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
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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.
Continue ReadingBy 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
Continue ReadingCNN By Dalia Faheid, Michelle Watson, Bonney Kapp, John Miller and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 2:17 p.m. ET] The gun CEO killing suspect Luigi Mangione had when he was arrested this week in Pennsylvania matches shell casings found at the crime scene last week in Midtown Manhattan, the New
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Authorities say they found a 3D-printed gun when Luigi Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania and charged in connection with the killing of a health insurance CEO in New York. The guns, also known as ghost guns, contain some metal but can be largely made with a 3D printer and are untraceable. They’re also legal to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Early Saturday morning, Melissa Rapp said she was woke up by her daughter and the sound of her car alarm blaring through the Georgetown subdivision in southwest Columbia. Rapp said by the time she had the chance to try and figure out what was happening, anyone in clear sight of her driveway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Hermann police officer who was shot while in the line of duty last year is beginning a new role in law enforcement. The New Haven Police Department announced in a Tuesday social media post that Adam Sullentrup will work as a public relations specialist for the department. “Although his law
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement officers investigated damage to a car in east Columbia on Tuesday night. An ABC 17 News photographer saw the car on South Sonora Drive near South Victoria Avenue with apparent gunshot damage. The photographer also saw four evidence markers on the ground. A window on the car appeared to be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man who was accused of causing a fatal boat crash last year at the Lake of the Ozarks entered an Alford plea on Monday. Bobby Gene Childers, 61, entered an Alford plea for boating while intoxicated – causing the death of another, BWI causing serious physical injury and BWI
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Daniel Penny was acquitted Monday in a New York City chokehold death last year. The case drew national attention. Penny, a former Marine, was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely on a subway. Penny claimed he was defending himself and others on the train after Neely got aggressive.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in Kansas was arrested last week in Sedalia. Timothy Smith was charged in Pettis County on Friday with being a fugitive from out of state. A hearing was held on Monday and Smith appeared by video from the jail, court records indicate. Court information
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. James man was charged with multiple felonies after court documents say he broke into a school and fought a teacher on Thursday. Heber Lewis, 19, was charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree making a terroristic threat, first-degree property damage and resisting arrest. He is being held at the Phelps County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Monday after he allegedly used a knife to attack a woman on Saturday. Marquan Townsend Sr., 38, was charged with first-degree domestic assault and fourth-degree domestic assault, a misdemeanor. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance was held
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley R. Williams, Gloria Pazmino, Evan Perez, Mark Morales, Brynn Gingras, Shimon Prokupecz and Ryan Young, CNN (CNN) — As the manhunt for a still-unidentified suspect in the fatal shooting of a health care executive in Manhattan continues on its fifth day, police are missing key pieces of evidence and combing through what
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