COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia physician pleaded guilty in federal court in Jefferson City on Thursday for Medicare fraud. Dr. Jerry Joseph Bruggeman, 53, pleaded guilty to making false statements relating to a heath care matter, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. He was previously indicted on 13 counts. The release
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A gun dealer in Fulton pleaded guilty to 16 criminal charges on Tuesday. Michael Mullet, 39, of Fulton, pleaded guilty to four counts of forgery, one count of misdemeanor fraudulent use of a credit card, three counts of felony identity theft, one count of misdemeanor identity theft, one count of fraudulent purchase
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County prosecutor has confirmed that charges have been filed against a man who was arrested earlier Wednesday in the shooting death of a woman. Terell Fields, 19, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and tampering with evidence, Boone County Prosecutor Roger
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A second teenager who was accused in an October shooting in Columbia pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two felonies. Amare Carter, 19, of Columbia, pleaded guilty in Boone County to second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced to five years of supervised probation with a 15-year suspended sentence.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The octogenarian who pleaded guilty last week in the shooting of a Black teenager in 2023 died before he could be sentenced. Andrew Lester, 86, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty on Friday to second-degree assault in the shooting of Ralph Yarl. Lester had shot Yarl after the teenager knocked on the door
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a pair of felonies on Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a woman on Valentine’s Day. Blake Tekotte, 37, was charged with first-degree kidnapping and third-degree domestic assault. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A hearing in this case has not been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with arson and other felonies after he allegedly set a house on fire with a propane torch on Monday. Robert Merritt, 51, was charged on Tuesday with second-degree arson and three counts of third-degree domestic assault. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Pulaski County high school teacher who pleaded guilty in September to having sexual contact with a student was denied release following a 120-day sex offender treatment program. Hailey Clifton-Carmack, 27, of Waynesville, was sentenced in October to four years in prison. She was a teacher at Laquey High School and was previously
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is accused of stealing numerous firearms and firearm parts from his neighbor in Callaway County, according to a social media post from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office. Joseph Underwood, 33 was arrested on Feb. 6. He’s being held in the Callaway County jail on multiple charges including unlawful possession
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was charged on Thursday with several counts related to child pornography. Keishawn Davis was charged with possessing child pornography and eight counts of first-degree promoting child porn. He is being held at the Pettis County Jail on a $100,000 bond. Davis appeared for an arraignment on Friday by video
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Planned Parenthood said in a statement that it plans to restore abortion services to its clinics throughout the state “immediately” following a judge’s ruling on Friday. Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit in November in Jackson County challenging a Missouri law that required surgical center licensing for clinics that could provide abortion through
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office announced the arrest of the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in Ciudad Juárez this week. Law enforcement officers who were part of a joint operation between the prosecutor’s Office of Strategic Operations and the National Guard arrested Humberto Rivera Rivera, also known as “El Chato,” “El
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hartsburg man pleaded guilty on Friday to killing his father. Collin Knight, 25, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the September 2022 stabbing death in Ashland. He is being held at the Boone County Jail and will be sentenced at 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 25. He was previously charged with first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A shooting suspect texted insults to the man he is accused of shooting Wednesday before the incident took place, according to court documents. Michael Proctor Jr., 21, insulted his “friend” in the text, prompting the friend to drive to Proctor’s residence, the documents say. Proctor shot the victim while he was in
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police arrested a 21-year-old man Thursday on suspicion of shooting another man the night before. Michael Proctor Jr. was arrested by Columbia Police Department officers in connection with the Wednesday night shooting on Madison Street, a CPD news release states. Police arrested Proctor on suspicion of first-degree assault, armed criminal action
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Amber Alert was issued in several Mid-Missouri counties around 4 p.m. Wednesday for a 16-year-old Wisconsin teenager who may have been abducted. The Amber Alert says that Sophia Franklin, 16, of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, was last seen at her residence at 9 p.m. Feb. 2 and could have been abducted the
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The driver of a single-vehicle crash that occurred over the summer in Miller County was charged on Thursday with DWI. Austin Riley Oberreither-Newcomb, of Eldon, was charged with driving while intoxicated and misdemeanor reckless driving. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Thursday and a $10,000 bond was set. Previous reporting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges have been updated for a man accused of several child sex crimes in Callaway County following a grand jury indictment that was filed on Tuesday. Memphis Raines Dils, 23, of Holts Summit, was charged with three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of first-degree statutory sodomy, tampering with a witness,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager who was accused in an October shooting in Columbia pleaded guilty on Monday to a pair of felonies. Derek Reynold, 19, pleaded guilty in Boone County to second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced to supervised probation, which comes with a 15-year suspended sentence. According
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Dixon, Missouri, man was charged with four felonies on Wednesday after he was accused of shooting a 78-year-old woman in Pulaski County. Jesse Ray Roberts, 31, was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree burglary, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He was arrested in Springfield, Missouri, earlier this week
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