COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police arrested the passenger in a vehicle during a traffic stop for multiple charges including trafficking drugs, and unlawful possession of a firearm. According to court documents, Ethan Leavell was the front passenger in a vehicle that failed to signal a right turn causing the traffic stop. Officials say Leavell consented
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police responding to a report of children being left alone in a hotel room in June leads to charges for a Columbia woman. According to court documents, police responded to the Motel 6 on the 3400 block of Interstate 70 Drive Southeast after an employee reported three children between one and
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is suing over a Missouri court order allowing some Kansas City area evictions to continue during the coronavirus pandemic. The ACLU on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in federal court. The organization is fighting a Jackson Court Circuit Court order allowing some evictions to continue, even
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Police say the father of a bullied Missouri junior high student has been charged with making a terrorist threat after allegedly saying he would shoot everyone in the school office. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 35-year-old Kenneth Hicks, 35, was arrested Tuesday after authorities were contacted by a Kum N Go
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A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and blasted her claims that she was the victim of a coordinated and racist conspiracy aimed at forcing her from office. Gardner, the city’s elected prosecutor, claimed in the suit that “entrenched interests” were intentionally impeding her efforts to
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CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit claims that a Missouri man died at a 2019 Dave Matthews Band concert after being hit by a chair thrown by an employee of the venue in St. Louis County. Jasen Smith wrongful death lawsuitDownload The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the lawsuit filed by Darcy Smith
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed to ABC 17 that they were searching for a homicide suspect Tuesday night in west Columbia. According to the department, deputies with the help of Columbia police were looking for Timothy Midgyett. Midgyett is one of three suspects in a June homicide in Mexico. It
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KMIZ) The FBI is seeking assistance from across the nation with obtaining identifying information regarding an unknown male who may have critical information pertaining to the identity of a child victim in an ongoing sexual exploitation investigation. The video depicting John Doe 42 is believed to have been produced prior to October of
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A man faces an arson charge linked to Tuesday house fire north of Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A chase that began in Callaway County Monday night ends in an arrest in Boone County. According to court documents, Callaway County Joint Communications Center advised Columbia Police of a stolen Boone County vehicle. Law enforcement reports the chase started around mile marker 132 and ended after mile marker 153.8 on Interstate
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County Sheriff’s office probable cause statment reports a woman allegedly was sexual assaulted in July 2020 by a family friend. According to court documents, the victim told deputies she was asleep in her vehicle but woke up to find Michael Paddock assaulting her in the driver seat. The victim
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police arrested Lawrence Johnson for burglary and resisting arrest Monday afternoon. According to court documents, the victim returned home to an apartment on the 1600 block of University Ave and witnessed a man exiting his apartment with the victim’s belongings. The victim told police he witnessed Johnson run. Police then found
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A probable cause statement out of Cole County alleges three people of an armed robbery on Monday in Jefferson City. According to court documents, three people robbed the victim on the 100 block of E. Franklin. In the documents, Michael Scaife, Amanda Sims and Daimian Smith were riding in a vehicle
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man acquitted of paying someone to set a home on fire will not get a new trial in a lawsuit connected to the incident. The Supreme Court of Missouri ruled against a request today from lawyers for Mehrdad Fotoohighiam. A jury in Boone County found him not guilty last
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton woman who left the scene of a crime on U.S. Highway 54 in May 2020 was sentenced to four years in prison today. Ronnie Lloyd was the passenger of a vehicle that hit and injured a Fulton police officer. Lloyd admitted to leaving the scene and burglary. The judge set
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Sunday, deputies with the Camden County Sheriff’s Department stopped a vehicle in the area of North State Highway 5 and Standing Rock Road. Ryan Holloway. Photo courtesy Camden County Sheriff’s Department Officials say that as the vehicle came to a stop, 22-year-old Ryan M Holloway, of Camdenton, ran from the
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The board of Columbia Crime Stoppers is increasing its standard cash payout for anonymous information that leads to an arrest for 14 unsolved murders identified by local law enforcement.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday afternoon, the Mexico Public Safety Department responded to a reported shooting on the 1300 block of N Washington. After arriving, officers found a 19-year-old man with what appeared to be a close range gunshot wound to the leg. Officials say the man was sitting on his friend’s front porch when
Continue Reading Officials say the bills being passed are bleached and reprinted with higher denominations.
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Columbia Police have released surveillance footage from Passions Adult Boutique on the early morning Sept. 24 armed robbery.
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