Two Columbia men charged with murder in fentanyl overdose
Two Columbia men were charged with felony murder Thursday in a 2023 fentanyl overdose.
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Iowa man accused of impersonating law enforcement at Saline County truck stop
A Clinton, Iowa, man was charged Wednesday after he was accused of impersonating a police officer and having an explosive at a truck stop.
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MSHP report names CPD officers involved in August shooting at Columbia apartment complex
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Five Columbia Police Department officers were described to have been involved during an incident at a Columbia apartment complex in August that resulted in a man getting killed by police, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol The Aug. 4 shooting at The Landing in Columbia left 22-year-old Marquis
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Versailles PD: Stolen truck used to steal money from ATM at shopping center parking lot
VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) A stolen Dodge pickup truck was used to steal money from an ATM machine from the West Vue Shopping Center, according to a press release from the Versailles Police Department. The release states the Dodge was stolen from a business on South Highway 5 and the suspects attached chains from the truck
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Chiefs’ Rashee Rice facing aggravated assault charge after high-speed Dallas crash
Dallas police said Wednesday that Kansas City Chiefs’ wide receiver Rashee Rice faces charges including aggravated assault after he and another speeding driver of a sports car caused a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway.
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Missing 3-year-old boy found, Amber Alert canceled
PERRYVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) An Amber Alert that issued on Wednesday afternoon for a missing 3-year-old boy out of Perryville, Missouri, has been canceled after the boy and suspect were found. The alert – which was sent at 1:48 p.m. – stated Aziah Laurent was abducted around noon on March 19. He has brown hair and
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Man accused in Sedalia shooting arrested
SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of a Tuesday morning shooting has been arrested, according to a social media post from the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office. Bear Hagston was charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He was arrested on Tuesday evening and is being held at
Continue Reading5 people have been arrested after a shooting in a West Philadelphia park that was filled with hundreds of people
WPVI, CNN By Nadeem Muaddi, Christina Maxouris, John Miller and Danny Freeman, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Five people have been arrested – four of whom are juveniles – after a Wednesday afternoon shooting that unfolded in a West Philadelphia park during a large Muslim religious celebration filled with families and children, police say. The shooting
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Dorsey executed on Tuesday night following SCOTUS denial
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (KMIZ) Convicted murderer Brian Dorsey was executed on Tuesday evening, Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann stated in a news conference. Officials were given the OK to administer the lethal injection to Dorsey at 6:01 p.m. He was dead by 6:11 p.m. The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Dorsey’s
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Springfield police: Missing girl in Amber Alert found
A statewide alert has been put out for a 2-year-old girl abducted from Springfield, Missouri.
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Court docs: Man charged after threatening Islamic Center students with knife, pipe
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged after he was accused of threatening students at the Islamic Center of Central Missouri with a knife and a pipe on Monday. Heath Garrett Waller, 38, was charged with second-degree making a terroristic threat, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree endangering the welfare of
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Columbia woman charged in revenge porn case
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged on Monday with nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images after she was accused of blackmailing a man in June. A warrant was ordered on Tuesday for Monet Ann-Jaiden Graves and her bond was set at $4,500. She was not in custody on Tuesday, according to Boone County Jail
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Suspect claims self-defense in central Columbia killing
A man accused of murder in the deadly stabbing of another man in a central Columbia park told police he was defending himself, court documents say.
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Man charged with three felonies after Sedalia shooting
Sedalia police are investigating an early morning shooting that sent a woman to the hospital.
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Oklahoma judge orders Kansas City Chiefs superfan ‘ChiefsAholic’ to pay $10.8M to bank teller
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge ordered a Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “ChiefsAholic” who admitted to a series of bank robberies to pay $10.8 million to a teller who was assaulted with a gun, though attorneys say the teller may never collect any money. A judge in
Continue ReadingJames and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of Michigan school shooter, sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison for manslaughter
By Eric Levenson, Lauren del Valle and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The parents of the teenager who killed four students in the 2021 school shooting in Oxford, Michigan, were each sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 15 years in prison, weeks after being convicted of manslaughter. James and Jennifer Crumbley, who each had faced up
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Missouri set to execute Brian Dorsey Tuesday for 2006 double murder
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (KMIZ) Convicted murderer Brian Dorsey is set to be executed by the State of Missouri Tuesday evening, for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband, despite an outcry of support and efforts from him and his legal team to request clemency. On Monday, Gov. Mike Parson denied Dorsey’s request for
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Police: One dead after stabbing at Douglass Park, suspect in custody
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One man is dead and another was arrested following a stabbing at Douglass Park on Monday night, according to a Columbia Police Department spokesman. CPD spokesman Brian McNeill did not give the identity of the victim or the man arrested on Monday night. An ABC 17 News reporter saw a tarp placed in the
Continue Reading Former Jefferson City corrections officer, wife sentenced in federal child porn case
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former officer at the Jefferson City Correctional Center and his wife were sentenced in separate appearances on Monday for recording a sexual assault of an unconscious 4-year-old, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Paul Emerson Schofield, 35, and his wife, Sara Ellen Schofield, 31, both of Jefferson City, had
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Jefferson City man found guilty of multiple rape charges
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man on Friday was found guilty by a jury on two counts of first-degree forcible rape, according to a press release from Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson. Francis Henry Kempker, 53, will be sentenced in June, according to the release. He is currently being held in the
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