The University of Missouri Police Department was investigating a sexual assault that reportedly happened in the 500 block of College Avenue on Sunday. Police were called to the home at 10 p.m. Sunday for a sexual assault that happened earlier in the day. The victim told police a man she knew was the one who
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Authorities arrested a Gasconade County man early Sunday on suspicion that he kidnapped a 6-year-old from the Holts Summit area. State troopers found the child and the suspect, Rodney Trentmann, 38, during a traffic stop just after midnight Sunday in Gasconade County, the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Troopers took the
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Police are seeking two men after an armed robbery at McDonald’s on Stadium Boulevard. Columbia police told ABC 17 News crews at the scene that two men struck an employee with a gun at the fast food store. Authorities were called to the scene shortly after 3 a.m. Monday. A Columbia Police Department news release
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A shooting Sunday night continues the rash of violence in Columbia. Columbia police confirmed with ABC 17 News that shots were fired shortly before 9 p.m. near the intersection of Silver Mill and N. Burning Bush Drive. Authorities searched the area and talked to people nearby for more than an hour after the incident. One
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A man accused of second-degree murder in the killing of Nadria Wright was transported and booked into the Boone County Jail on Sunday morning. St. Louis County police took Javion Lawhorn-Wallace, 30, into custody on Thursday night in connection with the Sept. 13 killing of Wright, 18. Lawhorn-Wallace was then booked into the Boone County
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The Columbia Police Department arrested one person Sunday with charges of assault, according to a press release. Officers arrested Dengcheng “David” Chen on charges of assault and armed criminal action. Police were dispatched to House of Chow at 9:15 p.m. Saturday for a disturbance with a knife. According to the release, officers found two victims.
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Lebanon police are searching for the vehicle involved in a deadly pedestrian hit-and-run Saturday. According to a news release, police went to the intersection of North Highway 5 and North Adams Street just after 7:30 p.m. Saturday. A 12-year-old girl had been hit by a vehicle and was transported to the hospital where she later
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Community members gathered Saturday afternoon to remember the victims of the recent string of gun violence in Columbia. This comes after 6 people have been killed in five shootings in just over two weeks. Restoration of Life Ministries held a memorial and barbecue to remember the lives lost. One of the organizers, Wilma Blair, said
Continue ReadingThe man accused of firing a gun after getting into a fight outside a Columbia church where a funeral was taking place pleaded guilty earlier this month, According to court records, John Cosey Jr. pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon and fourth-degree assault, and was sentenced to 180 days in jail. Court documents
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A federal judge sentenced an Indiana man Friday to 14 years in prison without parole for robbing a Jefferson City Walgreens pharmacy at gunpoint. Jerome Scott King, 20, pleaded guilty in February to committing the July 2018 armed robbery of the Walgreens at 2002 Missouri Blvd. with three other men, according to a news release
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A Cole County resident interrupted a burglary at a home southwest of Jefferson City on Wednesday morning, according to the sheriff’s office. The Cole County Sheriff’s Department was sent to a home on White Oak Road a little before 10 a.m. Wednesday for a call of a burglary in progress. A person living there told
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The University of Missouri Police Department released its 2019 Annual Fire Safety and Security Report on Friday, revealing a drop in violent crime and liquor law referrals in 2018. The 119-page report is tabulates incidents on the MU campus, certain off-campus buildings owned by MU and on public property directly adjacent to campus. Rapes declined
Continue ReadingJavion Lawhorn-Wallace has been accused in a drive-by shooting before. In 2010 he pleaded guilty to being the trigger man in a north Columbia drive-by. Now Lawhorn-Wallace is accused again of pulling the trigger in a drive-by shooting, this time with fatal consequences. Boone County prosecutors have charged Lawhorn-Wallace with second-degree murder, two counts of
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UPDATE 10:36 p.m.: Columbia police confirmed they are investigating a homicide on McBaine Avenue at Duncan Street. According to a news release, officers responded to the scene at 8:13 p.m. Wednesday and found a man with gunshot wounds. The man was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Police identified the victim
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Police have arrest warrants out for two men suspected in a recent string of shooting deaths, Columbia Police Department Chief Geoff Jones said Wednesday. Jones and Mayor Brian Treece spoke at a news conference about shootings that have claimed four lives since Sept. 13. Jones ticked off a list of those killed in homicides in
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Two people were charged with murder in connection with recent gun deaths in Columbia, according to court documents that became available on Thursday. Aaron Harris, 26, of Columbia was charged with second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon in connection with the Sept. 14 death of E’quan Spain, 19, near Park Avenue and Fifth
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Two men are now charged in connection with an alleged assault at a fraternity on the University of Missouri’s campus. Court documents said Joseph Huber and another man attacked a man in the parking lot of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house Sept. 14. The victim told police he left the area and did not
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The gun violence gripping Columbia has hit close to home for a former University of Missouri basketball star with deep Columbia roots. Willie Smith said Thursday that James Hickem, a 23-year-old killed by gunfire Wednesday night, is his grandson. Smith first spoke with ABC 17 News on Wednesday afternoon about the violence that has now
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The Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau said it has not seen an immediate drop in tourism following recent shootings. The bureau has been measuring visitor’s perception of safety for the past four years. It is an annual measure. “Columbia, we’ve always branded our self as a community that is open, and welcoming and safe and
Continue ReadingTwo men were arrested after allegedly driving down Interstate 70 with multiple pounds of marijuana. According to court documents, Logan Frazier and Isaiah Hensley were pulled over in their car around the 99-mile marker on I-70 in Cooper County after they allegedly changed lanes without a turn signal twice. Court documents said the two men
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