COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a felony on Thursday after he led authorities on a chase Wednesday between Columbia and Hallsville, court documents say. Anthony Orourke, 52, was charged with aggravated fleeing. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond and a court date has not been scheduled.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County jury found a Fayette woman guilty of murder and other charges in an 8-month-old girl’s death from 2021. Jennifer Johnson, 49, was found guilty on Thursday of felony murder in the second degree and two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child in the April 2021 death
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were detained by Jefferson City police after shots were fired Tuesday. Jefferson City police responded to the 900 block of Dunklin Street at 6:11 p.m. for a weapons offense, according to a release. Police said officers learned multiple people were in a fight that escalated into gunshots being fired. No
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Legal experts are weighing in on the deadly shooting in Minneapolis involving an ICE agent that left one woman dead on Wednesday. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were on a residential street as they heighten their immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The Department of Homeland Security claims the ICE agent shot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chinese national was charged in the Western District of Missouri on Wednesday after authorities claim he took photographs of military installation and equipment without authorization, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Qilin Wu, 35, is accused of driving a minivan on Dec. 2 at Whiteman Air Force
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department announced in a social media post that it arrested a man on Wednesday afternoon after a 20-minute chase. Police wrote that detectives talked to a man with “several felony warrants” at 2:30 p.m. The man allegedly told police he had a gun and sped away. The chase occurred
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The second day of the trial of a Fayette woman charged with second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child in the 2021 death of an 8-month-old girl resumed Tuesday morning. Columbia police arrested Jennifer Johnson in April 2021, after being called to a home in the 1000 block of Elleta
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. James man was charged in Phelps County on Wednesday with possessing child pornography. Yumie Bolden, 26, is being held at the Phelps County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement says law enforcement received a Cyber Tip “that originated from an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man pleaded guilty to three felonies in connection with a shooting that occurred last spring in downtown Columbia. Steven Harris, 46, of Columbia, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and stealing a gun. He is being held at the Boone County Jail and awaits
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No suspects were located after a stolen vehicle chase involving the Boone County Sheriff’s office Tuesday. Capt. Brian Leer with the department reported that at around 9:47 p.m. deputies were involved in a vehicle chase with a stolen Toyota Prius. The chase reportedly started on Sexton Road at Oak Street and ended
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A press release from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office issued a renewed warning regarding a phone scam involving individuals posing as members of the department. While the release says the scam has been going on for several years, it states the scam continues to evolve and has been ramping up again in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The trial of a Fayette woman charged with felony murder and endangering the welfare of a child in the 2021 death of an 8-month-old girl began Monday. Columbia police arrested Jennifer Johnson in April 2021, after being called to a home in the 1000 block of Elleta Boulevard in north Columbia. She is accused
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with two felonies after authorities after he allegedly strangled someone multiple times during an assault on Dec. 20. Datroyt Williams, 32, was charged on Monday in Boone County with second-degree domestic assault and second-degree kidnapping. A warrant was ordered and no bond was set. The probable cause
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A student from State Technical College was charged after he allegedly threatened employees at a Mexican restaurant while posing as a border patrol agent. Coby Williams, 20, of Linn, was charged on Monday in Osage County with first-degree making a terroristic threat, first-degree harassment and misdemeanor impersonating a law enforcement officer. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County Judge heard arguments on whether a Columbia dog breeder who pleaded not guilty to 29 felony counts of animal abuse should be granted a lower bond and a change of venue. Twenty-six-year-old Melissa Sanders was arrested in November after law enforcement found several dead dogs and remains at her
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Harry Adrian IV is no longer working for MoDOT. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The former state safety coordinator for the Missouri Department of Transportation, who was accused of pulling out a gun during a road-rage incident in September, pleaded guilty Tuesday in an agreement with the state. Harry Adrian IV, of Tuscumbia, pleaded guilty
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control is investigating after a man died while in the custody of the patrol. Troop A posted on social media that a man died after being taken in custody by troopers in Johnson County. The release states that around 6:30 p.m. on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sheridan Beardshear was closing her store on the west side of Columbia as usual around 7 p.m. Saturday night. She did the normal closing procedures in the back of the store, when she heard what she originally believed was a car backfiring. She walked outside of the store and was greeted by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe met with Columbia officials on Monday to discuss public safety in the city. Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, City Manager De’Carlon Seewood, and Police Chief Jill Schlude were among those in attendance for the meeting at the governor’s office in the Capitol. According to Kehoe’s office, the meeting had been
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter on accusations that he had a seizure while driving after not taking his medicine, killing a nursing home resident. Deshawn M. Robinson, 57, was charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and driving without a license on New Year’s Day. He was listed
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