COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man will make his first court appearance Tuesday for a deadly shooting in the parking lot of a Boone County bar last week. Steven S. Jones, 45, was charged Sunday with being a felon with a gun. He will appear at the Boone County Courthouse Tuesday at 1 p.m. A
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mike Hestir paces the front of a room. He’s discussing firearm use and grip techniques with 14 recruits to the Columbia Police Department in the newly renovated basement of a law office that the city purchased. The recruits take notes on paper and tablets with the CPD logo and the emblem for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Council members say they’re already in the process of addressing recent concerns among some residents. A community survey completed by a random group of 855 people in the city in August and September unveiled those who completed the survey are concerned about public safety. According to the survey, 40% of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pair of charges in Osage County were dismissed last week for a St. James man who was accused of domestic assault. Andrew Zachery is currently charged with first-degree kidnapping and second-degree domestic assault in Cole County. He was previously also charged with third-degree domestic assault and second-degree kidnapping. Those last two
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage Beach nurses pleaded guilty on Monday to a federal drug charge, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Charles Welch Jr. 65, pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, the release says. He was a certified registered nurse anesthetist at Lake Ozark Anesthesia –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis woman who pleaded guilty to the death of her infant whose body was found behind a Columbia tire store was sentenced Monday to probation. Lavosha Daniels was sentenced to four years in prison on a charge of corpse abandonment and seven years for involuntary manslaughter. The sentences would run
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged after he allegedly ran over a woman with a car at a Business Loop 70 business’ parking lot. Paul Tumminia, 64, was charged with first-degree assault, resisting arrest and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Chris Boyette, Shimon Prokupecz, Hanna Park and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Police are investigating why a teenage girl brought a handgun to her small Christian school in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing two people and wounding several others a week before Christmas. A student and a teacher were killed, and six
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Brumley man who was accused of shooting at an occupied truck on Saturday bonded out of jail on Monday. Brandon Whittle, 49, was charged on Monday with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree property damage and armed criminal action. He was booked into the Miller County Jail at
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man admitted to fatally shooting a St. Louis man last week in the parking lot of a Boone County bar, court documents say. Steven S. Jones, 45, was charged Sunday with being a felon with a gun. A probable cause statement says Jones admitted to shooting the 42-year-old victim outside
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office said in a Friday night social media post that it has spoken with the alleged gunman in a fatal Thursday night shooting in the Lakeview Mall parking lot. The sheriff’s office wrote earlier on Friday that a 42-year-old St. Louis man died from injuries suffered in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The owner of a south Columbia Mexican restaurant is seeing another court case be moved to Butler County. Crystal Umfress was charged in Dunklin County with two counts of filing false documents and three counts of forgery after she was accused of impersonating county officials and restaurant owners. A change of venue
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday morning that one person died after a shooting in the parking lot of Lakeview Mall on the eastern edge of Columbia. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Cpt. Brian Leer said the shooting happened Thursday night in the parking lot after a disagreement inside Jake’s Bar and Grill.
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By Rebekah Riess, Meg Tirrell, Jason Carroll, John Miller, Brynn Gingras and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week, was not a customer of the private health insurer, but police say he had identified the company as one of
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Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The woman who in 2006 falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her — making national headlines that stirred tensions about race, class and the privilege of college athletes — has admitted publicly for the first time that she made up the story. Crystal Mangum, who is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused in a 2022 Boone County electrocution death pleaded guilty earlier this week to a pair of felonies. Justin Scott Trader, 31, pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree involuntary manslaughter and first-degree tampering with a vehicle. He was originally charged with second-degree murder, vehicle tampering and first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s investigation into a shooting on Interstate 70 that resulted in two Callaway County deputies getting shot has been completed, according to an email from Drug and Crime Control Sgt. Brad Germann. Germann wrote on Wednesday that the case file has been delivered to the Boone County prosecutor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office believes a shooting on Tuesday in east Columbia was the result of a disagreement between a driver and pedestrian. According to Capt. Brian Leer, deputies responded to a shots fired call in the 1200 Block of South Sonora Aven. around 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday night. When deputies
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three inmates who were injured in a December 2023 Boone County crash are suing the Department of Corrections. Three petitions were filed on Wednesday. Raymond Nugen, Richard Kerksiek and Dustin Burkhart are suing the DOC, the driver of a transport van, a truck driver and SLC Leasing LLC for damages. The petitions
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City man was charged on Wednesday after he allegedly assaulted a woman Tuesday in Jefferson City. Latrail Erby, 35, was charged with first-degree domestic assault. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. An arraignment is set for 10:30 a.m. Friday. According to the probable cause
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