LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Lake Ozark police arrested a man after being accused of having sex with a 16-year-old on Dec. 30. According to court documents, Lake Ozark police received a call from the victim saying that Christopher Jacobs had attempted to get into the victim’s pants. One day later, the victim told adults that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri police investigated an incident on the University of Missouri Recreation Trail where a man allegedly was masturbating in front of a runner on Nov. 1, 2020. Officials say the woman was running the trail when a male rode past her on a bike and would stay to stare at
Continue ReadingJOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A former school bus driver in southwest Missouri was sentenced to four years in prison for having sexual contact with a student. Sixty-eight-year-old Dennis Frakes was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in November. Frakes was a bus driver for Carl Junction when he had sexual contact twice with a female student.
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AUXVASSE, Mo. (KMIZ) Auxvasse Police has issued a warrant for the arrest of Steven Muehlman after allegations of 1st-degree child molestation and statutory sodomy of a person under the age of 12. According to court documents, an investigation into Muehlman started on Dec. 14 after the victim’s mother came forward about Muehlman allegedly touched the
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man is charged with two counts of molestation in new court records. In the 2nd amended complaint, Joshua Breshears is accused of touching the victim sometime between March 30, 2012, and February 28, 2013. Both instances occurred at a residence on the 1100 block of E. 5th St. in Sedalia.
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is accused of raping a 13-year-old. According to court documents, Antoinne Bellamy allegedly gave a teenager drugs and had sex with the victim twice. The mother first contacted authorities Monday after the incident according to court documents. Online court records report Bellamy is charged with statutory rape
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man pleaded guilty today to sodomy and child molestation after his arrest in 2018. 56-year-old Patrick Metcalf and his wife Jamiey Metcalf admitted to sexually assaulting two victims under the age of 14 in 2017. Patrick Metcalf was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the crimes. Per Missouri law,
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Missouri’s attorney general says two Columbia operations were among the illicit massage businesses shut down in a program that uses landlords to secure evictions.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the three inmates who escaped Reality House is now charged with rape, three counts of domestic assault and one count of unlawful use of weapon. According to court documents, Lawrence Johnson was found at a motel on Nov. 27 in the 3400 block of I-70 Drive SE. The victim told
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TRENTON, Mo. (AP) — A former north central Missouri police officer has been charged with statutory rape. Twenty-five-year-old Mike Wilson, a former officer with the Trenton police department, was arrested Wednesday and is being held without bond in the Grundy County Jail. Trenton Police Chief Rex Ross said Wilson had been fired after working for
Continue Reading VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) Jeremy Robinson will have his preliminary hearing next Tuesday in a Lake of the Ozarks rape case. Robinson was the third person charged in a 2019 Lake of the Ozarks rape case earlier this year. Robinson is charged with a felony count each of rape and sodomy. The other two people accused
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Lewis Parrish is facing more charges of sex crimes against children after more information came out during the investigation into the allegations this time in Audrain County. According to the probable cause statement, the Audrain County deputy sheriff received a call about a possible sexual assault in or around Audrain County on
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Fulton police arrested a man on Friday linked to a sexual assault investigation that started earlier this year.
Continue Reading ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) Eldon Police arrested a man after a disturbance Friday when the man is accused of assaulting a woman. According to court documents, Eldon Police were stopped by a resident and told that a man had entered his home and assaulted his daughter. The daughter told police that Steve Stollings knocked on the
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal agents say a rural eastern Missouri man charged in child porn case also threatened to kill the heads of various online platforms, including YouTube and Twitter. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 56-year-old Matthew Bryan Thilges, of Jefferson County, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in St. Louis’ U.S. District Court to
Continue Reading CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A probable cause statement leads to an arrest warrant for a Callaway County man accused of child molestation. According to court records, the victim told an employee at the Rainbow House Child Advocacy Center that Lewis Parrish sexually assaulted the victim multiple times from the ages of 15 to 16. The
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man is charged with five counts of possession of child porn but a probable cause statement reports 11,000 photos and four videos seized during the investigation. According to officials, a domestic disturbance call came in on Oct. 24, 2019, that began the investigation. According to the Fulton PD release, Kirk
Continue ReadingWAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a 19-year-old Wisconsin man with sexually assaulting a Missouri girl who went missing in September. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Friday that Nathan Nehs of Oconomowoc met the girl three years ago through an online gaming platform. He was 17; she was 11. According to a criminal complaint,
Continue Reading FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton Police arrested a man after a year long investigation into child pornography. Officials say a domestic disturbance call came in on Oct. 24, 2019 that began the investigation. According to the Fulton PD release, officials report that Kirk Buffington maybe in possession of child pornography and several electronics were seized. On
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Court documents reveal more information into the investigation of a Camdenton man that is charged with rape and domestic assault. According to a Camden County Sheriff’s Department release, deputies began investigating the sexual and domestic assault Monday. In the probable cause statement, the victim told deputies that she woke up in Michael
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