JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Gerald, Missouri, man was arrested on Saturday night after he was accused of drunkenly crashing a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado into a home in the 3100 block of Southwood Hills Road in Cole County. According to arrest and crash reports from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Brian Lauth was heading southbound
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An Eldon man is facing charges after a boy was found dead in a home on Sunday.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A sheriff who was removed from his position last year has nearly $12,000 on hand for a 2024 campaign. Clay Chism has an active campaign committee for the Callaway County sheriff’s race in August. Chism has $11,761.89 on hand, according to a Missouri Ethics Commission’s quarterly campaign finance report for January. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark man was charged with a pair of felonies this week after court documents say he exposed himself to two women at the University of Missouri’s campus in 2021. Jacob Paul Bush, 26, was charged on Tuesday with two counts of first-degree harassment. Charges were amended from misdemeanor charges filed
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man charged in relation to an overdose death was arrested on Dec. 31 and charged on Monday with a felony and a misdemeanor. Darren Thames, 29, was charged with second-degree murder in relation to a 2020 fentanyl overdose death in the 3400 block of north Ten Mile Drive.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders got a fake call from a blocked number claiming someone had shot a woman at Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s house on Sunday night. The incident — now being investigated by law enforcement in Jefferson City as a swatting crime — started at 8:55 p.m., according to documents
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Thursday after he was accused of assaulting and holding another person against their will for a $350 ransom. Ralik Brooks, 31, was charged with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree domestic assault and tampering with a victim in a felony prosecution. He is currently being held at the Boone County
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was arrested on Wednesday at his home in Salem after he was charged with 16 sex crimes, 13 of which involving children, according to a social media post from the Phelps County Sheriff’s Office. Dustin Leon Drennen, 34, was charged with 11 counts of statutory sodomy, two counts of first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 24-year-old man who pleaded guilty to rape and other sex crimes on Monday was sentenced to nine years in prison. Elijah Schwartz –who is listed as being from Ohio on Casenet – pleaded guilty to first-degree rape, second-degree domestic assault and two counts of second-degree sodomy. He was initially charged with
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Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect property damage being reported after police released more information. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say there were no injuries reported Wednesday night after shots were fired near Blue Ridge and Oakland Gravel roads. Columbia Police Sgt. Derek Moore told ABC 17 News that police responded to a shots-fired
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Police were sent to Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s home Sunday night on a bogus call.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jill Schlude attended her first Columbia Police Review Board meeting as the city’s police chief on Wednesday evening. Schlude described being grateful to the board, adding that she feels it’s important for both parties to be able to collaboratively work on issues. During the meeting, board members asked Schlude various questions regarding
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DUNKLIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An owner of a Mexican restaurant in Columbia who has been accused of arson in Dunklin County had her case moved to Butler County on Wednesday. Crystal Umfress, 42, was charged with second-degree arson. Umfress is an owner of Casa Maria’s Restaurant in Columbia. Her lawyer had requested a change of venue
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The suspicious package sent to the Missouri Attorney General’s Office in April contained methamphetamine, according to records ABC 17 News obtained from the Missouri Department of Public Safety.
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The City of Belle released a statement Wednesday saying that no money is missing from its bank accounts and that none of its guns are missing or have been misused.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man who was found guilty of several counts of statutory sodomy was sentenced on Monday to 160 years in prison. Daniel Overstreet, 52, was found guilty in November of seven counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and one count of first-degree attempted sodomy. According to a press release from Callaway County Prosecutor
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A Macks Creek, Missouri, man was charged last week with four felonies on allegations that he severely abused a child, putting the victim in critical condition.
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A teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student at a Pulaski County school was arrested last week in Texas, according to authorities there.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A California, Missouri, man who was accused of threatening to kill the judge and prosecutor in a Cole County domestic assault case was sentenced on Friday to probation. Kody Sidebottom, 27, pleaded guilty on Friday to tampering with a judicial officer. He was sentenced to five years of supervised probation with
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) is working on legislation that would increase the penalty for swatting, following a swatting call to the secretary of state’s house on Sunday night. Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft was a target of a swatting attempt at his home Sunday night, Ashcroft posted on his social
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