COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Glasgow Police confirmed all three suspects wanted for a weekend robbery and deadly shooting have been taken into custody as of 2 p.m. Tuesday. Columbia police said Tuesday that the weekend robbery of a business on Scott Boulevard and the shooting death of a man on East Broadway are linked. The Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged after he allegedly attacked another man in front of a police officer on Monday in Downtown Columbia. Daniel Dwyer, 54, of Columbia, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree assault. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance is set for 1
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who drove a UTV in a crash that killed her husband in Maries County last month has been charged with a felony. Mary Dearlove, 61, of Rolla, was charged on Tuesday with driving while intoxicated – causing the death of another person, misdemeanor reckless driving and an infraction of failing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who is charged with murder in a fatal shooting at a Holts Summit apartment complex in April will have her trial in Boone County. Heather Smith, 37, of Holts Summit, was charged with three counts of unlawful use of a weapon, a count of first-degree of endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree felony
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was sentenced to life in prison more than 20 years ago for a triple murder had his sentence reaffirmed on Monday. Deandra Buchanan, 51, was found guilty by a jury in 2002 on three counts of first-degree murder. He was initially sentenced to death but was resentenced to life
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Suspects in Sunday’s fatal shooting in Columbia are still at large as of Tuesday morning, according to the Glasgow Police Chief TJ Livermore. An ABC 17 News reporter arrived in Glasgow around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday and saw a few law enforcement vehicles in the area. Livermore told ABC 17 News that the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia leaders are optimistic a new board by the city’s Office of Violence Prevention will help the community crack down on crime. OVP Administrator D’Markus Thomas-Brown said he knew coming into the job that he couldn’t get things done by himself. He’s now taken steps toward creating a violence prevention advisory board
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge awarded Ryan Ferguson nearly $44 million in his lawsuit against an insurer that hasn’t yet paid out his settlement with several Columbia police detectives. Judge Cotton Walker on Monday awarded Ferguson $43.8 million. A Cole County jury sided with Ferguson in November when he sued Travelers Insurance
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is dead after a shooting Sunday night at a Columbia apartment complex. Officers were sent to the Eastgate Apartments at Old 63 and Broadway at about 8 p.m. Police found Zarian Simpson, 18, of Columbia, with a gunshot wound and medics treated him at the scene, according to a Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor after he allegedly flashed a gun in a video and made threats to kill someone through text message. Te’Varius Harris, 24, was charged on Monday with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and misdemeanor second-degree harassment. He is being
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with two felonies after he allegedly attacked another person with a four-foot long, metal level on Tuesday. Eric Shea, 30, was charged on Monday with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A person was hospitalized with life-threatening burns late Sunday in Columbia and police are seeking a suspect. Officers were called to the 1500 block of Paris Road to help firefighters at about 11:45 p.m. Sunday, according to a Columbia Police Department news release. A man had been rushed to the hospital after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Columbia police officers investigated at the Eastgate Apartment complex in central Columbia Sunday night. A social media post from CPD said they were responding to a shots fired call and asked the public to avoid the area. According to a CPD officer on scene, police were searching for three people they
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Three young men, one armed with a gun, robbed a business in west Columbia early Saturday morning, according to a press release from the Columbia Police Department.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old man has been charged with a felony after he allegedly broke into Centralia High School this week with three other people. Chase Moore, of Centralia, was charged with second-degree burglary and three misdemeanors: Institutional vandalism, first-degree trespassing and stealing. He is being held on a $5,000 bond, with a bond
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cooper County man has been charged with two felonies after authorities say he had child pornography. Jesse Lawrence Wallace, of Blackwater, was charged with first-degree promoting child porn and possessing child porn. He was not listed on the Cooper County Jail roster on Friday afternoon. A warrant was issued on Thursday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison her alleged connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in May 2024 on Rice Road. Quanina Lambert, 35, pleaded guilty in April to second-degree assault and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. She was previously charged with first-degree assault, second-degree felony murder and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A jury trial for a man accused in a fatal 2023 shooting has been scheduled. Kimo Spivey, 35, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder, illegal gun possession, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action. Another count of unlawful use of a weapon was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged after he is accused of stealing a box truck and running from officers. Daylon Logan was charged with tampering with a motor vehicle, aggravated fleeing a stop and resisting arrest. Court documents state detectives saw a U-Haul box truck with Arizona registration traveling north on Paris
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is wanted for two counts of first-degree rape in Washington state was arrested Wednesday in Sedalia. Meshkov Aleksandr, 34, was charged in Pettis County with being a fugitive from out of state. He is at the Pettis County Jail awaiting extradition. A court date for the Missouri charge has
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