MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly woman was charged with first-degree arson after she allegedly set fire to the basement of a Moberly home. Racheal Wells, 46, is being held at the Randolph County Jail. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement, police were called to a home on Myra
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A nonprofit foundation has set up donation funds for the two Callaway County deputies shot while conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 70 on Monday morning. In a post on Facebook, the Chief Mason Griffith Foundation said the nonprofit is supporting Cpl. Justin Bax and Deputy Gardner Pottorff after they were shot
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man was charged with three felonies after he allegedly assaulted a woman and shot at her on Monday night. Phillip Clubb, 49, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession. He is being held at the Cooper County Jail on a $500,000 bond. A court
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with child sex crimes after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child Monday night near a park off of Grand Avenue in Moberly. David Wyatt, 51, of Moberly, was charged on Tuesday with child kidnapping and two counts of third-degree child molestation of a child younger than 14 years
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More than 40 law enforcement officers were shot last year during traffic stops, according to the National Blue Alert Network.
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was killed in St. Louis County after he was hit by a vehicle early Sunday on Interstate 55, north of Meremec Bottom Road. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 2005 Nissan Xterra – driven by Semi Hadzisalihovic, 56, of St. Louis – was
Continue Reading CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) State troopers have identified a man shot dead early Monday in an encounter that left two Callaway County deputies wounded and one undergoing emergency surgery. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said earlier Monday that two of their deputies were shot on westbound I-70 Monday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol later
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County prosecutors have charged a St. Louis man and two Columbia men with murder in the death of a Columbia teenager on Thursday. Byron Sampson, 20, is charged with second-degree murder after he is accused of killing Traquan Reed, 18, on Thursday. Julius J. Mosby, 18, and Demetrius L. Mays, 22,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following Monday’s City Council vote, more than 100 new surveillance cameras will be coming to Columbia. The council voted 5-2 in favor of signing a contract with Flock Group, Inc. for new cameras that will be spread across Downtown Columbia, each of the city’s six wards, several parks as well as the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was acquitted in two years ago in a felony case has filed another lawsuit against several defendants. Mehrdad Fotoohighiam was accused of arson. He was acquitted in 2019. He was also acquitted in another case in 2022 where he was accused of conspiring to murder his wife. Fotoohighiam filed a lawsuit
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Clifton-Carmack was also sentenced to a 120-day sex offender treatment and assessment program. She will be released on probation if she completes it successfully. PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Pulaski County high school teacher who pleaded guilty in September to having sexual contact with a student was sentenced on Friday. Hailey Clifton-Carmack
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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Meta, Missouri, woman was charged with three child sex crimes on Thursday in Maries County. Brenda Bax was charged with use of a child in a sexual performance and two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child involving sexual conduct. Court records indicate a warrant was served on
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Crime scene tape went up in a northeast Columbia neighborhood Thursday morning after a caller reported hearing gunshots and a vehicle crash.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with four felonies after he allegedly stole $86,219.24 from his employer. Michael Masters was charged on Wednesday with stealing more than $25,000, tampering with computer data in order to defraud and two counts of forgery. A warrant was requested on Wednesday and a $25,000 bond was
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man has been charged with several child sex crimes. Memphis Raines Dils was charged with five counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of first-degree sodomy and tampering with a witness. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Wednesday and he is not listed on the Callaway County
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man has been charged with two counts of statutory sodomy involving a child younger than 12 years old. Larry Fritzam, 60, is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement, the child told law enforcement that
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rocheport couple have been indicted in federal court on charges of making child pornography. Jeremy J. Cudney, 34, and Cassandra E. Cudney, 34, were charged Tuesday with making child pornography from August 2019 to April 2022. Three of the eight counts against them are for making child pornography with three
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Camden County prosecutors have filed a murder charge against an alleged burglar whose partner was shot in the act on Oct. 2.
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Police arrested two Columbia men this week in connection with shots being fired in a residential area, bringing the total number of suspects to four.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A grand jury added a third felony charge last week to an indictment in a Columbia murder case. Adam A. Conner of Columbia was charged with second-degree murder and evidence tampering in 2022 after a woman’s body was found in a garage closet on High Quest Drive. Police have not named the
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