COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man has been charged with manslaughter in Morgan County in relation to a Sept. 16 crash that killed two people. Ruvim Izotia was charged on Monday with two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, two counts of driving while using a phone, one count of second-degree assault and three misdemeanors: Driving
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Barnett man has been charged with two felonies after authorities claim he assaulted a woman last month. Williams Simms, 29, was charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $250,000 bond and a court date has not been scheduled.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested after a Wednesday night chase in Morgan County. An email from Morgan County Sheriff Norma Dills says deputies were trying to find a man with a no-bond probation and parole warrant. The man’s name was not described in the email. The man was found leaving a residence near
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover man has been accused of several child sex crimes in Morgan County. Christopher Riggs was charged on Tuesday with one count of third-degree child molestation, one count of a sexual misconduct with a child younger than 15 years old and two counts of first-degree child molestation. A warrant was issued
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover woman was charged in Morgan County after she was accused of choking a youth on Friday morning. Stacy Jackson, 52, was charged with child abuse and giving marijuana to a child. She is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $150,000 bond. An arraignment is scheduled for 9
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A Kansas City woman was seriously hurt in a UTV crash in Morgan County on Saturday, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 15-year-old boy from Versailles was seriously injured while rollerblading in Morgan County on Saturday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the boy was rollerblading on Route D– three miles north Gunn Road– when he was hit by a 2009 Ford Focus. He was taken by ambulance to
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former corrections officer at the Morgan County Jail has been charged after they were allegedly in a sexual relationship with an inmate while they were employed. Ashley Jacobson, of Jefferson City, was charged with sexual conduct in the course of public duty. A warrant was issued on Friday and a $25,000
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover man who was already accused of several counts of statutory rape has been charged with more child sex crimes. Colby Hader, 28, was charged on Monday in Morgan County with three counts of statutory sodomy, two counts of first-degree statutory rape, one count of promoting a sexual performance by a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles man was charged with a child sex crime after he was accused of trying to entice who he thought was a 15-year-old girl. Thomas Burrows, 67, was charged with child enticement and is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $250,000 bond. An arraignment is scheduled for 9
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged in Morgan County on Friday after he allegedly threatened to distribute nude photographs of a teenage girl. Bryce Martin, 20, of Stover, was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and three counts of having child porn. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The director of Morgan County Emergency Management was charged with a felony and a misdemeanor after he allegedly followed a woman back to her home on Saturday. Jason Foster, 40, of Versailles, was charged in Morgan County with first-degree harassment and first-degree trespassing, a misdemeanor. He was booked into the Morgan County
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A 57-year-old man from Gravois Mills had to be flown to University Hospital on Saturday night after he was seriously injured in a crash, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 59-year-old woman was seriously hurt in a UTV crash Sunday night in Morgan County. According to online crash records, the Overland Park, Kansas, woman was driving a 2020 Yamaha Viking UTV when she lost control on Viewside Drive near Memory Lane. In a turn, the UTV travelled off the side of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man who was charged with murder in a Monday afternoon shooting in Morgan County pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance that was held on Wednesday afternoon. Robert Anselmo, 56, was charged earlier this week with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Johnetta Yeager. He
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man was charged Tuesday with murder after a woman shot outside an office building in Morgan County was declared dead. Robert J. Anselmo was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of Johnetta Yeager. Yeager was pronounced dead at University Hospital on Monday afternoon,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with several felonies after authorities say he raped a woman and pointed a gun at her head on Friday night. Danny Eugene Miles, 53, was charged in Morgan County with first-degree rape, two counts of armed criminal action and a single count of first-degree domestic assault. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A shooting led to Morgan County R-II schools in Versailles being placed on lockdown Monday morning, even though students were not in class, and left a woman in critical condition. The district posted about the lockdown on its Facebook page, referencing a “shooting that occurred in town” earlier Monday in a statement
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 19-year-old Sedalia man was seriously injured after crashing his vehicle in Morgan County Sunday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened around 1:30 a.m. on Route JJ, south of Jayhawk Road. The report says the man was driving a 2008 Toyota Highlander north when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 1,400 electricity customers around Mid-Missouri were without power on Thursday night as thunderstorms entered the area. According to the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives’ map, there were nearly 600 consumers without electricity, with 587 coming around Southwest Electric Cooperative and 10 coming from Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, Inc. Benton County had nearly
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