EDITOR’S NOTE: An incorrect bill number has been removed from the story. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Black Missourians are reported missing at disproportionately higher rates than their share of the population, a troubling trend now affecting a Columbia family. Desire Smith, 15, has been missing for nearly four months after she was last seen in Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lower bond has been set for a woman who is accused of shooting and killing a woman at a Holts Summit apartment complex earlier this month. Heather M. Smith, 37, was charged with second-degree murder, child endangerment, armed criminal action and three counts of unlawful use of a weapon. Her bond was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County man was sentenced on Monday to eight years in prison for child sex crimes. Joshua Ginsberg, 44, of Roach, Missouri, pleaded guilty in February in Morgan County to two counts of sexual conduct involving a child younger than 15 years old. He is being held at the Morgan County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with six felonies after authorities claim he trafficked stolen identities. Christian Blackmore, 31, of Sunrise Beach, has been charged with trafficking stolen identities, first-degree tampering with a vehicle, two counts of drug possession, one count of tampering with evidence, driving revoked and an infraction of displaying plates
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The criminal investigation into Sedalia councilman who resigned last week may include sexual harassment of a juvenile, according to a Monday email from Pettis County Sheriff Brad Anders. Former Ward 1 Councilman Tom Oldham stepped down on Thursday after “serious allegations” were brought against him, the City of Sedalia wrote in a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Auxvasse man was charged in Callaway County on Friday after he allegedly shot and killed his neighbor’s a cat on Thursday night. Tristen Poirier, 39, was charged with a pair of misdemeanors: Animal abuse and unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail on a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man and a woman have been charged after they led law enforcement on more than one chase on Thursday. Floyd Vannorman, 29, of Kansas, was charged in Callaway County with aggravated fleeing, drug possession, misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, first-degree tampering with vehicle, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with a felony after he was allegedly involved in a chase with Columbia police on Wednesday morning. Anthony Munzo, 33, was charged with aggravated fleeing. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond and has a hearing on Friday afternoon. Court documents say
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man was charged on Wednesday with second-degree sodomy for an incident that allegedly occurred in May 2024. A warrant was used for Frederick Sage and a $20,000 bond was set. His information did not appear on the Cole County Jail’s online roster on Friday. Court documents say that the victim
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to killing his wife will not get a new trial. Joseph Elledge pleaded guilty in 2022 in Boone County for second-degree murder and was sentenced to 28 years in prison. He admitted to killing Mengqi Ji and disposing her body in Rock Bridge Memorial State Park.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center has been charged with several felonies after authorities say he stabbed his cellmate in 2023. Robert Zimmer, 21, was charged on Wednesday in Cole County with first-degree assault, three count of armed criminal action, having a weapon at a correctional center and violence toward an
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were arrested Thursday in Callaway County following a chase with law enforcement, the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office wrote on its social media. The sheriff’s office wrote that Boone County deputies were called to a reported theft at a construction site earlier in the day and Ashland police tried to stop
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A dump truck driver was injured in a crash on Thursday on Highway 63 in Ashland, according to an email from Ashland Police Chief Scott Young. Young called the crash near Peterson Lane “serious,” but wrote that the driver had “moderate” injuries. Only one vehicle was involved in the crash. Traffic will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with two felonies after authorities allege that he threatened to kill someone at a coffee shop. Donye Jackson, 22, was charged on Tuesday with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An arraignment was held on Monday for a Fulton State Hospital patient who has been charged in Greene County with murder in a cold case from 1989. Paul Bowles, 62, was charged with second-degree murder, forcible rape and forcible sodomy. Court filings indicate that he appeared for his arraignment on Monday by
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Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to remove the names of the victims in the shooting at the I-70/63 connector on the same day. The video has also been removed. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday marks nine years since Garbrielle Rhodes Jr. was shot and killed in northeast Columbia. Police say they believe a shooting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 30% of Flock cameras have been installed throughout the City of Columbia, about six months after city leaders approved them. According to Columbia Police Department Assistant Chief Lance Bolinger, 31% of Flock cameras have been installed in the city, which is ahead of what was anticipated. Bolinger said about 60
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a pair of felonies in connection with a fatal May 2024 shooting. Quanina Lakeitha Lambert, 34, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. She was previously charged with first-degree assault, second-degree felony murder and hindering a felony prosecution.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man was found guilty of 10 child sex crimes on Wednesday, according to a press release from the Audrain County Prosecutor’s Office. John Sidney Kelly Jr., 43, was charged in the case with first-degree rape, first-degree child molestation, three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, one count
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David Rice Jr. and Melissa Washia are facing charges after police responded to a home where neighbors reported hearing gunshots.
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