MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Moberly Police Department announced in a Monday press release that it had arrested a Columbia man on Sunday who is accused of stealing from residences and vehicles, as well as vehicle tampering. Christopher Ryan Johnson, 33, is accused of first-degree burglary — according to the release — and was booked on
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cairo man on Thursday pleaded guilty to second-degree involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections in relation to a 2022 overdose death. Dustin Pool, 42, was initially charged with second-degree murder for allegedly supplying fentanyl to someone who eventually died from an overdose. A
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Randolph County coroner has identified the man who died in a fire Saturday in the 400 block of North Hinkley Street in Moberly. The coroner told ABC 17 News that Jeffrey Benton, 54, of Moberly, died as a result of the fire. Benton was pronounced dead at the scene. The fire
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) One man died from a fire inside a commercial building in Moberly Saturday morning. The fire happened just before 10:30 a.m. in the area of 412 North Hinkley Street in Moberly. When Moberly Fire Department arrived, firefighters found smoke coming from the back of the building, according to a news release. After
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man has been charged after allegedly trying to film a child while they were showering with a hidden camera. Jeremy Judd, 52, is charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a minor child. He was arrested and booked into the Boone County Jail on Saturday, but was released on bond. His
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Economic Development awarded the City of Moberly and Montgomery County grant money through the Industrial Site Development Grant Program, according to a Friday press release from the governor’s office. Montgomery County was awarded $5 million, while the City of Moberly was awarded $1,085,560. Total funding throughout the
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Steven Garrett will be arraigned Monday afternoon in Huntsville on charges related to an April crash east of Moberly.
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More than 50 people have been involved in injuries crashes along Highway 63 in Boone and Cole counties, including a crash that claimed a woman’s life Tuesday.
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man facing multiple murder charges – in relation to head-on collision that killed pregnant woman — is now in the Randolph County Jail. Steven Lee Garrett, 47, was arrested Tuesday by Randolph County deputies at Rusk Rehab Facility in Columbia, according to Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson. Wilson told ABC
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man is facing multiple murder charges after an April 6 head-on collission on Route M killed a pregnant woman. Steven Lee Garrett, 47, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, armed-criminal action and four counts of driving while intoxicated (including death of two, causing serious physical injury, causing physical
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chillicothe man was arrested this week and charged with second-degree statutory rape. Keagan Duane Allen, 22, was arrested and booked into the Boone County Jail on Monday, according to online jail records. He was released after posting a $25,000 bond. An entry appearance waiver and not-guilty plea were entered Sunday, according
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An “intoxicated” man fired a gun into the air before having a standoff in with police in the stairwell of an apartment building, Moberly police allege.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A large law-enforcement presence was seen Tuesday night during a standoff in the 800 block of Franklin Street in Moberly. One man was taken into custody. Sgt. Bobby Calvert, of the Moberly Police Department, said one man was taken into custody. Calvert told ABC 17 that communications received a call around 7
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Moberly Animal Shelter and Control announced on its Facebook page that the shelter is temporarily on an intake hold, due to capacity. “We are on an INTAKE HOLD until further notice. We have 22 total dogs we are caring for right now with 14 of those being here at
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Editor’s note: This story was corrected to say Durbin met the alleged victim on March 23. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An MSHP trooper is facing multiple charges. Jeffery Gilmore Durbin, 30, of Madison, Missouri, is charged with first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, and third-degree kidnapping, a misdemeanor. Durbin was booked into the Boone County Jail on
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Steven Garrett, the man arrested by Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers following a fatal head-on collision last week in Moberly, has yet to be released from University Hospital.
Continue Reading Randolph County, Mo. (KMIZ) Troopers arrested a driver involved in a deadly crash near Moberly on suspicion of two counts of second-degree murder, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. An arrest report shows troopers arrested Steven Garrett, 47, of Moberly on Thursday afternoon after the wreck on Route M. Troopers said Garrett was driving
Continue Reading A deadly crash shut down part of a state route Thursday afternoon just outside Moberly.
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Cardinal Health is permanently closing its factory and will lay off 131 employees by the end of June, according to a letter sent to Moberly officials.
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A Randolph County man was charged Thursday with murder after a deadly drug overdose.
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