Crime Archives

Trial date set for lake-area woman accused in murder-for-hire plot

April 15, 2021 11:50 AM Matt Ragsdale

A Camden County judge has scheduled a five-day trial for the lake-area realtor charged with attempting to hire someone to kill her ex-husband’s mother.

Columbia teenager arrested on suspicion of drug deal turned robbery

April 15, 2021 10:44 AM Matt Ragsdale

A 17-year-old Columbia teenager was arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of a robbery outside of a gas station.

Montgomery County murder suspect seeks new judge and trial date

April 14, 2021 9:05 PM Lucas Geisler

MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the suspects in the killing of a mid-Missouri snake breeder wants his trial date moved up and a new judge to preside over it. An attorney for Michael Humphrey made the requests Wednesday afternoon in Montgomery County court. Attorney T.J. Hunsaker told Judge Jason Lamb that Humphrey was “re-invoking”

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Moniteau County reports 31 coronavirus related death

April 14, 2021 11:11 AM ABC 17 News Team

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No one hurt after shots fired in central Columbia

April 14, 2021 3:58 AM ABC 17 News Team

Police say no one was hurt but two juveniles were detained after shots were fired early Wednesday in central Columbia.

Suspect arrested after ID by robbery victim

April 13, 2021 11:04 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is charged with a robbery after a victim saw the suspect was reported to be arrested for robbing a gas station on March 5. According to court documents, a home invasion robbery occurred on Feb. 23 on the 1100 block of North Madison Street. The victim told police that

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Moberly man arrested on drug charges after fentanyl, meth, other drugs seized

April 13, 2021 10:32 PM Karl Wehmhoener

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Randolph County man was arrested after an investigation began by the North Missouri Drug Task Force in January leads to drug charges. According to court documents, a confidential informant bought meth from Scott Ellis in January at a home in Moberly. In April, a search warrant was issued for that home

Missouri on hook for legal fees for violating Sunshine Law

April 13, 2021 3:05 PM Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is on the hook for nearly $138,000 in legal fees and expenses after an appeals court upheld a ruling that the state knowingly violated the open records law. KCUR-FM reports the Missouri Court of Appeals has determined that the state ran afoul of the Sunshine Law when the

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Does Missouri need a prescription drug database?

April 13, 2021 2:03 AM ABC 17 News Team

The Missouri Senate has approved a bill that would create a prescription drug database, ending Missouri’s status as the only state without such a program.

Student fired at officers at Tennessee school, was killed

April 12, 2021 3:09 PM Associated Press

The Knoxville Police Department said in a tweet Monday afternoon that multiple people were hurt in a school shooting including a police officer.

Kansas City Chiefs linebackers coach Britt Reid

Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant Britt Reid charged with felony DWI

April 12, 2021 1:15 PM Matthew Sanders

The Jackson County prosecutor’s office has filed a felony driving while intoxicated charge against Britt Reid, former Kansas City Chiefs assitant coach and son of head coach Andy Reid.

Man charged with murder in Missouri convenience store attack

April 12, 2021 11:17 AM Associated Press

A 28-year-old man has been charged in the fatal shooting of one person and the wounding of three more at a convenience store in a small southern Missouri town.

One dead, three injured after shooting at a Southern Missouri convenience store

April 10, 2021 2:03 PM Associated Press

Authorities say one person is dead and three others were critically injured in a shooting at a convenience store in southern Missouri.

Fulton man arrested at Wisconsin airport with gun in bag

April 9, 2021 1:18 PM Associated Press

Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a Missouri man who apparently tried to smuggle a loaded handgun onto a plane at the Dane County Regional Airport.

Woman says her two teen daughters were hit in south Columbia shooting

April 8, 2021 4:04 PM Leila Mitchell

Kandas Holmes-Barnes said her 13-year-old daughter was shot in the shoulder and mouth, causing her to swallow a bullet.

Auxvasse man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges Wednesday

April 8, 2021 10:56 PM Karl Wehmhoener

FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) An Auxvasse man pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted possession of a controlled substance (meth), forgery and felony murder in the second degree. Joey Russell Morris, 30, admitted his role in the shooting death of Nathan Pritchett, Jr. Morris admitted that he and two other men arranged to purchase meth with counterfeit money

A shooting at a Texas office park has left 1 person dead and 5 wounded, police say

April 8, 2021 4:27 PM CNN Newsource

(CNN) — Police in Bryan, Texas, are searching for a suspect after six people were injured during a shooting at an industrial park on Thursday afternoon, according to Lt. Jason James of the Bryan Police Department.

Murder for hire suspect bonds out of Camden County Jail

April 8, 2021 6:48 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lake area realtor accused in a murder-for-hire case has bonded out of jail Thursday. 43-year-old Leigh Ann Bauman posted her $400,000 bond Thursday morning. She was charged in Camden County for conspiracy to commit murder back in March. Bauman is accused of attempting to hire someone to kill her ex-mother-in-law. According