ELK POINT, S.D. (KMIZ) Deputies found a white cord and rubber straps inside the truck a mid-Missouri murder suspect killed himself on Wednesday night. The evidence seized through a search warrant could be used in murder investigations in Boone and Miller counties. Deputies there are looking into the deaths of four people, including Allison Abitz,
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According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, J.T. McLean, 45, was found in the area near Dakota Dunes late Wednesday night in a vehicle parked at a motel.
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A large police presence had the northbound lanes of Providence Road blocked off around 2:30 a.m. Thursday morning after one Waffle House employee said he heard multiple gunshots while on his break.
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The city of Columbia Municipal Court will offer warrant amnesty for individuals who wish to turn themselves into the court from Sept. 13-17.
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Boone County Sheriff’s detectives got a tip that JT McLean had recently acquired a dark colored motorcycle and may have used that to leave the area.
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Daniel S. Kurtzeborn of Iberia is set to appear at the Miller County Courthouse at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, after being charged with unlawful use of a weapon following the deadly shooting at The Lake of the Ozarks in July.
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Ellen Goble, of Moberly, escaped custody on August 28 from the Randolph County Jail after claiming to be another inmate that set to be released and then forging the inmate signature.
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Columbia police responded to a report of shots fired Monday at 11 a.m. at a business in the 3000 block of west Broadway.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Friday in a Feb. 2021 shooting. Elizabeth Dye received a 20-year prison sentence in the death of Maya Wootton. Police say Dye was homeless and living in a car, and shot Wootton in the basement of Wootton’s home on Orchard Court Lucas Harper pleaded guilty last
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County man was arrested off Highway 52 in Saint Elizabeth after a brief police chase on Saturday. A Miller County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of vehicle theft. According to a news release, the suspect drove the stolen truck through a bean field and got stuck before running
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Ismail Muhidin, 20, and Hassan Mohamed, 25, were arrested Friday afternoon after a chase on Highway 54, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The chase started when a trooper tried to pull Muhidin and Mohamed over for speeding, the patrol said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dozens of shots were fired in the Plush Lounge parking lot in Columbia early Saturday morning. ABC 17 News crews on scene saw at least 25 evidence markers on the ground, five Columbia Police Department cars and one van. Evidence markets in Plush Lounge Parking lot on Sept. 4, 2021 The Columbia
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A bond hearing is set for 2 p.m. on Friday for a woman accused of killing a 4 year-old boy from Jefferson City.
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Several mid-Missouri businesses operating as Dunkin’ stores have settled a labor issue with the federal government.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police say two teens were taken into custody Thursday for the shooting in the 200 block of E. Sexton Road that left a 17-year-old girl injured Wednesday. Columbia police took one teen into custody for first-degree assault, tampering with a witness and armed criminal action. Columbia police took the second teen
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SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach city employee has pleaded guilty to federal crimes related to sewage dumping at the Lake of the Ozarks. Brian Scheiter, 60, pleaded guilty to dumping treated sewage water from Sunrise Beach Wastewater Treatment Facility into a tributary of the lake. This happened from Oct. 2019 through Jan. of
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia residents pleaded guilty in federal court to meth trafficking. Bryan Tullous, 39, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute meth. Cassiopeia Blaise, 36, pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing meth with the intent to distribute. In April 2019, officers intercepted a package, with over five pounds of meth in
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple law enforcement agencies arrested two people Wednesday morning after investigating the theft of catalytic converters in the Sedalia area. The Sedalia police, Pettis County Sheriff’s Dept. detective and deputies from the Cooper County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at a business in Sedalia allegedly purchasing catalytic converters to be recycled.
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Crime scene tape was up in front of a house and an ABC 17 News reporter saw an ambulance leaving the scene. Officers were not immediately available to answer questions about the incident but people who live in the area say they saw a shooting happen in the street.
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Lethal injection has come under scrutiny in recent years on ethical and constitutional grounds.
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