Columbia man arrested for possession of child porn
A tip by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children leads to charges of possession of child porn for a Columbia man.
Continue ReadingA tip by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children leads to charges of possession of child porn for a Columbia man.
Continue ReadingAccording to officials at the scene, the chase started near the Interstate 70/Highway 63 connector in Columbia and the vehicle had stolen license plates on it.
Continue ReadingEDITOR’S NOTE: The spelling of the suspect’s name has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A September 2020 overdose investigation leads to charges of 2nd-degree murder for a Columbia man already in custody. Columbia police began the investigation on Sept. 4, 2020 after they responded to a 29-year-old man in cardiac arrest. While on scene, police
Continue ReadingBOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man serving time for other crimes is now charged with attempted rape and violence to an employee of the Department of Corrections after an incident on July 1, 2020. According to court documents, William Riggs went upstairs at the Boonville Correction Center and allegedly attacked a female probation officer.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri student affairs is reporting a student was removed from campus after an overnight incident involving harassment and the alleged use of a racial slur. According to a release by Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Bill Stackman, MU police responded to a report of an intoxicated student harassing two other
Continue ReadingIBERIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Iberia woman accused of poisoning her husband could head to trial later this year. The trial for Amy Murray is scheduled to start on October 4th at the Miller County courthouse. Joshua died from the antifreeze before Amy set fire to the bed Joshua’s body was lying on, according to court
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who was accused of taking part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested Thursday. FBI agents and Springfield police took Zachary Martin into custody without incident on federal charges of unlawful activities on Capitol Grounds, disorderly conduct and demonstrating in the Capitol building. No court documents
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mo (AP) — An assistant principal at a southwestern Missouri junior high has been charged in federal court, accused of posing as a teenage girl to ask for sexually explicit photos of a 13-year-old boy. Federal prosecutors say 41-year-old Colby Fronterhouse, of Nixa, was charged Wednesday in Springfield’s federal courthouse with sexual exploitation for
Continue ReadingBoone County prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a man accused in the killing of a Sturgeon man in July 2020.
Continue ReadingThe US 8th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a Mid-Missouri State Representative on Wednesday in a case over her Twitter account.
Continue ReadingMILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Tuscumbia man is being charged with DWI – serious physical injury after a Sunday morning wreck on Route A west of Indian Trail Road in Miller County. According to the online crash report, Joshua Cox was driving when the vehicle went off-road, Cox overcorrected causing the F-350 to overturn. According
Continue ReadingKIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) — Students at a suburban St. Louis school district where multiple sexual assault accusations have come to light through social media say they initially feared they would not be taken seriously or believed if they reported abuse. The Kirkwood school board heard a report Monday from Kansas City-based Encompass Resolution, which the
Continue ReadingWitnesses reported that the dead man drew a pistol first and approached the other man with his gun pointed at him.
Continue ReadingA Columbia coffee shop said Monday that it was scammed this week by a crook pretending to be a cop.
Continue ReadingColumbia police and later Missouri State Highway Patrol help with taking into custody a man accused of shooting a shotgun in the basement multiple times with kids in the residence.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Thursday, Columbia police began investigating a sexual assault and robbery after the victim came forward. The victim told police that she was seeing Xavier Gee just after midnight when Gee allegedly took out a gun and threatened to shoot the victim with it according to court documents. According to the victim,
Continue ReadingMEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Mexico Public Safety Department is reporting that three people were arrested in Illinois driving a stolen vehicle from Mexico. Last Tuesday, MPSD reported that three vehicles had been stolen on Sunday overnight and that suspects may be from the St. Louis area and a larger group of suspects may be stealing from
Continue ReadingCole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson said Monday that his office will not fire charges after Jefferson City police shot and killed a man earlier this month.
Continue ReadingMultiple agencies responded after reports of shots fired in Boone County Saturday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police say they found several stolen guns after a chase that included shots fired at officers early Thursday. Police suspect the gun used to fire at officers was one of the stolen weapons. The shooting, in which a police cruiser was damaged, happened after officers tried to stop a stolen vehicle
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