Crime Archives

Columbia police investigate early morning robbery

May 4, 2021 9:18 AM ABC 17 News Team

Officers were sent to the 100 block of West Broadway around 2:30 a.m. for a robbery with a gun, the Columbia Police Department said in a news release.

Moberly man arrested after resisting arrest Saturday

May 3, 2021 8:01 PM Karl Wehmhoener

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man wanted out of Randolph County for several crimes was arrested Saturday evening in Moberly. According to court documents, Israel Lockett was seen walking in the 200 block of S. Morley st when Moberly police attempted to take Lockett into custody. According to police, Lockett has a history of resisting

Jefferson City man charged after shots fired over weekend

May 3, 2021 1:00 PM Matthew Sanders

Police were sent before 7 a.m. Sunday to the 600 block of Linn Street after receiving multiple calls of gunshots being fired,.

Truck driver reports assault in Columbia parking lot

May 3, 2021 12:25 PM ABC 17 News Team

Officers were called at about 4:15 a.m. to the 3400 block of Grindstone Parkway for an assault with a weapon, according to a Columbia Police Department news release.

Columbia medical marijuana dispensary sues city over development issues

April 30, 2021 8:11 PM Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia medical marijuana dispensary claims the city’s development rules conflict with the laws voters approved. A lawsuit filed by GRD Columbia, LLC asked a Boone County judge to stop the city from requiring changes to the property based on its development code. That includes landscaping and traffic design rules that the

Missouri Attorney General files charges against contractor in Morgan and Camden Counties

April 30, 2021 3:56 PM Karl Wehmhoener

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan and Camden County contractor is facing consumer fraud charges after an investigation by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. Brandon Rusin of Rocky Mount, faces one count of financial exploitation of the elderly, a class C felony, and one count of deceptive business practice, a class E felony in Morgan

Judge: Case against McCloskeys won’t go back to grand jury

April 30, 2021 3:08 PM Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) A judge has denied a defense request to return to a grand jury the case against a St. Louis couple accused of waving guns at racial injustice protesters last year. A St. Louis grand jury indicted Mark and Patricia McCloskey in October on felony charges of unlawful use of a weapon and

Boone County, snowplow driver sued for wrongful death in February crash

April 30, 2021 8:02 AM Molly Stawinoga

The daughter of a man killed in a February crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Boone County and a snowplow driver.

Cooper County man charged with child molestation

April 29, 2021 11:23 PM Karl Wehmhoener

BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man is charged with child molestation after an investigation began April 13. According to court documents, Caleb “Logan” Phillips confessed to two people about molesting a 3-year-old. On April 14, the victim told two people that Phillips had hurt the victim. Phillips lived with the victim from Nov. 2020 to

St. James man charged with second-degree murder after fentanyl overdose

April 29, 2021 9:10 PM ABC 17 News Team

ST. JAMES, Mo. (KMIZ) A Saint James man is now charged with second-degree murder in connection to a fentanyl overdose that happened in Maries County. Tanner Orr, 26, is also charged with delivery of a controlled substance. Kenneth Ahart Junior was found dead in his home in Saint James on Oct. 12 from an overdose.

Monroe County man gets 20 years for armed criminal action; murder sentence delayed

April 29, 2021 8:27 AM Chanel Porter

James Addie is charged with the 2018 death of his fiancée, Molly Watson, in Monroe County.

Cole County judge denies motion in 1991 cold case

April 29, 2021 12:39 PM ABC 17 News Team

The request for a bill of particulars — a document that details the prosecution’s case — from lawyers representing William “Chris” Niemet of Fulton was denied Wednesday, according to online court records.

Callaway County sends evidence to state crime lab in explosives investigation

April 29, 2021 12:01 PM ABC 17 News Team

The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office has sent evidence to the state crime lab after deputies found explosives near a lake Wednesday.

Woman charged with hitting child at Columbia school bus stop

April 29, 2021 11:54 AM Matthew Sanders

Prosecutors have charged a woman with failing to stop for a school bus and injuring a child after she allegedly hit a boy at a southeast Columbia bus stop.

Police seek information in Columbia attempted robbery

April 29, 2021 9:57 AM ABC 17 News Team

Officers were called a little after 8 a.m. to the Walmart Supercenter at 415 Conley Road.

Twenty-year-old in hospital, charged with DWI in Macon County crash

April 29, 2021 7:46 AM Ben Fein

Highway Patrol Troop B arrested a man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and being a minor in possession of alcohol after crash reports say he veered off a road and hit a tree.

Hallsville man sentenced to three years in prison for 2019 burglary

April 28, 2021 8:16 PM ABC 17 News Team

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The second suspect involved in a 2019 Columbia pawn shop burglary has been sentenced to prison. 21-year-old Alexander Mears was sentenced Wednesday morning to three years in prison. Mears and 26-year-old Tyler Hilderman stole more than 60 firearms from Tiger Pawn in Columbia. According to Mears’s plea agreement, the duo made

Explosives found near lake in Callaway County

April 28, 2021 2:02 PM Leila Mitchell

Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism said deputies were sent to the McCredie Farm Lake east of Kingdom City a little before 7 a.m. Deputies found two suspicious objects they believed to be explosives, Chism said. The University of Missouri owns and maintains the area.

Columbia man referred to prison program after guilty plea in shooting case

April 28, 2021 4:59 PM Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man could spend four months in prison after pleading guilty to several different crimes over the last two years. Antonio H. Robinson pleaded guilty Monday to four different cases in Boone County. One of those cases stemmed from a northeast Columbia shooting in 2019. Robinson pleaded guilty to a reduced

St. Joseph man accused of using peanuts attempting to assault a man with severe peanut allergy

April 28, 2021 4:58 PM Karl Wehmhoener

CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Joseph man is accused of using peanuts in an attempt to assault a man in Camden County with a severe peanut allergy. According to a release from the Camden County prosecuting attorney Facebook page, the victim told Camdenton police that Jacob Andes, 27, put peanuts in his coffee, laundry soap