The Cole County Sheriff confirmed deputies are investigating a shooting near St. Martins which left one in the hospital. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler told ABC17 News deputies responded to a weapons offense that resulted from what they believe to be a “road rage incident.” Wheeler said in a tweet at 3:15p.m. one person is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Deputies with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department responded to a bomb threat on a bus Saturday. According to a media release, deputies were told a passenger on a bus heading westbound found writing that indicated there was a bomb on the bus. The bus driver stopped at a business in the 6400
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One man faces drug and weapons charges after a traffic stop in Audrain County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County prosecutors charged a man with first-degree burglary and stealing $750 or more from a University of Missouri fraternity house in September. Robert Mull is accused of taking about $17,000 worth of items from the Sigma Chi house at 500 S. College Ave. on Sept. 20. Court documents say Mull entered
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department asked for hunters and land owners to help them find a woman who has been missing since the beginning of October. Mengqi Ji Elledge went missing on Oct. 8, according to police. Her husband, Joseph Elledge, was later arrested and charged with child abuse, and prosecutors have named
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MARIES COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Maries County Sheriff’s Office searched for a man accused of stealing a vehicle on Friday. Missouri Highway Patrol Troop F spokesman Scott White said troopers recognized Shay Vinson’s car and tried to pull him over Friday morning. Troopers started the chase around 10:30 a.m. Deputies posted on Facebook that a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person died Friday, and another was in the hospital after a man tried to kill a woman and then shot himself. Deshawn Z. Graves, 22, died on Friday as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a news release from the Columbia Police Department. Police said Graves shot at
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. The teenager charged in an Oct. 31 deadly shooting on Rolling Hills Drive in Jefferson City was charged with a new felony Thursday. Cole County prosecutors charged Devin Schrimpf, 17, with delivery of marijuana. Court documents say officers searched Schrimpf’s belongings after he was taken to the hospital Oct. 31. Officers allege
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The owner of Kliethermes Homes and Remodeling was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of first-degree child molestation. Police arrested Cale J. Kliethermes on Thursday, and he was charged with first-degree child molestation, three counts of endangering the welfare of a child and first-degree sexual misconduct. The arrest was made after an investigation,
Continue ReadingWARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) A student at the University of Central Missouri is facing manslaughter charges in the shooting death of another student. Johnson County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Russell announced second-degree involuntary manslaughter charges Thursday against 24-year-old Jeremy Manley. Stephon Abron, a 20-year-old student from St. Charles, died Nov. 4 after what the university called an
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman charged with stealing $750 or more from a Jefferson City Dick’s Sporting Goods store was sentenced to community service Tuesday. Erneisha Dorema, 18, pleaded guilty Tuesday after she was charged on March 31. The judge sentenced Dorema to five years supervised probation and 50 hours of community service. Jefferson
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Several people were injured Thursday morning in a shooting at a high school in Santa Clarita, California, northwest of Los Angeles.
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The Columbia Police Department said it is investigating an armed robbery Thursday morning. Authorities responded to the BreakTime gas station on Forum Boulevard just before 3 a.m. Police described the suspect as a male wearing a black coat with a hood and wearing what appeared to be camouflage pants. Columbia police released this surveillance image
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Jefferson City police arrested a man on outstanding warrants after a brief chase and short hostage situation Wednesday afternoon.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Sheriff’s deputies arrested six people on Wednesday after they found about 160 grams of methamphetamine at a home north of Columbia. Deputies served a search warrant on Wednesday in the 5600 block of Pinehurst Lane at a home where people were previously arrested for drug activity. Deputies arrested six
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A state appellate court upheld a man’s conviction Tuesday, but sent his case back to a lower court. Robert Taylor was sentenced in 2018 to 30 years in prison by Cole County Circuit Court judge Patricia Joyce. A jury found Taylor guilty of three charges for sexually assaulting a child, enticement
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The Columbia Police Department is working vigorously on several 2019 shooting homicide cases, according to Chief Geoff Jones. Police have investigated eight deadly shootings so far this year. Five people died in four separate incidents in September alone. No arrests have been made in two of those cases. In the other six, at least one
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A Columbia man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday in a case tied to a home invasion killing in a posh subdivision and the theft of a U-Haul loaded with marijuana.
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A Columbia man will plead guilty after he was charged with setting fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The husband of a Columbia missing woman was denied a bond reduction on Tuesday after last week’s hearing in his child abuse case. Joseph Elledge’s bond was set at $500,000. According to a Boone County Judge’s order, if Elledge posts his bond, he will not be allowed to have contact with any
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