JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Seven people, including the leader and several members of what was described as a motorcycle gang, were indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, according to a Friday press release from the Department of Justice. The following people were charged in a 25-count indictment: Tonka Way Con Ponder, 53, of
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MACON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Five men who were described as illegal aliens in court documents have been charged with felonies in a missing child investigation from Indiana. Carlos Funez, Marlon Aguilar and Daniel Ruiz Lopez, all of Honduras, and Arturo Eustaquio and Noe Guzman Hernandez, both of the country of Mexico, were all charged with
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Fireworks season officially kicked off in Missouri on Thursday but police want Columbia residents to know they’re still illegal inside city limits.
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BELLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The court case against a former city official in Belle has been moved to Phelps County. Former Belle Mayor Daryl White Jr. was charged last year with stealing and official misconduct, both misdemeanors. He was accused of misusing the city’s credit card, stealing paint cans and taking a gun. On Friday, a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with three felonies after he allegedly stabbed another man with a pen in a public bathroom on Wednesday. Timothy Dale was charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and tampering with evidence. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. Dale appeared
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GRAVOIS MILLS, Mo. (KMIZ) A sex offender in Morgan County was charged with 30 counts of failing to register as a sex offender on Friday. Travis Duane Whistler, 37, of Gravois Mills, allegedly had 30 accounts on social media, dating and sex websites that he did not register with authorities, according to the probable cause
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at the Morgan County Jail was charged on Thursday with first-degree assault after he allegedly assaulted another inmate on June 13 at the Morgan County Jail. Michael Hayden III, 35, of Versailles, is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $100,000 bond. An arraignment is scheduled for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three Columbia murder suspects accused of a deadly shooting on Dove Drive in June of 2023 have been extradited back to Boone County. According to the Boone County Sheriff Office online inmate roster, Alqueze Jones, Deazes Turner and Deljuan Turner were booked in the Boone County Jail Wednesday night. They were arrested
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people were charged after allegedly going to a Jefferson City home on Tuesday and pulled guns on a woman. Larry Buchanan, of Russellville, was charged with first-degree burglary, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and resisting arrest. Jamond Whitfield, Charrelle Miller and Terence Roberson, all of Jefferson City,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with a pair of felonies after he allegedly got into a fight with a woman and took her gun on Tuesday. Cornell Manley II was charged with illegal gun possession and third-degree domestic assault. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman was arrested on Wednesday after she allegedly threatened to kill a woman who was walking with a baby in Douglass Park. Latoya Cowans, 34, was charged on Thursday with second-degree assault, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. She is
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Police said nothing was hit officers found evidence of gunfire Wednesday night on Business Loop 70.
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Editor’s note: The time of the incident was corrected. Details from Turpin’s hearing on Thursday were also added. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a felony and three misdemeanors on Tuesday after he allegedly tried to attack a woman and her baby last week. Nicholas Turpin, 30, was charged with first-degree property
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A pharmacy employee was shot on Wednesday during a robbery, the Rolla Police Department wrote on its Facebook page. Police arrested Justin Wonsewitz, 41, of Rolla, following a chase on suspicion of first-degree assault, first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Official charges have not yet been filed. Police wrote that officers were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused of shooting a gun at a vehicle on March 20 in east Columbia pleaded to two charges on Monday. Anthony Warren Jr., 20, appeared by in court by video from the Boone County Jail and pleaded guilty to shooting a gun at a motor vehicle and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with three felonies after he was accused of stealing a gun and threatening to shoot a man on Saturday near the intersection of West Broadway and North Garth Avenue in Columbia. Shaquan Russell, 20, was charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon.
Continue ReadingKRDO, COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, CNN By Dakin Andone, Lucy Kafanov and Zoe Sottile, CNN Denver (CNN) — The shooter who opened fire in a Colorado LGBTQ+ nightclub in 2022, killing five people and injuring 19, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 190 years. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was charged with multiple child sex crimes was ordered on Friday to be extradited from Texas. Candido Galeas was charged in Boone County with second-degree child sex trafficking, second-degree sex abuse and tampering with a victim in a felony prosecution. A Thursday case entry states that Galeas was
Continue Reading MARIE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man was charged with several felonies in Maries County after he allegedly pointed a gun at a woman’s head and made her drive toward Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday. Diallo Lawson Kelly was charged with first-degree kidnapping, armed criminal action, second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. A
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A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday struck down a Cole County murder conviction, sending the case back to the circuit court.
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