PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pulaski County woman was charged on Thursday after a foster child who was in her care died and another was injured. Alyssa Sierra Jackson, of St. Robert, was charged with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child resulting in death, two counts of child abuse and a count of first-degree
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A Columbia man who was accused of murder and arson was indicted by a grand jury on Friday. Steven M. Strumpf, 31, was charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, second-degree arson and misdemeanor credit card fraud after firefighters discovered a body under debris Jan. 19 in a garage in the 3900 block of Deerfoot Way.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A trial date has been scheduled for a former Cooper County Jail employee who was charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter for the death of an inmate. The jury trial for Robyn Pfeiffer, of Boonville, was scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at the Callaway County Courthouse, a Thursday court entry
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was charged with manslaughter in the deaths of two women in an Aug. 6 crash on Interstate 70 in Columbia received an additional charge following a grand jury indictment on Friday. Walter Montejo, 26, is now charged with two counts of first-degree manslaughter, one count of second-degree assault and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Thursday in Callaway County with multiple child sex crimes. Matthew John Middleton was charged with statutory sodomy of a person younger than 12 years old, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and misdemeanor furnishing pornographic material to a minor. A warrant was issued for his arrest
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan County man pleaded not guilty Thursday to more than two dozen charges of illegal gun possession. Jason D. Marriott, 45, of Versailles, was jailed this week on 27 counts of being a felon in possession of a gun and two counts of felony drug possession. Each charge represents a separate
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Jefferson City police arrested an unidentified driver who tried to run from a traffic stop early Thursday.
Continue ReadingFive individuals have been charged in connection with the 2023 death of actor Matthew Perry, according to the US Attorney’s Office.
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By Scott Glover, John Miller and Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Five individuals have been charged in connection with the 2023 death of actor Matthew Perry, according to the US Attorney’s Office. The charges, announced Thursday morning at a news conference in Los Angeles, come after investigators say they uncovered an underground network of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department held a series of meetings on Wednesday to gather public feedback on implementing Flock Safety camera system throughout the city. A series of eight meetings were scheduled between Wednesday and Thursday. The first was held at 9 a.m. at Lange Middle School on Wednesday with the final meeting
Continue Reading CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged with stealing after she was accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the Centralia Band Booster Club. Jeanie Whitlatch was charged on Wednesday with stealing more than $750. A criminal summons was requested for Whitlatch. According to the probable cause statement, Whitlatch was the treasurer for the Centralia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of bringing a gun to Hickman High School last year while he was a student accepted a plea deal. Shaun Jackson, of Columbia, pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanor unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation and a suspended sentence
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover man was charged with several child sex crimes on Tuesday. Colby Hader, 26, was charged with two counts of second-degree statutory rape and two counts of second-degree statutory sodomy. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $250,000 bond. Hader pleaded not guilty during a hearing
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Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Democratic Party says that one of the people accused of damaging a Ferguson Police Department fence moments before a police officer was critically injured has agreed to withdraw as an uncommitted alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Keith Rose was charged with first-degree property damage. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some residents in a north Columbia Neighborhood are growing concerned after a recent sting of vehicle break-ins Tuesday morning. The break-ins occurred near the 5100 block of Aspen Ridge Drive. The Columbia Police Department confirmed an incident report was filed, but did not provide any further details. Ring camera video submitted to
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An Eldon man charged in March with abandoning a corpse was charged this week with murder.
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark man was charged on Monday with nine counts of promoting child pornography. Leland James Weeks II, 48, was charged with two counts of first-degree promoting child porn and seven counts of second-degree promoting child porn. He is being held at the Camden County Jail on a $150,000 bond.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The wife of a man accused of manslaughter in the deaths of two women in a crash last week on Interstate 70 in claims she has proof her husband’s license is not suspended. Walter Montejo, 26 of South Gate, California, is charged with two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, one count of
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was charged with five felonies on Saturday after he was accused of pulling a gun on someone at a residence and taking a minivan. Marquette Smith, 32, was charged on Saturday in Randolph County with first-degree attempted assault, first-degree burglary, second-degree kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree
Continue ReadingLawyers for Donald Trump have filed a $100 million claim with the Justice Department, alleging that the federal search of Mar-a-Lago in August 2022 was inappropriate and hurt Trump’s reputation, an attempt to keep alive the narrative that the former president has been persecuted by a biased Biden administration
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