Boone County, snowplow driver sued for wrongful death in February crash
The daughter of a man killed in a February crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Boone County and a snowplow driver.
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Cooper County man charged with child molestation
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
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St. James man charged with second-degree murder after fentanyl overdose
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.
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Monroe County man gets 20 years for armed criminal action; murder sentence delayed
James Addie is charged with the 2018 death of his fiancée, Molly Watson, in Monroe County.
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Cole County judge denies motion in 1991 cold case
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.
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Callaway County sends evidence to state crime lab in explosives investigation
The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office has sent evidence to the state crime lab after deputies found explosives near a lake Wednesday.
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Woman charged with hitting child at Columbia school bus stop
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.
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Police seek information in Columbia attempted robbery
Officers were called a little after 8 a.m. to the Walmart Supercenter at 415 Conley Road.
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Twenty-year-old in hospital, charged with DWI in Macon County crash
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.
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Hallsville man sentenced to three years in prison for 2019 burglary
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
Continue Reading Explosives found near lake in Callaway County
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.
Continue ReadingColumbia man referred to prison program after guilty plea in shooting case
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
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St. Joseph man accused of using peanuts attempting to assault a man with severe peanut allergy
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
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Law enforcement, school officials: Follow bus-stop crossing law
The 10-year-old New Haven Elementary School student suffered only minor injuries, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested a woman on suspicion of ignoring the stopped sign on the school bus.
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Columbia man charged for the second time this year for rape
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges have been filed in a reported from January Columbia rape. Jay Strausbaugh is accused of assaulting the victim while she was unconscious. According to court documents, the victim told police that she was drinking at Strausbaugh’s residence and started to fall asleep. The victim then woke up and was in a
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Fulton man charged for sex crimes against a child
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man is charged with several sex crimes involving a child after an investigation began on March 10. According to court documents, Chad Smith would go into the bedroom of a 14-year-old female at night from Nov. 2013 to Nov. 2015 and assaulted her at least three time. The victim told
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Two people charged after drug trafficking investigation in Pettis County
PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pettis County Sheriff’s Department investigation leads to two people charged with drug trafficking after money, guns and meth are found. According to a social media report, a search warrant was executed at a residence on Monday evening on the 2900 block of Oak Ridge Circle. Deputies found two ounces of
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Jefferson City man sentenced to prison for October 2020 shooting
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was sentenced to seven years in prison in connection with a shooting that happened in October. 25-year-old Xavies Parks pleaded guilty to felony charges of second-degree assault and unlawful possession of a concealed firearm. His sentence will run concurrently with other charges against him. He was on
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Boonville man arrested in connection to chase and crash that started with attempted warrant arrest in Cooper County
COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cooper County Sheriff’s Department has released more information after a Monday chase and crash off Interstate 70 that led to an hour-long standoff. Officials report Maurice Robinson was wanted on a Pulaski County warrant and a Probation and Parole warrant after Boonville police attempted to stop a stolen vehicle near
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Mexico man sentenced for September 2019 pawn shop burglary
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico man has been sentenced to prison Tuesday in connection with a September 2019 pawn shop burglary. 26-year-old Tyler Hilderman has been sentenced to three years in prison. Hilderman pleaded guilty back in October for the burglary. Hilderman and 21-year-old Alexander Mears faced charges related to stealing more than 60
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