Columbia police arrest 1 linked to late-night robbery call
Columbia police say one person was arrested on suspicion of a late Tuesday night robbery on the Business Loop.
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Slater woman charged with abandoning a corpse
SLATER, Mo. (KMIZ) A Slater woman is accused of abandoning a corpse after a body was found over a month since the person was last seen. According to a probable cause statement, Deseray Heyer is accused of the crime after a woman’s body was found last Wednesday at 242 East Emma Street in Slater. Heyer
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Camden County man charged after shooting at camper nine times
CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is accused of shooting at someone with a rifle after an incident involving a possible kidnapping in Camdenton. According to court documents, Camden County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a possible kidnapping on Bear Ridge rd. A person told deputies that Michael Horonzy took his girlfriend and the other man fired
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Man faces multiple charges after allegedly assaulting an officer during vandalism call in Boone County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police responded to a vandalism call Friday evening that escalted into more charges. According to court documents, Christopher Super admitted to damaging a side door at the Caniff Circle Apartments but the victim didn’t want to press charges just to get the door fixed. However, while police were on scene to
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Details emerge after 17-year-old charged as an adult in July 2020 second-degree murder case in east Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police release more information regarding a 17-year-old that is being charged as an adult with two counts of 2nd-degree murder. According to court documents, Columbia police responded to the area of Volunteer Drive and Grace Lane on July 5, 2020. Once on scene, officers found five gunshot victims. Two of the
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Columbia man sentenced to four years for abandonment of a corpse
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been sentenced to prison for abandoning his wife’s body. The Boone County prosecutor’s office says Frank Spencer received a four-year sentence today after he pleaded guilty to abandonment of a corpse. According to court documents, he buried the body of his wife Nikki Lee Boring behind a home
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North Carolina man arrested after Interstate 70 traffic stop in Callaway County
KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol stopped a vehicle near the US Highway 54 – Interstate 70 interchange just after midnight in Callaway County. According to troopers, Callaway County Sheriff’s Office K9 Iro responded to assist and helped make another drug seizure. Officials say 11.1 lbs. of marijuana, 235 grams of THC concentrate,
Continue Reading Former Centralia police officer sentenced eight years for trying to have sex with teen
CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Centralia officer Clint Baer was sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty in October, to try and have sex with a minor. According to a release, Baer began talking to someone he believed to be the mother of a 14-year-old girl through a social networking site. Over the
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Cole County prosecutors charge 2 more in connection with December shooting
On Friday, Cole County prosecutors filed charges against two men accused of involvement with a late December shooting.
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Police report shots fired in west Columbia
Officers were sent to the 1000 block of Claudell Lane at about 12:45 a.m. on a report of shots fired.
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Columbia man charged for second sexual assault in ten days
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is in the Boone County Jail tonight after being accused of a Columbia sexual assault. Prosecutors have charged 24-year-old Xavier Gee with armed criminal action, two counts of 1st-degree sodomy, robbery and 3rd-degree assault. According to court documents, the victim was meeting Gee at a hotel. Police say once she
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Cole County murder suspect wants evidence kept out of trial
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – The suspect in a 1991 Cole County murder case wants several pieces of evidence left out of a future trial. The requests filed by attorneys for William “Chris” Niemet include leaving out newly-tested evidence for DNA, a 1991 lie detector test and witness statements made about a possible weapon used
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1 hurt, 2 arrested in Thursday night Jefferson City shooting
Jefferson City police say at least one person was hurt and two were arrested in a shooting at a shopping plaza Thursday night.
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Missouri man charged in riot seen with Pelosi nameplate
The uncle of a Missouri woman accused of participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol last month is now facing charges himself.
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Federal court to hear Cole County child pornography case
A federal court will hear a case involving a Fulton man arrested on multiple counts after a teen found a hidden camera in their bedroom.
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Kansas City homicide suspect in Boone County Jail
The man arrested Thursday afternoon in Columbia on suspicion of a 2016 Kansas City homicide is in the Boone County Jail.
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Two charged in Camden County drug case
CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A confidential informant gave a tip to members of the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group that 500 pills that contained Fentanyl and a large amount of money were at a trailer home in Camdenton. Amber Rodriguez According to court documents, Layne Elmore and Amber Rodriguez are accused of delivering the drugs out
Continue Reading Family seeks settlement in fatal Boone County crash
The family of a man that died in an October 2020 motorcycle wreck is seeking a settlement from the insurance company of the person who killed him.
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Effort to nullify federal guns laws in Missouri draws law enforcement opposition
A Mid-Missouri sheriff said Thursday that he opposes an effort by Republicans in the Missouri General Assembly to ban enforcement of federal gun laws.
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McKinsey to pay nearly $600 million in settlements over its work with opioid companies
McKinsey & Company, one of the world’s largest consulting firms, will pay nearly $600 million in multiple settlements over its work consulting for drug companies that states say fueled the nation’s opioid crisis. McKinsey reached the agreement with a coalition of 47 attorneys general, the District of Columbia and five US territories. The company settled
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