COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The two men arrested during a standoff in east Columbia had three felony warrants from three different counties between them. Assistant police chief Paul Dickinson said the department arrested 36-year-old Antonio Watson and 38-year-old Rodney L. Hayes II during an hours-long standoff on Lambeth Drive on Wednesday night. Online court records
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A large police presence was seen near a south Columbia apartment on Thursday evening. An ABC 17 News photographer saw a line of Columbia Police Department vehicles near Forest Village Apartments on South Providence Road, just away from the intersection with Green Meadows Road. The photographer saw at least 12 police officers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An ambulance that was stolen on Thursday from Phelps Health Hospital in Rolla was recovered in St. James, according to a press release from Phelps Health. The vehicle started heading eastbound on Interstate 44. The release says that law enforcement used spike strips to stop and recover the ambulance. No injuries or
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges have been dropped against one of the three people accused in the deadly shooting of a Fulton teenager in July. Callaway County prosecutor Sandra Colhour confirmed Thursday that charges were dropped against Emmanuel Brown of Holts Summit. Colhour said in an email that the charges were dropped around April 15 due
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people with active warrants were arrested following a standoff in north Columbia on Wednesday evening. Columbia Police Department Lt. Neal Segwick said at the scene that the street crimes unit received a tip that someone with a warrant in the area. The man was not from Columbia. The man barricaded himself
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Macon County Sheriff’s deputy was charged on Thursday with several felonies after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend. Brody Clarence Lewis, 26, of Tina, Missouri, was charged in Macon County with second-degree domestic assault, third-degree domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon and misdemeanor fourth-degree domestic assault. He is being held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three boys were detained at a track meet on Tuesday night at Rock Bridge High School. One of the children was accused of threatening to shoot a Columbia Public Schools staff member, according to Columbia Police Department Assistant Chief Mark Fitzgerald. The other two boys were taken into custody for fighting. Police
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Moberly has opened applications for its chief of police. The city made the announcement Wednesday on its Facebook page and included a link to apply. Former Police Chief Troy Link announced his retirement at the end of March. The city wrote that it would conduct a comprehensive search for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark man was charged on Wednesday in Camden County with sexually exploiting a minor and possessing child pornography. Zachery Todd Gramm, 30, is being held at the Camden County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement, Gramm allegedly abused and photographed
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Senate held a third reading of the Second Amendment Preservation Act on Tuesday, following the passage of a bill in committee aimed at refining the law’s language to address federal court objections while preserving the state’s ban on enforcing federal gun regulations. The bill — sponsored by Rep. Bill
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged in federal court after he was accused of shooting two Pettis County deputies on Friday appeared in court on Tuesday in Jefferson City. James Elsea, 62, was charged in the Western District Court of Missouri with being a felon with a gun. Court filings show that he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Article 32 preliminary hearing was held on Tuesday for a U.S. Army specialist accused of killing a soldier at Fort Leonard Wood in November. Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, with the 5th Engineer Battalion, is charged with murder and obstruction of justice in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque, an Army Special
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Another inmate has died at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Corrections. The release says that Donald James, 58, was pronounced dead at 11:26 a.m. Sunday. He was received by the DOC on April 2 and was serving a three-year sentence for
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For more than 80 years, the prison on Alcatraz Island has been mostly a museum. But President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he wants to reopen the prison on the island. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he was directing officials to research reopening the prison to house America’s most violent criminals.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people from Bunceton are accused of abandoning a disabled, elderly woman in a home with unsafe conditions. Jordan Hulbert and Celia Marriott are charged in Cooper County with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and a pair of misdemeanors: Elderly abuse and animal neglect. They both appeared for a hearing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman has been charged after she allegedly drove into another vehicle and pulled out a gun on Saturday. Hali Johnson, 40, was charged with second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers while recording a video for social media. Heath Bishop was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He posted a $5,000 bond on Monday, court filings show. An initial court appearance is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was convicted of murder in 2009 was charged with first-degree assault on Saturday. Kenneth Wayne Beck, 52, was charged with first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of violence to an inmate. He is currently being held at South Central Correctional Center. The probable cause
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sturgeon man was charged with murder Monday after a deadly weekend shooting in northern Boone County. Dalton R. Perkins, 31, was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree domestic assault in the death of a 56-year-old Sturgeon man. He plead not guilty in his arraignment Monday. The Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a Columbia man Monday in connection with two shootings that happened weeks apart. Joshua A. Abrams, 23, was charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in an April shooting in Downtown Columbia and another shooting last week in north Columbia. He was arrested over
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