COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Sheriff’s deputies will be checking in on registered sex offenders to make sure they are complying with Halloween restrictions. Cole County deputies will make contact with registered offenders to personally verify required information. Offenders that are not home are investigated further to verify their residency by checking mail delivery,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A probable cause statement from Boone County reveals a child was molested allegedly during a time from July 5 and August 1. According to court documents, the investigation began on Wednesday after someone brought forth the allegations against Everett Roberson. During the investigation, a call was made to Roberson and police listened
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested Friday for Child Molestation – 1st Degree. According to a probable cause statement, Miguel Torres-Ramos allegedly molested the victim on Sept. 30 this year. The victim told law enforcement that Torres-Ramos did this multiple time but the most recent was Sept. 30 according to court documents. According
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A former youth pastor was charged with seven felonies following accusations he sexually abused a child in Missouri. The Springfield News-Leader reports 46-year-old Jeff Taylor of Strafford, Missouri, was charged Thursday with five counts of statutory sodomy and two counts of statutory rape. Taylor is accused of sexually abusing a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Sheriff‘s deputies took a report of a sexual offense involving a 15-year-old female and a 37-year-old male on Oct. 1. In the probable cause statement, the victim’s mother becomes suspicious of the victim and older male’s relantionship and put spyware on the victim’s phone. In the PC statement, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man is arrested for child molestation – 2nd degree – child less than 12-years-old Tuesday. According to court documents, Dustin Lipich is accused of inappropriate touching and other incidents involving a victim. The victim told police in an interview that Lipich touched her multiple times that made her feel
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An online tip Thursday to Boone County Sheriff’s Department Cyber Crimes Task Force leads to the arrest of a Columbia man for possession of child porn and promoting child porn. Officials say they found 34-year-old Bill Junior Knowles II at his job. According to the press release, investigators seized electronics items from
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KMIZ) The FBI is seeking assistance from across the nation with obtaining identifying information regarding an unknown male who may have critical information pertaining to the identity of a child victim in an ongoing sexual exploitation investigation. The video depicting John Doe 42 is believed to have been produced prior to October of
Continue Reading COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County Sheriff’s office probable cause statment reports a woman allegedly was sexual assaulted in July 2020 by a family friend. According to court documents, the victim told deputies she was asleep in her vehicle but woke up to find Michael Paddock assaulting her in the driver seat. The victim
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KEYTESVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chariton County judge sentenced a Keytesville man to 72 years in prison for multiple counts of sex crimes against six children. 59-year-old Edward Schrock pled guilty in June 2020 to three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy of a child under twelve years old, two counts of first-degree child molestation of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. A Boone County grand jury indicted a Columbia psychologist for sex crimes Friday. The indictment claims Kurt Bumby committed two counts of second-degree sodomy in 2010 and 2011. His next scheduled court appearance in September 28 in Boone County. A possible victim told authorities in 2019 that he and Bumby had a sexual
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A third person faces charges linked to a 2019 Lake of the Ozarks rape case.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man currently in prison faces more than a dozen crimes related to sexual and physical abuse. A Cole County grand jury inducted Francis H. Kempker of thirteen crimes, including rape, kidnapping, assault and armed criminal action. The indictment claims Kempker committed these crimes throughout 2016 to four different
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday for raping a woman he met in downtown Columbia in April 2017. A jury convicted Jemell Butler of second-degree rape in January. A prosecutor said during the trial that Butler raped the woman in a wooded area off Oak
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The case against a man and woman from Kansas accused of giving a woman drugs and raping her at the Lake of the Ozarks will now be heard in Miller County. Prosecutors initially filed charges in Morgan County against Carl Mort, 41, and Cassandra Wedeking, 39. They are charged with with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man admitted to several sex crimes on Monday that took place over several years. Anthony Rowell pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree kidnapping and one count each of rape and second-degree sodomy. The crimes happened in 2017 and 2018 during three different incidents throughout Boone County. Judge Brouck
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A Columbia man was charged in federal court for allegedly possessing and sending child pornography recently.
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Two women told Columbia park rangers that a man exposed himself in front of them Wednesday on the MKT Trail.
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A Jefferson City man pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of child pornography Tuesday.
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The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said an Iowa man was booked into the Callaway County Jail yesterday after being accused of having sexual interaction with a child.
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