A Kansas man has sued the Missouri Department of Corrections, a prison health care contractor and several individuals including the state’s corrections director, alleging medical staff at Boonville Correctional Center refused him medical treatment for a spinal injury. Jeremy Bradshaw of Lawrence, Kansas, filed the lawsuit in Cooper County on Oct. 7. Bradshaw seeks a
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A Cole County judge said Tuesday that the court hopes to try a Jefferson City woman charged with child abuse in the summer of 2020. Quatavia Givens, 26, was charged in 2018 in connection with the death of 4-year-old Darnell Gray. At the first hearing since Givens was released on bond Oct. 10, judge Jon
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The City of Centralia has policies specific to city employees’ use of social media and their use of work computers. ABC 17 News crews looked at the city’s policies after Clint Baer, 41, of Centralia was fired from the police department. The city’s policy on social media lays out rules for posting on city social
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Centralia city leaders will meet on Monday to discuss public safety. This comes after federal prosecutors charged a Centralia police officer with trying to have sexual contact with a minor using the internet. Clint Baer, 41, of Centralia is accused of communicating with an FBI agent posing as the mother of a 14-year-old girl using
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A man is facing kidnapping charges in Boonville after allegedly taking a child from an elementary school. According to court documents, Devin Maupin took a 10-year-old child Thursday from David Barton Elementary School in Boonville. The school called the child’s mother who said Maupin did not have permission to take the child. The school principal
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Police arrested one person after serving a search warrant in north Columbia on Friday morning. According to a news release, officers served the warrant at 2313 Parks Edge Place around 10:45 a.m. Officers arrested Henry Anthony Williams, 30, on suspicion of burglary, stealing, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance. The
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Columbia police arrested two men early Thursday after the shooting of a home and two vehicles. Police were sent to the 3300 block of Dove Drive in north Columbia at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday, where they found the damage. The Columbia Police Department said in a news release that officers arrested Cameron K. Wright, 22,
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Cole County Assessor Chris Estes has filed a lawsuit over property lines against a man he is accused of assaulting, according to court records. According to court documents, Estes and his wife own an easement that runs across Danny and Nancy Schaffer’s property on Moreau River Lane. Documents detail several disputes where the Esteses claim
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Authorities are looking for a man involved in a police chase early Friday. Boone County sheriff’s deputies attempted to pull over the driver of a white Ford truck at 2:30 a.m. Friday near Mexico Gravel Road but the car sped away, the sheriff’s department said. Deputies say the driver had several traffic violations. Deputies and
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Police Department said it arrested a man for allegedly toppling over headstones in the Columbia Cemetery on East Broadway. According to court documents, the superintendent told police several times headstones had been tipped over and some even broken overnight between Oct. 2 and Oct. 5. The superintendent told police large headstones need heavy
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A Centralia woman is in the Boone County Jail facing extradition to California on two felony counts related to a child custody dispute. Boone County deputies arrested Lisa Ann Hoeppner on Sept. 20 on an extradition warrant out of Shasta County, California, two days after charges were filed against her in that state, according to
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Authorities confirmed a house and two vehicles were hit by gunfire Thursday morning in the 3300 block of Dove Drive in Columbia. Columbia police blocked off Dove Drive at Elk Drive just after 3:30 a.m. Police said there are multiple people detained for questioning at this time. No one was hurt in the incident. At
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A coach accused of stealing from his wrestling club has been arrested and released without having to post bond, according to online court records. Ryan McKee, 46, of Jefferson City was charged Tuesday with felony stealing in Cole County on allegations that he took more than $34,000 from the Jays Kids Wrestling Club between January
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Two people were charged on Thursday in connection with a shooting that happened in the 200 block of west Dunklin Street on Wednesday. Jefferson City Police originally responded to the weapons call at about 9:20 a.m. Wednesday and determined a person fired multiple rounds at a vehicle that was driving through the area, according to
Continue ReadingA search of thousands of pages of cellphone tower records helped lead Moniteau County deputies to a suspect in a stolen trailer case, the sheriff’s office said in a news release Thursday. A judge issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for Jason R. Maynard, 42, of Blue Springs on a felony theft charge. Moniteau County deputies
Continue ReadingPolice investigated a report of a shooting Wednesday afternoon and determined no had been hurt. According to the Mexico Public Safety Department, officers responded to a report of a shooting at 3:56 p.m. in the 600 block of Carson Street. Investigators said at least one gun was fired during an argument between two people. No
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The Columbia Police Department took one person into custody on Wednesday night after the suspect led police on a chase in Columbia. Police originally tried to pull over Caleb M. Johnson, 20, of Prairie Home, and Johnson allegedly did not pull over and sped away. At one point, Johnson got out of the car at
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The director of a volunteer wrestling club that prepares athletes for high school competition has been accused of stealing from the group during the last three years. Ryan McKee of Jefferson City was charged Tuesday with stealing more than $25,000, a class C felony in Cole County Circuit Court. According to the probable cause statement,
Continue ReadingJefferson City police arrested one person after a shooting Wednesday morning in the 200 block of West Dunklin Street. Police originally responded to the weapons call at about 9:20 a.m., and determined a person fired multiple rounds at a vehicle that was driving through the area, according to a news release from the Jefferson City
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The Jefferson City woman accused of killing a 4-year-old boy and hiding his body in a wooded area is out of jail on bond. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler said Quatavia Givens posted bond and was released from jail Wednesday morning. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem lowered Givens’ bond last month from $100,000 cash-only
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