JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal jury on Thursday convicted a Mid-Missouri man and his co-defendant from Tennessee of plotting to travel to the Texas-Mexico border with a plan to murder immigrants and officers. Jonathan S. O’Dell, 34, of Warsaw, Missouri, and Bryan C. Perry, 39, of Clarksville, Tennessee, were found guilty in a federal
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday disclosed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill Donald Trump, charging a man who said he had been tasked by a government official before this week’s election with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect. Investigators were told of the plan to kill Trump by Farhad
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A North Carolina woman was indicted by a federal grand jury in Kansas City on Thursday for fraudulently obtaining $20,000 from a Paycheck Protection Program loan in 2021, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Lakeysha Day, 43, was charged with one count of wire fraud. She was an
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An elderly man was charged with a felony after he allegedly flashed a gun at his doctor during an appointment on Thursday in at a Madison Street office in Jefferson City. Robert Lynn Cook, born in 1948, of Jefferson City, was charged on Thursday with unlawful use of a weapon and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge in Boone County has ordered a local man extradited to Indiana immediately to face murder and rape charges in a 1993 Indianapolis homicide. Dana Shepherd, 52, of Columbia, is accused of killing Carmen Van Huss in March 1993. Police said the victim was found dead with signs of a struggle
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The county where the alleged crimes took place has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cass County man was charged with six felonies in Pettis County after he allegedly hit a school bus with a stolen truck and camper during a chase with law enforcement on Tuesday. Joshua Ewing, 24, of Strasburg, was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with sex crimes after he was accused of raping a youth on Tuesday. Kenny Newland, 26, was charged on Wednesday with first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. Court documents say
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged in Boone County on Wednesday after he was accused of placing a hidden camera in a residential bathroom. Tony Dean Jones Jr. was charged with invasion of privacy, attempted sexual exploitation of a child and misdemeanor attempted invasion of privacy. A motion to set bond was
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) A Richland, Missouri, man was sentenced to 40 years in prison without parole on Tuesday for child sex crimes, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Robert Norman Kennedy, 41, pleaded guilty on Jan. 18 to transporting a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in criminal
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According to Audrain County Prosecutor Jacob Shellabarger, Larry Karhoff, 53, was sentenced to 30 years at the Missouri Department of Corrections for drug trafficking and firearm charges.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with four felonies in Callaway County after leading law enforcement on a chase on Saturday. Alquino Porter, 38, was charged with second-degree drug trafficking, aggravated fleeing, resisting arrest and three misdemeanors: Driving without a license, following another vehicle too closely and failure to register a vehicle.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three women are accused of stealing mail in Miller County, according to a press release from the Miller County Sheriff’s Office and court documents. Tammy Michelle Schnieders, 48, of Eldon, is charged in one case with forgery and stealing mail, and two counts of stealing mail in another case. She is being
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of breaking into several women’s apartments over the past four years was indicted by a grand jury on Friday. Guillermo Vasquez Hernandez, 33, of Columbia, is now charged with two counts of first-degree burglary, one count of second-degree burglary, two counts of forgery and a count of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis woman who had been charged with covering up her baby’s death pleaded guilty Monday to reduced charges. Lavosha Daniels, 32, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty to abandoning a corpse and first-degree involuntary manslaughter, Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Roger Johnson said. She had been charged with corpse abandonment and child
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A soldier at Fort Leonard Wood who was found dead in a dumpster may have been killed a day before she was reported missing, officials said on Friday. Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, with the 5th Engineer Battalion, is suspected of murder in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque. During a Friday press
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Phelps County Sheriff’s Deputy pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court to child sex crimes, a release from the Department of Justice says. The release says Justin Bradley Durham, 43, of Rolla, admitted to “engaging in sex acts with a minor, requesting and receiving child pornography and destroying evidence to impede
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four more men are now charged with first-degree murder in a June 2023 fatal shooting on Dove Drive in Columbia. Deazes Turner, 22, is charged with first-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon after a superseding indictment was filed Friday. He is
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Sheriff’s Office said in a Friday press release that one sex offender was arrested and another 16 were noncompliant during Halloween checks. The release says 135 sex offenders in the county were checked. Sex offenders are required by law to avoid Halloween-related contact with children and must remain
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man who was accused of driving a school bus while he was drunk is facing more than two dozen more charges. Brett Emehiser was charged with 43 counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. The amended complaint was filed
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Military investigators are seeking charges against a U.S. Army specialist for allegedly killing one of his fellow soldiers. Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, with the 5th Engineer Battalion, is suspected of murder in the death of Sgt. Sarah Roque, Fort Leonard Wood officials wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. The base in Pulaski
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