COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan County man who was accused of kidnapping his children from Nebraska before getting into a crash that killed one of them entered an Alford plea on Monday. Larry Lunnin Sr. entered an Alford plea to second-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child abduction. An Alford plea occurs when a defendant maintains
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The construction of a roundabout in Versailles will begin on Monday, May 5 at the intersection of Highway 52 and Highway 5, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Work will take place 6 p.m.-6 a.m. Monday through Friday through mid-June, the release says. All work is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County man was sentenced on Monday to eight years in prison for child sex crimes. Joshua Ginsberg, 44, of Roach, Missouri, pleaded guilty in February in Morgan County to two counts of sexual conduct involving a child younger than 15 years old. He is being held at the Morgan County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with six felonies after authorities claim he trafficked stolen identities. Christian Blackmore, 31, of Sunrise Beach, has been charged with trafficking stolen identities, first-degree tampering with a vehicle, two counts of drug possession, one count of tampering with evidence, driving revoked and an infraction of displaying plates
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A Sedalia man suffered moderate injuries in a crash on Friday in Morgan County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash happened at 10 p.m. on Highway 50 near Route 135.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person and multiple pets died in a house fire Wednesday in the 9000 block of Acorn in Gravois Mills, according to a press release from the Gravois Fire Protection District. The release says that firefighters were called to a residential fire at 5 a.m. and multiple occupants were trapped inside. One
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender in Morgan County was charged with several felonies on Thursday. Ryan Berve, 46, of Versailles, was charged with three counts of possessing child pornography and one count of failing to register as a sex offender. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail without bond. An arraignment
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman from Versailles has been charged with four felonies after she allegedly tried to kill her spouse with rat poison and antifreeze. Barbaray Clinkenbeard was charged on Monday in Morgan County with two counts of first-degree domestic assault and two counts of armed criminal action. A warrant was issued for her
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A police department in Morgan County stated on its social media that an armed robbery occurred Thursday at a gas station in Stover. The Stover Police Department wrote that two people robbed the cashier of a Phillips 66 at gunpoint and ran away. No injuries were reported. “Law enforcement is actively investigating
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was found dead in a vehicle in Versailles last week, according to a Thursday social media post from the Versailles Police Department. Police wrote that it was called to investigate an abandoned vehicle on March 20 in the Walmart parking lot. The vehicle was supposedly in the lot for about
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover man who was charged in Morgan County last year with murder in the death of a Hallsville man had his trial moved to Moniteau County on Wednesday. Chad Armstrong, 50, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail without bond.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles man was charged in Morgan County with 11 counts of possessing more than 20 images of child pornography. A warrant was issued for Isaiah Mehmert on Wednesday and a $500,000 bond was set. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement says law enforcement learned of Mehmert
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate died at the Morgan County Jail Sunday morning, according to a social media post from the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. The post states around 9:09 a.m., a woman was found unresponsive. Emergency crews responded but she was pronounced dead. The woman’s cell was secured and the Missouri State Highway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) About 370 Ameren Missouri customers in east Jefferson City were without electricity Wednesday afternoon. The utility’s outage map showed 372 customers without power in three outages from Highway 50 in the north to the Moreau River in the south at 5:30 p.m. The map showed the largest outage was caused by damage
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Commission has declared a state of emergency after roughly 30 buildings “were either damaged or destroyed,” according to a Friday night Facebook post from the county’s office of emergency management. “The EOC was activated, Road & Bridge provided heavy equipment and the Sheriff’s Department provided intelligence and reconnaissance for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender from Versailles was charged on Thursday after he allegedly tried to lure a child into a white van on Wednesday. James Anthony Ferrell, 64, was charged in Morgan County with child enticement, second-degree attempted kidnapping and drug possession. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail without
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County man pleaded guilty on Monday to a pair of child sex crimes in Morgan County. Joshua Ginsberg, 44, of Roach, Missouri, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual conduct involving a child younger than 15 years old. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, April 28 at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Amber Alert was issued in several Mid-Missouri counties around 4 p.m. Wednesday for a 16-year-old Wisconsin teenager who may have been abducted. The Amber Alert says that Sophia Franklin, 16, of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, was last seen at her residence at 9 p.m. Feb. 2 and could have been abducted the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A number of area schools will still be impacted by weather conditions on Thursday. The Jefferson City School District wrote in an email that it will be in session, but it’s morning bus routes in Callaway County will be on their snow routes. The Southern Boone School District will also be on
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Richland, Missouri, man was charged on Thursday with first-degree statutory rape in Morgan County. A warrant was issued for George Hancock and a $500,000 bond was set. He is not currently listed on the Morgan County Jail roster. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement says that
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