A Jefferson City man is facing a felony charge for unlawful use of a weapon after an Oct. 3 incident in the 1200 block of Rackers Road. Gregory Leak, 59, was arrested later that day after investigators said he admitted to threatening his neighbor with a 9mm Ruger pistol. The neighbor told police she had
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A Boone County judge sentenced a Jefferson City man to jail after he pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and armed criminal action on Monday. Deangelo Bulter pleaded guilty to shooting a bail bonds agent in 2017 in Columbia. Authorities said he allegedly shot the woman as she was giving out wanted posters with Butler’s name
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police confirm a man stole an undisclosed amount of money from a liquor store Monday night. Officers said it happened at 8:45 p.m. Monday at the Xpress Liquor & Smokes on Corona Road. Police say the armed man had a handgun. CPD said no one was taken into custody. No injuries
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Police Department received a report Monday of alleged sexual misconduct last month. New crime notification issued today regarding sexual misconduct – exposure. More information, including safety tips at https://t.co/D8uqQhTwIW— MU Police (@MUPDpolice) November 4, 2019 According to the report from MUPD, the misconduct happened Oct. 28. Officers said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County prosecutors charged a man with several felonies after court documents say he fired a gun at two people on Sunday. Terrance Johnson was accused of a shooting at a north Columbia apartment building in the 2000 block of Newton around 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Court documents say two witnesses accused Johnson
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Columbia police detained one person after shots were fired in North Columbia. An argument led to gunshots on Newton Dr., north of I-70 at Providence Rd., Sunday afternoon, according to CPD Sgt. Bruce Houston. No one was injured, and it’s unclear if the suspect was aiming at the other person involved, police say. Officers were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Mayor Brian Treece will hosted a meeting at City Hall on Friday with mayors and staff representing four of Missouri’s largest cities: Columbia, Kansas City, Springfield and St. Louis. The summit focused on progressing the conversation about how to make Missouri’s communities safer. Mayor Treece said their 3 main priorities are
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Mexico officers say a home was shot Friday morning, allegedly part of an ongoing disagreement. Mexico Public Safety Department officers were called to the 900 block of East Love Street around 1:30 a.m. Friday. Officers say the front door of a home was shot about a half hour before authorities arrived. Officers
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was injured in a standoff Friday afternoon in Moberly. The Moberly Police Department said officers saw a man with an arrest warrant, Steven Skinner, enter a residence in the 900 block of North Ault Street and refuse to leave at about 3 p.m. A short standoff ensued and Skinner later
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The investigation into a deadly shooting in Jefferson City continued Friday with police releasing few details about the case. ABC 17 News spoke with Jefferson City Police Department Lt. David Williams on Friday afternoon about the homicide. “This is still an open investigation and there are a lot of things happening,”
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A member of ABC 17’s news staff has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. A Columbia police officer arrested news anchor Joey Parker late Saturday night after a minor crash involving only Parker’s vehicle. He’s also facing a possible charge for making an illegal U-turn. Â Parker was booked into the Boone County
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Clarksburg man was charged on Wednesday after he was allegedly involved in the August death of Dylan Kramel, 20. Kramel was in the bucket of a Bobcat skid steer that Rowles was driving on Aug. 6 when Rowles hit a pot hole, and Kramel was ejected from the bucket. The skid steer then
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One man is suffering from life-threatening injuries after a crash in Boone County on Wednesday. Jamey E. Sheppard, 42, of Columbia was taken to University Hospital after the vehicle he was driving crashed head-on with a vehicle Travis W. Mechlin, 30, of Columbia was driving. Columbia police arrested Mechlin on suspicion of
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Officers from the Jefferson City Police Department responded to the scene of a deadly shooting incident in the 1900 block of Rolling Hills Drive Thursday morning. The department received a call of shots fired in the area shortly before 3:30 a.m. JCPD said it also received a call before arriving at the scene that a
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Micah Lazaro, Keeland Johnson, Jeremy Phillips, and Michael Coleman all charged in Best Buy burglary A Cole County Grand Jury indicted four men for allegedly taking more than $60,000 worth of merchandise from a Best Buy. It happened in August at the Jefferson City store. The suspects in the case are Michael Coleman, Jeremy Phillips,
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department released new photos of the man accused in an armed robbery of a Break Time location early Wednesday morning. The police department said on Twitter Thursday afternoon it needs help from the community to identify the man. @ColumbiaPD Update: Columbia Police seeks public's assistance in identifying suspect in
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Multiple mid-Missouri counties will check on registered sex offenders to make sure they are complying with the state law in place for Halloween. The law requires offenders to avoid all Halloween-related contact with children and stay inside their homes between the hours of 5 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Offenders are required to post a sign
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A petition filed in the Circuit Court of Boone County shows a woman filed for guardianship of a child in the case of a missing Columbia woman. The court document was filed Tuesday in the probate division of the court for guardianship of Anna Elledge, who was previously in the care of
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County sheriff said multiple people were arrested after a chase started by Jefferson City police ended between Fulton and New Bloomfield. According to Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism, deputies assisted with Jefferson City police for a chase Wednesday. Chism said deputies pursued at least one vehicle on U.S. Highway 54
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County Judge has upheld a previous court ruling involving a Columbia businessman. Mehrdad Fotoohighiam was ordered to pay $250,000 in actual damages and $2,500,000 in punitive damages for his involvement in a 2014 Columbia arson. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District affirmed a lower court ruling that Fotoohighiam was
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