MARIE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man was charged with several felonies in Maries County after he allegedly pointed a gun at a woman’s head and made her drive toward Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday. Diallo Lawson Kelly was charged with first-degree kidnapping, armed criminal action, second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. A
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A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday struck down a Cole County murder conviction, sending the case back to the circuit court.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of murder in the death of a University of Missouri student in January 2023 appeared in court on Monday by video from the Boone County Jail with her attorney pleading that she hasn’t been transported to the Department of Mental Health yet. Emma Adams, 22, was charged with second-degree
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was charged with four felonies and two misdemeanors after he allegedly fired a gun before smacking a teenaged driver on Saturday. James Vomund was charged on Monday with endangering the welfare of a child, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, third-degree assault and a pair of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman was charged with three felonies after she allegedly stabbed a man early Saturday in the parking lot of the Petro Mart on Scott Boulevard in Columbia. Kejon Jenise Ellis, 25, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. She is being held
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STOVER, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover man was charged with a pair of child sex crimes on Saturday. Julian Ray Boyd, 27, was charged with two counts of statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $250,000 bond. An arraignment is scheduled for
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AUXVASSE, Mo. (KMIZ) The co-owner of Broadway Brewery in Columbia was charged on Monday with domestic assault in Callaway County. Walker Claridge, 49, was charged with second-degree domestic assault, third-degree domestic assault and fourth-degree domestic assault, a misdemeanor. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County man who was accused of killing his wife in 2002 was granted a change of venue on Monday. Harold Dickens, 65, of Williamsburg, was charged with first-degree murder. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A jury will be pooled from either Phelps, Clay or Marion counties, Casenet
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A Boone County grand jury indicted a man on Friday accused of killing his ex-wife and her mother. Randall Fox, 51, faces two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of tampering with evidence. The court set a new arraignment date for July 1 at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people who were charged with murder for their alleged roles in a May 26 shootout that left a man dead were indicted by a Boone County grand jury on Friday. Quanina Lakeitha Lambert, 34, and Jordan Jerodisiah Brantley, 18, are being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Brantley was
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, woman was charged on Friday with child abuse and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. A warrant was issued for Lillian Ann Rotte on Friday and no bond was set. A hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Audrain County Courthouse. According to the probable cause
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who was accused of shooting at another woman on May 24 in the parking lot of the Conley Road Walmart in Columbia had more charges filed against her on Friday. Whitney Eliesh Nevels-McKee, 35, of Columbia, was indicted by grand jury on Friday. She is now charged with two counts
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A Jefferson City supermarket was evacuated because of a bomb threat Friday, police say.
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A teen mother left an infant in a Walmart bag behind a shed in Maries County, the sheriff said Friday.
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The driver in a May 16 crash in Audrain County that left three young children injured has been charged with DWI and other felonies. Chloe Anne Hees, 29, was charged with driving while intoxicated, three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, two misdemeanors – reckless driving and failure
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AUXVASSE, Mo. (KMIZ) An Auxvasse man was charged on Thursday with possessing child pornography. Michael Cody Jenkins, 32, was booked into the Callaway County Jail at 10:55 a.m. Thursday. He is being held without bond. A hearing was held on Friday morning at the Callaway County Courthouse. According to the probable cause statement, the Boone
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Thursday with third-degree child molestation. Stephen Kelly Kersey was arrested by the Jefferson City Police Department at 1:13 p.m. Thursday. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement,
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for the SUV that injured a cyclist in a hit-and-run and caused him to lay injured near the Loutre River Bridge for 13 hours on May 29-30. The first name of the victim has not been released, but a Thursday press release refers
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Oak Grove man was charged with four felonies after he allegedly stabbed another man in the knee early Wednesday in Morgan County. Dana Ritchie, 27, was charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Morgan County
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