CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged Friday for allegedly raping a woman in Callaway County on Wednesday. Drake Fullingim-Guerra, 30, is charged with first-degree rape. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. Jefferson City Police met with the alleged victim in the emergency room of Capital Region
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager has been charged after he allegedly assaulted multiple people at a south Columbia residence on Tuesday. Troy Bateman Jr., 18, is charged with first-degree burglary, second-degree domestic assault, second-degree assault, fourth-degree assault and armed-criminal action. He is being held in the Boone County Jail without bond. An arraignment was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Police Department has received 10 reports of extortion involving sexual pictures throughout this academic year. The scam — known as “sextortion” — often targets college students according to the Department and often happens over social media apps like Instagram and Snapchat. “Sextortion scammers often begin a conversation flirting
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LEBANON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Miller County man who was found guilty in the 2019 killing of Aaron Brantley was sentenced on Tuesday. Christopher English, 45, was found guilty in December of first-degree murder, armed-criminal action and the abandonment of a corpse. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Tuesday. The Miller County Sheriff’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with five counts of first-degree making a terroristic threat after allegedly making threats on Facebook to the Columbia Police Department, a couple of area businesses and a celebrity. Clinton Lauby – whose address is listed as Columbia on Casenet, but is originally from Connecticut and has Connecticut
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police took a juvenile into custody for a shooting outside a north side business. The department said in a news release that it took the young person into custody around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 1400 block of Rangeline Street. The juvenile is accused of taking part in the shooting in
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Students for Change, a student-run group that hopes to prevent gun violence in Columbia Public Schools is planning a school walk-out to protest gun violence Tuesday.
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FARBER, Mo. (KMIZ) A Farber man has been arrested and charged after law enforcement claimed he stabbed two people Daniel E. Green, 44, is charged with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of armed-criminal action and tampering with physical evidence. He is being held at the Audrain County Jail without bond, according tot he
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Houston, Texas, man pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to stealing nearly $7,000 in prescription drugs from a Columbia pharmacy. Reginald Tremayne Jackson, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of the burglary of a business registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to a Tuesday press release. Jackson –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hallsville man who was accused of firing a gun at a building in November pleaded guilty to multiple charges on Monday. Nicholas Brunda, 40, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was initially charged
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused in a November shots-fired incident pleaded guilty to two charges on Friday. Montrez Ricketts, 44, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was initially charged with three counts of first-degree assault,
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A Columbia polling location was shut down briefly Tuesday while police dealt with a man with a knife who had hurt another person nearby, according to police.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man who was found guilty of killing a Lincoln University student in 2018 has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Alfred Chism Jr, was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 years for second-degree murder and five years for armed-criminal action. The sentences will run consecutively. Chism admitted to killing
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An extraordinary moment in U.S. history will unfold in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday: Former President Donald Trump, who faces multiple election-related investigations, will surrender and be arraigned on criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments.
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Columbia police have warned at least one apartment complex to be on the lookout for people stealing from unlocked cars.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged Friday in relation to the 2020 shooting death of Marqukis Hayes at a McDonald’s on Clark Lane in Columbia. Correy Greene, 33, is charged with second-degree murder, unlawful transfer of a weapon, unlawful possession of a gun and armed-criminal action. He is not in custody. No
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Former President Donald Trump has arrived in New York ahead of his arraignment Tuesday on criminal charges stemming from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Pettis County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Morgan County that ended with one suspect dead. In a news release, the Pettis County Sheriff said two Morgan County Deputies were shot at by a man suspected of a burglary. This happened Saturday morning at the intersection of Fairgrounds
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Callaway County deputies arrested a 19-year-old Columbia man Thursday in connection with a shooting investigation, the sheriff’s office says.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police Department officers searched for a person with a gun near Nifong Boulevard and Buttonwood Drive in south Columbia on Thursday afternoon, with reports of at least one arrest. MU Alert Update: ALL CLEAR. Subject taken into custody. No reported injuries. Campus operating under normal conditions. ALL CLEAR.— MU Alert (@MUalert)
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