Crime Archives

Man charged in Boone County with trying to get explicit photos of girl

August 15, 2022 4:59 PM Matthew Sanders

A 33-year-old man was charged over the weekend with attempted child enticement in Boone County.

Eldon man charged after assault in April 2020

August 12, 2022 11:16 PM Karl Wehmhoener

ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man is facing charges after an assault in April 2020 following a reported hostage situation. A Miller County prosecutor has filed new charges against David Wallace with three counts of second-degree assault of a special victim and resisting arrest. Wallace was also previously charged with kidnapping in 2020 before the

Second Amtrak employee files lawsuit following train derailment

August 12, 2022 10:43 PM ABC 17 News Team

A second employee from Amtrak has filed a lawsuit after the train derailment in June.

Police officer charged with enticing child for photos out on bond

August 12, 2022 2:04 PM Matthew Sanders

An eastern Missouri police officer was arrested this week in Cole County after investigators allege he was giving a high school boy vape cartridges with THC in them in exchange for explicit photos.

Jefferson City man charged with statutory rape

August 12, 2022 9:39 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A Jefferson City man is accused of raping a person under the age of 17.

Columbia man charged with assault of a man at the Boone County Jail

August 12, 2022 9:26 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Columbia man charged after hitting a man on a phone at the Boone County Jail.

St. Louis man charged with animal abuse in Boone County

August 12, 2022 9:10 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Witnesses told a Boone County Sheriff’s deputy that they saw Foney kicking a pitbull, drag it across the ground and slam it against the side of a vehicle, according to a probable cause statement.

Boone County prosecutor wants refocus on shootings, homicides

August 12, 2022 6:52 PM Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County’s new prosecutor wants the office to refocus its efforts on investigating and pursuing shooting and homicide cases. Roger Johnson said the 14 lawyers that make up the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office have 26 homicide cases to deal with right now. Each one of them, Johnson said, compounds the work the

Man shot during family disturbance in west Jefferson City

August 11, 2022 4:43 PM Matthew Sanders

Police were investigating a crime scene Thursday afternoon in west Jefferson City.

Wrongful death lawsuit filed after two-vehicle crash in Cole County

August 11, 2022 8:25 PM Karl Wehmhoener

The widow of a man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit after a two-vehicle crash in October 2020 in Cole County.

Two men charged in Montreal burglary

August 11, 2022 3:24 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Two men are facing charges following a burglary investigation in Montreal.

Burglars cut hole in side of Ashland pharmacy building

August 11, 2022 12:11 PM Matthew Sanders

Ashland police are looking for the people responsible for cutting a hole in the wall of a pharmacy to get inside early Thursday.

Hundreds expected to attend conference in Columbia about substance abuse disorders

August 11, 2022 6:47 AM Joushua Blount

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An organization that helps people fight substance abuse disorders will gather in Columbia Thursday and Friday. The Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers (MCRSP) is scheduled to hold its Central Region Conference at the Stoney Creek Hotel. Events and speakers are expected to start at 8 a.m. and run through 4 p.m.

Judge sentences Bunceton man to probation for hitting child with vehicle

August 11, 2022 8:33 AM Zachary Farwell

COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cooper County judge sentenced a Bunceton man to probation for hitting a child with a vehicle in 2021. Judge Robert L. Koffman sentenced Treyvon Korte at a hearing on Monday to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in physical

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do Justice Department officials owe the public an explanation?

August 10, 2022 5:29 PM ABC 17 News Team

The FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home has led to calls for Justice Department officials to explain their actions.

Columbia Police investigate after a suspicious person reported entering an apartment Tuesday night

August 10, 2022 7:43 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Columbia police are investigating a suspicious person that was inside an apartment on the 4300 block of Kentsfield on Tuesday night.

Jefferson City man charged with parental kidnapping

August 10, 2022 11:05 PM Karl Wehmhoener

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is facing a parental kidnapping charge after the mother reported their 3-year-old daughter missing on Friday. A Cole County prosecutor has charged Thomas Chee with one county of parental kidnapping. The child’s mother called the police after Chee allegedly picked up the child from daycare but then

Gravois Mills man charged with sexually abusing a minor faces updated charge

August 10, 2022 8:45 PM ABC 17 News Team

More charges have been filed against a man accused of sexually abusing a minor at an unlicensed daycare in Versailles.

Lake-area woman charged with murder for hire violates bond

August 10, 2022 1:59 PM Matthew Sanders

A Lake-area real estate agent accused in a murder-for-hire plot had her bond revoked this week and will have to spend time in jail.

Woman sentenced to probation for starting fire inside Jefferson City church

August 10, 2022 7:31 AM Zachary Farwell

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge sentenced a woman Tuesday for starting a fire inside a Jefferson City church. In October, the Cole County Prosecutor’s Office charged Anne-Marie Mullins with breaking into Christian Fellowship Church on Beck Street in late May 2021. Mullins pled guilty at a court hearing Tuesday to amended misdemeanor