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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged after he was accused of attacking another man with a hammer on Sunday in Moberly. Rex Barstow, 47, was charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. Court records list his address as Columbia, but jail records say he is from Moberly. He is being held at
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Codee Munson was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in Morgan County for the stabbing death of 69-year-old Carl Goodman.
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) – Police have arrested a 23-year-old man for a reported stabbing on Friday afternoon. The Versailles Police Department said it took Codee Munson into custody for allegedly stabbing 69-year-old Carl Vernon Goodman. Munson faces possible charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action. A news release said officers were dispatched to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police have arrested a man accused hitting someone in the head with a gun on Nov. 2, police wrote in a Friday press release. Marquise Mathis, 44, was charged on Nov. 22 with wo counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of armed criminal action, one count of second-degree
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PRAIRIE HOME, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cooper County family is looking for information after their dogs were found dead on the side of the road Wednesday night. Ryan Bernskoetter said he found two of his labs off Campbell Bridge Road just after 7 p.m. with bullet holes in them. After receiving donations, the family is now
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender from San Antonio, Texas, has been accused of sending nude images of himself to a child in Missouri. Benito Tovar, 54, was charged on Thursday in Boone County with furnishing pornographic material to a minor. A court date has not been set. He was not listed on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a pair of gun crimes on Thursday after police arrested him at a scene on New Year’s Eve. Jay’Veon Miller, 19, was charged with illegal gun possession and stealing a gun. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond and a court appearance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of causing a head-on crash Wednesday morning on Interstate 70 has been charged with a felony. Eslin Jesus Lopez-Regaldo, 20, was charged with driving while intoxicated and three misdemeanors: Driving on the wrong side of the road, driving without a license and not having vehicle insurance. He is being
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged Wednesday with a misdemeanor for allegedly impersonating a U.S. marshal and felonies for a drug crime and resisting arrest. John P. Wallace, 56, was charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer and fourth-degree assault — both misdemeanors — along with attempting to steal drugs and resisting arrest,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Local and federal officials in New Orleans were expected to update the public about a deadly New Year’s Day truck attack Thursday morning. The attack by a U.S. citizen and Army veteran who might have been inspired by ISIS left at least 15 people dead in the French Quarter when his truck
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CNN By Hanna Park, John Miller, Haley Britzky, Kyung Lah and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday has been identified as Matthew Alan Livelsberger, an active-duty US Army Green Beret, according to a law enforcement source familiar with
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Callaway County’s top prosecutor and local police are yet to release the name of a man accused of impersonating a federal officer and engaging in a standoff with authorities Tuesday. Callaway County Prosecuting Attorney Sandra Colhour told ABC 17 News on Wednesday that she would not disclose the suspect’s name. Fulton police
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Joe Biden delivered remarks Wednesday evening on the attack that left at least 10 people dead in New Orleans early on New Year’s Day. Law enforcement officials identified 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US citizen from Texas, as the suspect who they believe drove a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The FBI is investigating a New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orleans that left several dead as an act of terrorism. New Orleans TV station WGNO reported 15 people had died by late Wednesday afternoon, citing the local coroner. “We are deeply saddened by the tragic events that unfolded in the
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CNN By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine, John Miller, Mark Morales, Paul P. Murphy and Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — In a series of videos, the man responsible for the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans discussed planning to kill his family and having dreams that helped inspire him to join ISIS, according to multiple
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Columbia police officers blocked off a road in the central part of the city while they investigated on New Year’s Eve. An ABC 17 News reporter on the scene counted about ten Columbia Police Department cars around the 500 block of Woodlawn Avenue near Worley Street just after 11 p.m. Police
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton police officers arrested a man after a standoff who allegedly impersonated a law enforcement officer. Police wrote in a Tuesday press release that they were called the area of Route Z and Bluff Street for a call about “a subject that had removed a female from inside of her vehicle while
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A box truck driver was charged with two felonies on Tuesday. Colton McGaughey, 32, of Vienna, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident that caused physical injury and leaving the scene of an accident where more than $1,000 in property damage occurred. A warrant was issued on Tuesday and no
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite an increase in violent crime in Columbia, the Boone County Sheriff’s has reported a reduction in violent crime for the second consecutive year. Data from the Missouri State Highway Patrol shows the Boone County Sheriff’s Office reported 76 violent crimes. Firearms and “dangerous weapons” made up 52% of those crimes. It
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