COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Judges are scheduled to hear a handful of cases from multiple counties Tuesday including Boone, Cole, and a Randolph County case which was moved to Carroll County. Boone County Case In Boone County, online court records show Sarah Brown is scheduled to have her initial court appearance at 1:30 p.m. Sarah D. Brown Brown is
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was arrested and charged after he allegedly fired a gun early Sunday morning. William Freeman, 39, is charged with unlawful gun possession, armed-criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held in the Cole County Jail without bond. An arraignment is set for 1:30
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested Friday after police say he exposed himself in front of child outside of Shakespeare’s Pizza in Downtown Columbia and caused damage to a truck. Deandra Buchanan Jr., 28, is charged with sexual misconduct involving a child, first-degree sexual misconduct, first-degree property damage and two counts of fourth-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Warsaw man was killed in a Pettis County hit-and-run crash on Monday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Ethan K. Dillion was walking along Highway 50 west of Sadie Ln. around 12:50 a.m. Troopers say a vehicle hit the 22-year-old and he was pronounced dead at the
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Miller County prosecutors charged two people with drug trafficking after a search of a vehicle found methamphetamine, fentanyl and controlled substance pills. According to a press release from the Miller County Sheriff’s Office, Anthony Mitchell, 45, and Jassi Chambers, 36, both of Lake Ozark, are each charged with two counts of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A motion hearing for a man accused of pushing a woman off a bridge and killing her in October is set for Aug. 2. Jessie Williams, 32, is accused of pushing Kaylen Schmit off the Highway 63 bridge near Clark Lane and killing her on Oct. 4. Schmit, 24, fell 38 feet into a wooded area and
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Police found a man dead and a woman injured after a call of a disturbance involving a gun in Mexico, Missouri on Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three men who were arrested and charged in relation to a shooting death in the 3200 block of Dove Drive last month were indicted by a Boone County grand jury on Friday. Bryton Allen, 19, and Jajuan Crockett, 21, and Damarkus Williams, 18, are charged with with second-degree murder, armed criminal and
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A judge set a new status hearing Friday for a juvenile charged with the May shooting death of 72-year-old Janet Jago outside her south Columbia home.
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Linn Creek man accused of causing a crash that killed a woman in December while he was intoxicated was sentenced on Friday. Steven Vonderschmidt, 52, pleaded guilty on March 8 to DWI causing the death of another and DWI causing physical injury. He was sentenced to 10 years in the Missouri
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An apartment was damaged but no one was hurt when police were called in to help firefighters at a north Columbia scene Friday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday morning, Jessie Williams is set to have a hearing. He is charged with first degree murder for allegedly pushing 24-year-old Kaylen Schmit off the Highway 63 bridge near Clark Ln. According to court documents, a witness saw Schmit and Williams at a nearby homeless camp arguing over Williams’ belongings. Witnesses then said the two were walking
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Thursday marked the second day of 52-year-old Leo Robinson Jr.’s trial for his alleged involvement in a 2021 murder outside of Waffle House on Vandiver Drive in north Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Within the past month, the Columbia Police Department has shown several thefts on its social media pages, asking for the public’s help in identifying the people responsible. CPD detective Brandon Baden said a number of the social media posts refer to people stealing from cars. “If you leave like your wallet in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia men accused in a June 26 homicide on Dove Drive appeared in court Thursday. Bryton Allen, 19, and Jajuan Crockett, 21 had a confined docket hearing scheduled Thursday at the Boone County Courthouse. A preliminary hearing for Allen is set for 9 a.m. Thursday, July 20, and Crockett’s is scheduled
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A Granite City, Illinois, man was charged Wednesday with multiple felonies after allegedly trying to pull a woman into his vehicle in September. Ryan Gaddy, 47, is charged with second-degree kidnapping and fourth-degree assault. A warrant was issued Thursday and a $100,000 bond was set. He is not in the Miller
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was recently sentenced to 18 years in the Department of Corrections is facing more charges. Noah Solbrekken, 23, is charged with third-degree assault after alleging attacking another inmate Wednesday at the Boone County Jail, where he is currently being held. Video footage allegedly showed Solbrekken punch another inmate
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men were arrested and charged Monday after allegedly trying to steal from an ATM machine. Lemarvin Edmonson, 39, and Daryl Lewis, 27, are charged with attempting to stealing $25,000 or more, second-degree burglary, resisting arrest and possession of burglary tools. Both men are being held at the Boone County Jail without
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department said in a Wednesday press release that it is searching for four people accused in a June 26 homicide. CPD is searching for: Alqueze Jones, 19 Deljuan Turner, 19Ja’shaun Barney, 18Deazes Turner, 21 All four Columbia men are charged with second-degree murder, armed-criminal action and unlawful use of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man faces multiple charges after allegedly stealing a car from the Missouri Department of Transportation parking lot in Jefferson City. William Brooke, 50, is charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest. He is being held in the Cole County Jail without bond. A court
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