Deputies: Woman attacked during Camden County burglary
The Camden County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary and assault that left a woman hospitalized.
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Osage Beach man charged after stabbing man in forehead
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage Beach man is charged with two offenses after stabbing another man in the forehead with a knife during an argument. According to online records, Rory Borden is charged with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action after a late-night incident on the 5600 block of Three Seasons Road. According
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MSHP: One person dead after wreck in Camden County
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County man has died after a wreck on Pier 31 road a half mile south of Possum Ridge road in Camden County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Blake Hunt was driving on Pier 31 road when it traveled off the ride side of the road and
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Louisiana man charged with murder in Camden County cold case
A warrant was issued last week for the arrest of Larry G. Hicks, 78, on a second-degree murder charge. Hicks is accused in the Dec. 15, 1984, beating of Diane Lukosius, who was was found next to her abandoned near Camelot Estates in Camdenton, according to court records. Lukosius later died from her injuries.
Continue Reading Missouri Attorney General files charges against Texas County man construction contractor in Camden, Lincoln, and Phelps Counties
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed charges against Carlton J. Curtis of Licking, Missouri, for violating Missouri’s Merchandising Practices Act in Camden, Lincoln, and Phelps Counties. In a Wednesday press release, Curtis is charged by a complaint with one class E felony of deceptive business practices. The charges stem from
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Two injured after wreck in Camden County Tuesday morning
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A two vehicle crash in Camden County sends two people to the hospital with injuries. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 1997 Subaru Impreza traveled into the northbound lane of Ballenger Creek Road when it hit a 2001 Ford F-250 head-on. According tot he crash report, the driver of
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Missouri Attorney General files charges against contractor in Morgan and Camden Counties
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan and Camden County contractor is facing consumer fraud charges after an investigation by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. Brandon Rusin of Rocky Mount, faces one count of financial exploitation of the elderly, a class C felony, and one count of deceptive business practice, a class E felony in Morgan
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St. Joseph man accused of using peanuts attempting to assault a man with severe peanut allergy
CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Joseph man is accused of using peanuts in an attempt to assault a man in Camden County with a severe peanut allergy. According to a release from the Camden County prosecuting attorney Facebook page, the victim told Camdenton police that Jacob Andes, 27, put peanuts in his coffee, laundry soap
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Woman flown to hospital after UTV crash in Camden County
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Raymore woman is recovering from serious injuries after being thrown from a UTV Saturday night. Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports show it happened around 6:25 p.m. on Woodland Drive, just one mile east of Red Fox Drive. That’s when 56 year old Elizabeth Trussell drove a UTV off the
Continue Reading Two seriously injured after wreck on Highway 5 in Camden County
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting two people are seriously injured after a two-vehicle wreck on Highway 5 at Deer Valley road in Camden County. According to the crash report, a 2010 Hyundai crossed over the center turning lane and hit a 2008 Lincoln head on. Marie Capps, 32, the driver
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MoDOT to replace culvert pipe on Highway 7 will impact travel
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will close one lane of Highway 7 south of Camdenton beginning next Tuesday to improve roadside drainage. MoDOT will be replacing a culvert pipe at the intersection of Highway 7 and High Point Road beginning at 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Flaggers will be in
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Trial date set for lake-area woman accused in murder-for-hire plot
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.
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Camdenton school board rescinds all coronavirus precautions
The 4-3 vote Monday means students and staff who were in quarantine because of exposure with a person who tested positive can return to school, Superintendent Tim Hadfield said in a message to families. The vote also makes masks and social distancing voluntary, Hadfield said.
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Continue Reading Murder for hire suspect bonds out of Camden County Jail
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
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One person dead in Camden County Friday afternoon crash
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is dead after a wreck on Highway 7 south of Velvet Antler road in Camden County Friday afternoon. A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report states the driver Ronnie Larson, 31, Camdenton, and William Robinson, 34, of Roach, a passenger was in a 2000 Ford Explorer when it crashed
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Camden woman charged after child burned in bath
CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County mother is charged with abuse or neglect of a child after the baby was badly burned on Feb. 13. Abigail Rea told deputies that Samuel Webster always gives the baths but it is always in lukewarm water. Officials say the father, Webster, gave the child a bath that caused
Continue Reading Preliminary hearing held in Camden County murder for hire case
CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake of the Ozarks woman accused of trying to hire someone to commit murder was in court Monday. Leigh Bauman appeared in Camden County court on a charge of conspiracy to commit a felony. Another court hearing is scheduled for her at 9 a.m. on April 7. Investigators say she tried
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Camden County murder suspect faces other criminal charges after wreck
SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County murder suspect is facing other charges after a Feb. 12 crash. According to court documents, Timothy Evans was allegedly involved in a head-on crash with an RV on Hwy 5 north of Pier 31 road. When police arrived on scene, they found an RV had crashed into a
Continue Reading Bond denied for mom charged in thwarted murder-for-hire plot
CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) — A judge has denied bond for a southwest Missouri real estate agent who is accused of attempting to hire a hit man to kill her former mother-in-law. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Camden County Judge Heather Miller said Tuesday that she believed that 43-year-old Leigh Ann Bauman posed too much
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