Crime Archives

Building of Lamine River levee in missing mom search begins

May 5, 2020 6:49 AM Brittany Wiley

The De Bourgmont Access on the Lamine River in Cooper County closed Tuesday to allow Columbia police to continue searching for a missing Columbia mom, Mengqi Ji.

Columbia man pleads guilty to murder in 2018 killing

May 5, 2020 9:48 AM Matt Ragsdale

A Columbia man pleaded guilty to a murder charge on Monday in connection with a 2018 killing at an apartment complex.

Charges filed in Jefferson City apartment complex shooting

May 1, 2020 12:32 PM Matt Ragsdale

Cole County prosecutors charged a man on Friday in connection with a shooting at Jefferson City apartment complex late Wednesday night.

Moberly man pleads guilty to role in deadly robbery

April 30, 2020 7:18 PM Katie Greathouse

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man admitted to his role in a 2018 double homicide on Thursday. Travis Koenig pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery in a hearing on Zoom. Koenig is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 23, according to online court records. Court documents in the case said the killings were the result of a

Man shot at Jefferson City apartment complex

April 30, 2020 9:37 AM Matt Ragsdale

The Jefferson City Police Department said a man suffered a gunshot wound at an area apartment complex late Wednesday night.

Police tape off scene at apartment complex in Jefferson City

April 29, 2020 11:10 PM Lucas Geisler

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Police have taped off a portion of an apartment complex’s parking lot in Jefferson City. Officers had crime scene tape up in the Heritage Apartments lot on Wednesday night. ABC 17 News crews saw officers placing evidence markers in the lot and taking photographs. Police on scene did not provide any

Columbia police to build levee on Lamine River to find missing Columbia woman

April 29, 2020 3:43 PM Sydney Olsen

The Columbia Police Department announced Wednesday it will work with local and state partners to build a levee at the Lamine River to help in the search for a missing woman.

Alleged Boone County shooter charged with four felonies

April 29, 2020 5:00 PM Matthew Sanders

Prosecutors charged a Columbia man Tuesday with four felonies after another man was shot at a Boone County trailer park.

Woman pleads guilty in Columbia killing

April 29, 2020 12:12 PM Matthew Sanders

One of seven people charged with murder in what investigators said was a drug deal turned bad pleaded guilty to a drug charge Monday.

Columbia police looking for person linked to Sunday burglary

April 29, 2020 11:07 AM Matt Ragsdale

The Columbia Police Department said Wednesday that officers are looking for a person tied to a weekend burglary.

Man arrested in connection with January shooting on Business Loop

April 29, 2020 10:31 AM Matt Ragsdale

Another person has been arrested in connection with a January shooting that happened on the Business Loop.

Judge gives 17-year sentence in Columbia murder case

April 29, 2020 10:14 AM Matthew Sanders

A Columbia man pleaded guilty to murder Monday in a January 2019 killing.

Boone County prosecutors charge man with trespassing, property damage at MU

April 29, 2020 8:57 AM Matt Ragsdale

Boone County prosecutors charged a man on Tuesday with trespassing at the University of Missouri and allegedly breaking into a campus building.

Columbia man accused in shooting at Boone County trailer park

April 28, 2020 7:26 AM Matt Ragsdale

Boone County deputies arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of assault and other crimes after a shooting Tuesday.

Columbia man pleads guilty to meth, gun possession

April 28, 2020 4:59 PM Matthew Sanders

A Columbia man admitted in federal court Tuesday to having methamphetamine and a gun.

Woman pleads guilty to federal charge in disabled Fulton man’s death

April 28, 2020 2:30 PM Matthew Sanders

A former caregiver of disabled Fulton man Carl DeBrodie pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of obstructing the investigation into DeBrodie’s death.

CPD: Officers looking for man suspected of kidnapping, domestic assault

April 28, 2020 9:07 AM Matt Ragsdale

CPD tweeted after 8 a.m. on Tuesday that the man was believed to be armed and dangerous.

Miller County chase ends in arrest

April 27, 2020 10:20 PM Katie Greathouse

Authorities arrested one person after a chase in Miller County on Monday.

Two charged with Jefferson City robbery, shooting

April 27, 2020 5:19 PM Matthew Sanders

Prosecutors have charged two Jefferson City men with armed robbery and assault after they allegedly shot another man who wanted to sell them a phone.

Shots fired in north Columbia

April 26, 2020 9:50 PM Sydney Olsen

Police blocked off two roads in north Columbia Sunday night after finding evidence of shots fired. Officers blocked Bodie Drive and Edenton Boulevard to traffic.