COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with two felonies on Monday after he was accused of attacking another man with a baseball bat on Jan. 7 in Central Columbia. Reco Lomax, 42, was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. A court date has not been set. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A candidate in the Columbia Board of Education race has withdrawn her candidacy. Jessica Chambers, who filed to run on Dec. 31, withdrew her application after the deadline, according to an email from Columbia Public Schools spokesperson Michelle Baumstark. Candidates can withdraw until the Board votes on the ballot language. Three candidates
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A warrant was issued on Monday for a man accused of killing another patient at Fulton State Hospital last week. Jabril Kanatzar, 29, is charged with first-degree murder and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. Fulton police wrote in a press release last week that he is “in a secure facility being held with no
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was in a nearly day-long standoff with law enforcement in Moberly in 2022 was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Monday, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Stephen Thorp, 62, was found guilty by a jury in July for being a felon in possession of a
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President-elect Donald Trump made history Friday as the first current, former or prospective president to be sentenced for a felony conviction. His sentence — unconditional release. Effectively, no sentence. Trump will not serve jail time or pay a fine or attorneys’ fees. That’s despite a conviction on 34 felony counts related to falsifying business records.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly woman was arrested Thursday for illegally having a gun, according to a press release from the Moberly Police Department. The release states around 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 9, Moberly SWAT and the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department’s tactical team executed a search warrant in the 700 Block of Monroe Avenue. A
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Moberly’s armored rescue vehicle was deployed to arrest a man in Moberly on Thursday, according to a press release from the Moberly Police Department. According to the release, around 12 p.m. on Thursday, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department requested the use of the vehicle to help arrest a man
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been accused of killing another patient at Fulton State Hospital earlier this week, the Fulton Police Department wrote in a Friday evening press release. Police wrote that Jabril Kanatzar, 29, is accused of killing another patient following an assault that occurred on Monday. Police wrote that they were called
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The bond for a man accused in the death of a Jefferson City man in 2018 was reduced on Friday. Berry Jones, 32, of Davenport, Iowa, was charged with accessory to second-degree murder, accessory to first-degree robbery, accessory to delivery of a controlled substance and accessory to tampering with evidence. Jones pleaded
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged in Callaway County with several child pornography charges. Joshua Jungermann, 38, was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor child, first-degree promoting child pornography, child porn possession and five counts of first-degree promoting obscenity. An address was not listed in court records. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Friday with child molestation after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child last week at a restaurant in Moberly. Hector Marcos-Perez, 32, was charged with second-degree child molestation of a child younger than 12 years old. A press release from the Moberly Police Department says that Marcos-Perez is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A New York judge sentenced President-elect Donald Trump to unconditional release on his conviction for falsifying business records to cover up an affair with an adult film actress. Judge Juan Merchan’s sentence on the 34 felony convictions means Trump will serve no jail time, pay no fines and will not be on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A patient at Fulton State Hospital died following an incident that occurred with another patient on Monday, a Missouri Department of Mental Health spokesperson wrote in an email. Fulton Police Chief Bill Ladwig wrote in an email to ABC 17 News that the incident is being investigated as a homicide. Police referred
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man who was already sentenced to 50 years in prison was given another sentence for five years on Thursday in Randolph County. William Dahl, 40, was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after he entered an Alford plea for first-degree statutory rape. He was previously sentenced 50
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with three felonies after he allegedly pointed a gun at someone’s head and choked them on Wednesday. Cristian Dariel Rodriguez Doblado, 21, was charged on Thursday with third-degree domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A criminal summons was issued Thursday for a woman who was accused of drunkenly causing a crash that injured multiple people in April. Shelby Thompson was charged in Howard County with three counts of DWI causing serious physical injury, a count of DWI causing injury and two counts of first-degree endangering the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who had been charged with felony murder in a 2021 shooting death of a Lake Ozark bar was sentenced this week to probation after taking a plea deal. Craig B. Hawkins Jr. of Columbia pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree assault in connection with the death of Vonza Watson on May
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center was charged in Boone County after trying to take a University Hospital employee hostage on Nov. 22, court documents say. Matthew Handlang, 37, was charged on Tuesday with third-degree assault of a special victim, second-degree kidnapping and attempting to escape confinement. A court date has
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City police arrested a man on Monday night as a carport collapsed. Police wrote in a Wednesday press release that they arrived in the 1700 block of Sunset Court after getting a report of a man trying to get into vehicles. The victim’s garage door was opened and their garage
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia men were accused in an armed robbery that occurred Saturday in a Jefferson City parking lot, court documents say. Joe Kisabo, 21, was charged with first-degree robbery and tampering with evidence. Stefan Williams, 18, was charged with first-degree robbery and accessory to tampering with evidence. Both men are being held
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