Crime Archives

Joseph Elledge pleads not guilty to three felony charges.

Judge sets trial date in Columbia murder case

April 8, 2020 5:36 AM Brittany Wiley

The Columbia man accused of murdering his wife will head to trial in June.

Miller County man sought; accused of having explosives

April 7, 2020 4:18 PM Matthew Sanders

TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Miller County deputies are looking for a man after they allegedly found a homemade bomb during a search for stolen property. Sheriff Louie Gregoire said in a news release that deputies were searching a residence off Route W near Lake Ozark for stolen items when they found an improvised explosive device. Deputies

Matthew Beauchamp was reported missing in April.

Charges filed in 2019 Mexico missing person case turned death investigation

April 7, 2020 1:12 PM Matt Ragsdale

Two Mid-Missouri sheriff’s offices said Tuesday afternoon that charges have been filed in connection with a Mexico missing person case going back to April 2019.

Police arrest four people in connection with BB gun shootings in Columbia

April 6, 2020 9:49 PM Katie Greathouse

The Columbia Police Department arrested four people in connection with a series of BB gun shootings.

Columbia officers looking for person suspected of throwing rock through police department window

April 6, 2020 11:05 AM Matt Ragsdale

The Columbia Police Department said it’s looking for a person suspected of throwing a rock through a window at the department’s downtown headquarters.

Auxvasse man faces multiple child sex crimes in Callaway County

April 3, 2020 5:52 PM Matt Ragsdale

Callaway County prosecutors charged an Auxvasse man with multiple child sex crimes after he was accused of having sexual contact with a child younger than 12.

Columbia businessman’s fate uncertain after Missouri Supreme Court ruling

April 3, 2020 11:07 AM Matthew Sanders

A Columbia businessman’s freedom was uncertain Friday after a Missouri Supreme Court decision that could send him back to prison.

Lawsuit filed after chase, deadly crash in Cole County

April 2, 2020 11:13 PM Katie Greathouse

The family of two people killed in a crash that happened during a pursuit last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against law enforcement officers as well as Jefferson City and Cole County.

Curtis Allen Lewis is charged with voluntary manslaughter, among other charges, after a shooting in Columbia.

Suspect in deadly Columbia shooting seeks to get out of jail over COVID-19 concerns

April 2, 2020 11:00 PM Katie Greathouse

The suspect in a deadly shooting outside of a Columbia nightclub wants out of jail amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Four men charged with robbery, assault in Pulaski County shooting

April 2, 2020 4:57 PM Matt Ragsdale

Court documents for four men charged with assault and robbery connected to a Waynesville shooting that happened on Tuesday say the shooting victim was held at gunpoint.

Three men charged in connection with multiple Mid-Missouri burglaries

April 2, 2020 11:52 AM Matt Ragsdale

Prosecutors in Camden County and Miller County charged three men with multiple recent burglaries reported in both counties.

Several charged in connection with Pulaski County shooting

April 1, 2020 6:29 PM Matt Ragsdale

The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that four people were arrested in connection with a shooting that sent one person to the hospital.

Appeals court rejects Columbia death row inmate’s case

April 1, 2020 3:32 PM Lucas Geisler

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man once again lost his claim to avoid the death penalty. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that Ernest Lee Johnson’s lawsuit should be dismissed following a U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding another Missouri inmate. Johnson has faced the death penalty for two decades after killing three people

Charges dropped in Columbia bomb threat case

March 30, 2020 2:06 PM Matt Ragsdale

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: Charges were dropped by the Boone County prosecutor’s office. ORIGINAL: A man charged with making a terrorist threat in Boone County has been brought back to Mid-Missouri after he was arrested in Iowa in February. Boone County prosecutors charged Raymond Utter with second-degree terrorist threats after he allegedly threatened University Hospital

Bathroom fire at Stephens Lake Park under investigation

March 29, 2020 6:40 PM Sydney Olsen

The fire marshall with the Columbia Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire in a bathroom at Stephens Lake Park.

One shot in downtown Jefferson City

March 27, 2020 2:06 PM Matthew Sanders

Police say a person was shot early Friday in downtown Jefferson City.

Third person pleads guilty in 2018 Sylvan Lane killing

March 19, 2020 9:01 AM Matt Ragsdale

Online court records say Daria Littleton was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday.

Stay-at-home order compliance will be complaint driven

March 24, 2020 8:52 PM Sydney Olsen

A stay-at-home order will go into effect in Boone County and Columbia at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. Under that order, city and health officials will be able to take action if businesses or individuals do not comply with the order.

Access to Boone, Callaway courts limited after stay-at-home order imposed

March 24, 2020 12:18 PM Matthew Sanders

The courts will remain open, but the 13th Judicial Circuit is placing more stringent limits on who can come inside the courthouse as local officials issue a COVID-19 stay-at-home order.

Ashland man accused of threatening clerks with COVID-19

March 23, 2020 4:57 PM Matthew Sanders

An Ashland man has been charged with harassment after he allegedly told two store clerks he had COVID-19 and asked them if they wanted it.