SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Pettis County prosecutors have charged a man for allegedly displaying a gun at a Monday shooting in Sedalia. Prosecutors charged Jesse Rubio with unlawful use of a weapon on Wednesday, a class E felony. Sedalia police said witnesses accused of Rubio of pulling a gun out of his waistband while in his
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County grand jury has indicted a man on new gun charges in an early May shooting. Semaj Harris is accused of murder in a Jefferson City. Semaj Harris was charged with aiding a shooting from a vehicle and illegal gun possession in a May 5 shots-fired incident at Community
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a $3 court fee to pay for sheriffs’ retirement is unconstitutional. Judges on Tuesday ruled that the sheriffs’ retirement fund is not related to the administration of justice, meaning those fees are not allowed. The case at hand deals with two drivers who
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police department is investigating a burglary and property destruction at the Christian Fellowship Church at 1905 St. Mary’s Blvd. According to police, the suspect lit a cross on fire inside the church Monday night. JCPD is looking for the suspect in the photo. Anyone with information is asked
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One person is still in custody on unrelated charges following a shooting that killed one at Lazy Gators late Saturday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: The Sheriff’s Office says they are looking for one suspect from a car chase with police early Wednesday morning. The Sheriff’s Office says three individuals were taken into custody and this includes the driver of the vehicle. All three individuals currently in custody are 14-years-old. Their names will not be released
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gregory Garner of Columbia is accused of domestic assault after allegedly hitting a woman 20 to 30 times Friday at Extended Stay America in Columbia. Officials were first dispatched to a call at on West Business Loop 70 Friday. According to court documents, when officials went into Garner’s room they saw a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of taking pictures up a woman’s dress at a Columbia grocery store has bonded out of jail. Ronald Dameron was arrested by the Columbia Police Department on Monday for invasion of privacy. At the time of the arrest, court documents stated that Dameron was currently out on bail for
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The  Missouri Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of man sentenced to death for killing a central Missouri couple in 2010. The court on Tuesday unanimously rejected Jesse Driskill’s argument that prosecutors withheld important information and that he received ineffective counsel during his trial for killing 82-year-old Johnnie Wilson and
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A Columbia police officer pleaded guilty in connection with a child’s death.
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down a 2018 state law that imposed new requirements on some public sector labor unions. In a 5-2 ruling Tuesday, the Supreme Court said the law violated the constitution’s equal protection rights by exempting public safety unions from the new requirements imposed on other
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sedalia police arrested two teenagers in connection with a shooting at a park on Memorial Day. Officers responded to Vermont Park for a shots fired call Monday at 7:48 p.m. Police believe this happened because of an ongoing issue between two groups of people. Authorities said the suspects left the scene but
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Online jail records showed Tevone Stapleton was booked into the Boone County Jail Monday afternoon. He is being held without bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) seized 26.4 pounds of normal-looking snacks and treats containing THC along with 9 pounds of marijuana. MSHP tweeted about the drug bust on May 25. From MSHP Troop F Twitter Corporal Kyle Green with MSHP said it is not new for troopers to stop vehicles and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is back in the Boone County Jail after fleeing Columbia to Oklahoma on several charges dating back to December 2020. Jemor Taylor is charged with third-degree assault, first-degree property damage, second-degree sexual abuse, third-degree kidnapping and resisting arrest for a felony. Taylor was arrested on Dec. 5, 2020, and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is searching for a suspect after finding property damage from a Monday morning shots fired incident. It happened around 1 a.m. in the 2900 block of Northland Drive. ABC 17 News crews on the scene saw officers canvassing the streets for bullet casings and one neighbor said they
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Moberly police department arrested a man at 300 N College Avenue Friday night after he was reported entering at least two separate apartments without the consent of the residents. A press release from the Moberly police department said officers responded to the apartment complex around 8:30 p.m. on Friday. 35-year-old William
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: The Camden County Sheriffs Office released the name of the victim and located the third person of interest in relation to the Saturday night Lazy Gators homicide. Twenty-seven year old Vonza Watson of Jefferson City was shot and killed around 11 p.m on Saturday night at a bar
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) EDIT: Shooting took place at Lazy Gators. Previous reporting said Shady Gators. UPDATE: According to a press release from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office, the victim, a 27-year-old black male, has died. CCSO also arrested two of three suspects, with the help of witnesses. The names of the victims
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County grand jury has also indicted a Hartsburg man after he was accused of rape in August 2020. Tomas Vino-Osorio is charged in Boone County with second-degree rape and sodomy. According to the victim, Vino-Osorio took the victim to a bedroom and started to have sex with the victim. The
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