COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City woman was charged Friday in Cole County after she was accused of stabbing a man in his face. Mia Guthrie, 29, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. She is being held at the Cole
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was arrested on Thursday evening in Columbia is accused of shooting a man on July 15 in Boone County, according to a sheriff’s office spokesman. Kevin Buckner, 25, was charged Friday in another case with illegal gun possession, armed criminal action and resisting arrest. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man was charged with four felonies after he was accused of shooting another man in Howard County on Thursday. Johntelle Millens, 39, was charged on Friday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and illegal gun possession. He is being held at the Howard County Jail
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia TSA agent was charged Friday in federal court with allegedly soliciting nude photographs from a minor for money. Daniel P. Meenehan, 64, was charged with attempted production of child pornography in the Western District of Missouri. His first court appearance was on Friday. Columbia police arrested Meenahan on Wednesday,
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police and deputies have arrested a suspect after a man drove himself from Howard County to Boonville. Boonville police found the victim sitting in a car bleeding with a gunshot wound and Main Street, according to a news release. The shooting happened in Howard County, the release says. Boonville police and Cooper
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montgomery City man was charged with several misdemeanors after he allegedly stated he shot and killed six kittens. Nicholas Xavier Sutherlin-Richard was charged on Thursday in Montgomery County with six counts of misdemeanor animal abuse. A judge was assigned the case on Thursday. A court date has not been scheduled. Sutherlin-Richard
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The sister of a woman who found dead in a vehicle in Boone County over the weekend is sharing her sister’s story. The body of Misty Guzman-Castro, 43, was found Saturday evening in the 2400 block of North Lake Of the Woods Road. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a social
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people faced several charges in Cole County after authorities found 20 dogs and two cats in poor living conditions, court documents say. Casey Logsdon, Jessica Morgan, Ashley Ousley and Henry Ousley Jr. were charged on Thursday with 19 counts of accessory to animal abuse. None of them were listed on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Jefferson City men were charged after they allegedly set someone’s vehicle on fire with a firework on July 4. John Patrick Rush and Trevor Hayden-Nigel Foley were charged on Thursday with knowingly burning and exploding. Warrants were issued for both men and a $2,500 bond was set for Rush, while a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged in Maries County on Wednesday after authorities say she stabbed her husband and attacked a toddler. Savannah Robertson, of Belle, was charged with first-degree assault and child abuse. A warrant was served on Thursday and she is being held without bond. An initial court appearance is scheduled for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Osage County Sheriff’s Office plans to reopen the county jail on Monday. County Sheriff Mike Bonham said Wednesday that he needed to close the jail and move inmates to other facilities in May due to a lack of staffing. He said the county has made new hires and now has seven
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man who was originally charged with attempted murder in a stabbing last year has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Fredy Navichoc-Putzul, 24, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to first-degree assault. He was originally charged with first-degree attempted murder and armed criminal action. He was sentenced to 15 years in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested and charged after he allegedly punched another man in his face and tried to stab him on Tuesday, court documents say. Tyler Casteel, 21, was charged on Wednesday in Boone County with second-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of unlawful use of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man who was charged earlier this month in a fatal crash has been arrested, according to a press release from the Mexico Department of Public Safety. Joshua Frye, 22, of Mexico, Missouri, was charged with driving while intoxicated while causing two or more deaths and misdemeanor reckless driving. Police
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By Annie Grayer, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — House Oversight Chair James Comer has subpoenaed Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition. Comer, a Kentucky Republican, told CNN’s Manu Raju on Tuesday that it was an open question whether his panel would begin a full-blown probe into the Epstein scandal, saying: “We’ll see
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Wrong information about a suspect posting bond has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Columbia teenagers were arrested Tuesday after a person was shot in east Columbia. Jerrion Smith, 19, was charged Wednesday with second-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. Alan Bullock Jr., 18, was charged with evidence
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A motion for a new trial filed by legal counsel for a former state trooper found guilty of sexual abuse and kidnapping was denied Tuesday by a Boone County judge. Judge Joshua Devine said his decision was due to Jeffery Durbin’s defense counsel filing its motion on April 3, after the Feb.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A county official in Mid-Missouri has given up his seat after being charged with child sex crimes. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a news release Monday that Richard Renno, Benton County treasurer, had resigned his office. Renno submitted his resignation after Bailey took legal action last week to remove him
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Steven Brunstrom, 28, of Ashland, was charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, third-degree domestic assault, property damage and resisting arrest.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman found dead Saturday night in her car was shot in her vehicle after an argument with her boyfriend, according to court documents. Isaiah N. Goins, 26, of Columbia, was arrested Sunday at work on suspicion of killing the woman, whose name has been kept under wraps by the sheriff’s department.
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