SALINE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) After stopping a vehicle on Monday for a traffic violation, a state trooper found 88 pounds of meth, a gun and $5,505 in cash. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop A, a traffic stop occurred on Interstate 70 in Saline County. A probable cause search revealed the meth, gun and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City massage business calls a civil lawsuit from the Missouri Attorney General “slander and stereotypes against Asians.” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said in a news release that his office filed four civil lawsuits against illicit massage businesses operating in Missouri, including Blue Lotus Asian Massage Therapy in Cole
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A federal judge sentenced a Columbia man to prison Tuesday after he admitted to trying to buy a deadly chemical on the dark web.
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Police say shots were fired late Monday in an east Columbia neighborhood.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A sentencing hearing is scheduled next month in a deadly 2019 Columbia shooting. Aaron Harris pled guilty late last month to first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the death of E’quan Spain. He’s expected to get sentenced at 9 a.m. on May 20th. Investigators say Harris was driving a car when Michael Anderson accidentally
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Gire Ngizahayo, 23, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, speeding, careless and imprudent driving, resisting arrest and leaving the scene of a crash, according to a Columbia Police Department news release.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Sheriff’s deputies continue to look for a suspect from a Saturday chase. According to officials, a Boone County deputy attempted to pull over a reported stolen car on Interstate 70 near the Boone/Callaway County line at 9:25 p.m. The driver failed to yield and drove off on Rangeline Street and
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Columbia police officers arrested a Jefferson City woman suspected of an early morning arson on Claudell Lane.
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A 35-year-old Moberly man will be sentenced in May after being found guilty of murder in the death of a Poplar Bluff man.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police continue to investigate a reported stabbing on the 3300 block of Broadway Business Park Court at 7:50 Friday evening. Columbia police report an 18-year-old woman was stabbed by a man that asked for money. The woman was taken to an area hospital for medical care. Columbia police continue to look
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has multiple charges filed against after a Thursday chase that reached speeds of 107 miles per hour that ended in Holts Summit. Jefferson City Police say officers responded to Southridge drive Thursday for an assault and Germaine Morehouse left the scene. Police chased Morehouse onto Highway 54,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police investigated a shooting that damaged property Friday afternoon. Officers responded to the 1500 block of Paris Road around 1 p.m. At least six patrol vehicles responded to the scene. ABC 17 News crews saw officers searching a grassy area near a home. Police at the scene confirmed shots were fired.
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The Sedalia Police Department said John Hodges is being held pending multiple charges after police responded to a call that a woman was being held against her will.
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman is now charged in Audrain County for sex crimes against a child Troopers arrested Jennifer Huddleston Wednesday. According to court documents she sent pornographic pictures of a child to a man. Huddleston is also accused of having conversations over social media involving the sexual solicitation of the child. Investigators
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Jefferson City police officers arrested a chase suspect in Holts Summit on Thursday.
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Authorities in suburban Kansas City say a man is dead and a police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound following a shootout on a street in Independence.
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Democratic state representative from St. Louis County has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for misusing campaign money for personal expenses. A federal judge in St. Louis on Wednesday also ordered 39-year-old Courtney Curtis to repay nearly $48,000. He pleaded guilty in November to three counts of wire
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men are accused of a shooting at people near the 1000 block of Claudell lane on March 9. According to court documents, Christopher Weaver and Javan Harris were identified by the shooting victims. Police have video of the shooting where Weaver and Harris are seen running away from the crime scene
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police arrested a woman Tuesday evening in connection to an abandonment of a corpse case from last Friday. According to police, police started a death investigation in the 3100 block of Wingate Court on March 22 after a drug overdose at a Columbia hotel. April Dawn Hanson, 41, of Columbia, was
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Burke said the forensic odontologist, a specially trained dentist that uses expertise to identify unknown remains, started his work on Monday evening. She said the office expects to know whether or not the remains are Ji’s by Friday.
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