OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who escaped from the Osage County Jail in October has been charged. Alex Stieffermann, 33, was charged with escaping from confinement with a deadly weapon, second-degree assault and two counts of fourth-degree assault. According to the probable cause statement, Osage County Sheriff’s deputies were notified about an escaped inmate
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A former officer at the Jefferson City Correctional Center and his wife admitted Tuesday in federal court to recording a video while raping a child.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged on Thursday with a child sex crime. Shawn Weber, 33, was charged with child enticement, tampering with a victim in a felony prosecution and tampering with physical evidence. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. According
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A jury trial has been set for 2026 for the man accused of shooting and killing a Hermann police sergeant in March. Kenneth Lee Simpson, 35, of Steelville, was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of armed-criminal action, first-degree assault, two counts of unlawful gun possession, unlawful possession of an illegal weapon,
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A federal grand jury has indicted three Columbia residents for their part in a bank fraud conspiracy.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County man who has been accused of killing his wife in 2002 pleaded not guilty in court on Monday morning. Harold Dickens, 64, of Williamsburg, was charged with first-degree murder. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. Dickens appeared in court via video from the jail.
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Columbia police are looking for a person witnesses say pulled out a gun during a fight on a busy downtown street early Sunday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fraternity member accused in the Danny Santulli hazing case pleaded not guilty to an assault charge on Monday. Ryan Delanty, 22, of Ballwin, was charged with felony hazing, second-degree assault and supplying alcohol to a minor. The assault charge was added last month after a superseding indictment was filed on Oct.
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AUXVASSE, Mo. (KMIZ) An Auxvasse man was charged with two counts of illegal gun possession after he allegedly shot and killed a dog on Saturday. Johnny Laxson, 53, was booked into the Callaway County Jail on Saturday evening and bonded out the next day, according to online jail records. A warrant was issued on Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused of murdering April Joann Brooks pleaded guilty to several charges on Monday. Montez Williams, 32, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful gun possession and resisting arrest. A sentencing hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15. He is being held at
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of shooting a gun that led to much of Moberly to lockdown on Friday had an arraignment scheduled for Monday. Jeanette Nicole Tolson, 44, was charged on Friday with armed criminal action and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon. She is being held at the Randolph County
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rolla man has been arrested after he allegedly attempted to solicit sex from a child. Stephen M. Libhart II, 44, was charged on Friday with patronizing prostitution from a child 14 years old or younger and child enticement. He is being held in the Phelps County Jail without bond. A court
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A 36-year-old Sedalia man is in custody after he allegedly used a knife to rob a bank Saturday morning.
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Fraudsters are still conning people out of hundreds or even thousands of dollars, but data shows reports in Boone County and nationwide have fallen recently.
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Moberly Police Department is asking residents in the central part of the city to stay inside their homes while officers search for a shooting suspect.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused in a June 26 homicide on Dove Drive in Columbia was arrested on Thursday night, according to a Friday press release from the Columbia Police Department. Ja’Shaun Barney, 18, of Columbia, was arrested. He was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s appeal to move a case involving the ballot summary on abortion to the Missouri Supreme Court was overruled and denied. Last month, Cole County Judge Jon Beteem rewrote the ballot summary language. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Attorney General Andrew Bailey sought the Appeals Court to overrule
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man accused of carrying a pitchfork and assaulting police during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has pleaded guilty to three federal felonies. The Kansas City Star reports that 39-year-old Christopher Brian Roe of the Kansas City suburb of Raytown pleaded guilty Thursday to three
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway county man accused of murdering his in wife in April of 2002 had his initial court appearance Friday morning. Harold Dickens appeared in court via jail video at the Callaway County Courthouse. Dickens is being charged with first-degree murder, a class A felony. The punishment for that charge is
Continue Reading A grand jury has indicted a man in the investigation into the murder of Debra Dickens back in 2002.
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