COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An octogenarian from California, Missouri, was charged in federal court this week with a number of gun charges. Aubrey Foxworthy, 81, was charged with dealing guns without a license, two counts of having an unregistered gun and one count of having a machine gun, according to the superseding indictment filed Tuesday in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man has been charged with second-degree felony murder in a 2021 overdose death that occurred in Columbia. Cameron Comstock, 25, is accused of selling fentanyl to a woman on Nov. 6, 2021. A warrant was ordered on Tuesday and no bond was set. A court date has not been scheduled.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia businesswoman accused of fraud and embezzlement pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts. Kathryn L. Cunningham pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud and not paying payroll taxes. She was originally charged with 38 counts, which included bank fraud, stealing from an organization that receives federal funds and wire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Macon County, man was charged with a felony and two misdemeanors after authorities allege that he raped a woman on Saturday. Cameron Hunter, 18, of Bevier, Missouri, was charged Tuesday in Macon County with first-degree rape and two misdemeanors: second-degree sexual abuse and third-degree kidnapping. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is accused of shooting two Pettis County deputies earlier this month is facing additional federal charges. James Joseph Elsea, 62, of Marshall, was indicted on Tuesday with possessing with intending to distribute methamphetamine, shooting a gun while committing a drug trafficking crime and being a felon with a gun.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexican national who previously lived in Osage Beach was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday for two felonies, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Israel Ramirez-Jaramillo, 33, was charged with illegal reentry by a previously deported immigrant and being an illegal alien with a gun.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia sex offender was indicted in federal court on Tuesday for a child pornography charge, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Andrew Charles Nicholls, 38, was charged last month in the Western District Court of Missouri with sending and receiving child pornography. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police arrested two dozen people on Friday during parties celebrating the University of Missouri’s Reading Day. Officers responded to 45 incidents in the East Campus neighborhood, according to the Columbia Police Department.Officers arrested 24 people and issued 25 summonses. Police said the arrests were for charges including minor in possession of alcohol,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is accused of shooting another man who was walking through yards in a residential neighborhood Friday. Kieran R. Piersee, 18, was charged Monday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon for the Friday night shooting in the 900 block of Moss Street. An initial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of stealing almost $6,000 from the Centralia Band Booster Club pleaded guilty on Monday. Jeanie Whitlatch pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of stealing after she stole from the club in 2024. Court records show prosecutors amended her charge from a felony count of stealing to a misdemeanor. Whitlatch
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County man was charged Saturday after his arrest for allegedly attacking his mother with a knife, slashing her in the forehead. Andrew Henderson is charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action for the alleged attack in an apartment on Dewberry Drive, according to court records. Deputies found
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Customers stopped a domestic assault in progress in a bathroom at the Jefferson City Hy-Vee store Saturday, according to court documents. The assault took place when Jeremie M. McClain, 33, of Jefferson City, followed a woman into the bathroom and assaulted her after she tried to end their relationship, a probable
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man remained in the Cole County Jail on Monday after he was charged the previous day with punching a 7-year-old in the head. Ryan J. Duhon, 34, is charged with first-degree assault, third-degree assault and child abuse for the incident at a mobile home park in the 5100
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four men are behind bars following a violent and busy week for the Columbia Police Department, which included two standoffs and a shooting. On Saturday, Columbia Police said 18-year-old Kieran Piersee was arrested in connection with a Friday night shooting on Moss Street in central Columbia. According to a press release from
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – In a press release Saturday morning, the Columbia Police Department announced they arrested 18-year-old Columbia man Kieran Piersee in connection to Friday night’s shooting on Moss Street. Piersee was charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. The statement also reported that police located a 32-year-old
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with a nationwide forgery and identity theft scheme, according to court documents and a press release from the Columbia Police Department. Lionel Monsanto, 26, and Salvador Ocasio, 55, were each charged in Boone County with trafficking in stolen identities, identity theft and three
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a gun was fired in Boonville, according to a Friday social media post from the Boonville Police Department. The post says that police were called to a report of shots fired at 3 p.m. at the intersection of Main Street and Rankin Mill Lane. Police wrote that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was arrested in relation to a large police response that occurred Thursday at Forest Village Apartments has been charged. Ramelus Bradley, 19, was charged in Boone County on Friday with unlawful use of a weapon, third-degree domestic assault and misdemeanor fourth-degree domestic assault. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Another man has pleaded guilty to a lesser murder charge in a June 2023 fatal shooting on Dove Drive. Jajuan Crockett, 23, of Columbia, pleaded guilty on Friday to second-degree murder, tampering with a motor vehicle, two counts of stealing and one count of tampering with evidence. He was sentenced to 10
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged after authorities say he allegedly assaulted a tenant at a Boone County residence on Thursday. Â Frederick Garver, 53, was charged with third-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A hearing was held
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