson City man in connection with a weekend shooting. Court documents said that the shooting happened after 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the 700 block of Jefferson Street. According to investigators, Shaheem Bates fired a gun in front of Tiger’s Den during an altercation in a large crowd of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man accused in the 1991 killing of a teenager in Cole County was released from jail after posting bond Monday. William “Chris” Niemet posted a $1 million cash-only bond and was released from jail with GPS monitoring and court supervision, Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson said Monday. A
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Authorities say a St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city’s south side has died.
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A weekend boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks resulted in an arrest.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: 9:56 a.m. Columbia PD sent a press release Saturday morning confirming one suspect involved in the shooting incident downtown has been arrested. Chad Thomas, 30 of Columbia was taken into custody after witnesses were able to describe the vehicle involved. While on scene officers located several shell casings in the area
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Mid-Missouri authorities arrested a Boonville man on Thursday after he was charged with two felonies relating to possession of child pornography.
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Police department spokeswoman Brittany Hilderbrand said in an email officers chased the vehicle after it ran a stop sign near the intersection of Rice Road and Ballenger Lane around 12:42 a.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County will hand over records related to a sheriff’s department investigation into man’s killing. David Roland, attorney for the family of Ahmonta Harris, said the family and county settled a lawsuit Harris’ mother and widow filed in June. The family claimed the county unlawfully held onto unredacted copies of the death
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A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy fired at a car outside the Midway truck stop Thursday morning after a man allegedly crashed into the patrol vehicle and drove from the scene.
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Boone County prosecutors have charged a Columbia man with first-degree murder after another man was shot to death in a central city park.
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Federal prosecutors want a Fulton woman to spend more than 17 years in prison for covering up the death of a man with disabilites. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri made its recommendation in Sherry Paulo’s case. Prosecutors said Paulo “directed and coordinated” family members to hide
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol has issued an Amber Alert for a Laclede County newborn.
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