JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Police shot a man in Jefferson City on Thursday afternoon. Details about the person’s condition were not available, but Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Kyle Green confirmed an officer-involved shooting had occurred in the 800 block of Broadway Street. MSHP Sgt. Bradley Germann told ABC 17 News that the Division of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Moniteau County commissioner who was charged with three felonies earlier this month will see his case moved to Morgan County. Former Northern District Commissioner Doug Naros was charged on Feb. 13 in Moniteau County with forgery and two counts of stealing. He resigned days before being charged. The case was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with multiple felonies after authorities claim he stole several e-bikes and scooters from the outside of several dorms on the University of Missouri’s campus. Christopher Eubanks, 36, was charged with four counts of felony stealing. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hallsville mother has been arrested and charged after she allegedly assaulted a police officer in the parking lot of Hallsville Intermediate School on Wednesday. Samantha Lewis, 35, was charged on Thursday in Boone County with third-degree assault of a special victim misdemeanor second-degree property damage and misdemeanor first-degree trespassing. She is
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman jailed in Cole County on suspicion of murder has drawn the attention of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Denita Jackson, 27, is a Lincoln University student and track team sprinter who is originally from Guyana, in South America. She was arrested and charged this week with second-degree murder and armed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman has been charged after authorities say she tried to use an SUV to run over a victim on Wednesday. Kala Watson, 43, was charged with second-degree assault and armed criminal action. She is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage County shooting that killed a man nearly two weeks ago happened during an argument over an extramarital affair, according to a probable cause statement. Clayton E. Johnson of Bland was charged Wednesday with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the Feb. 13 shooting that led to the death
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Indianapolis man was charged Wednesday in western Missouri’s Lafayette County after a chase that ended with a crash on Interstate 70 in Cooper County. Sawnen Wah, 18, was charged with second-degree assault on a special victim, aggravated fleeing a stop, first-degree vehicle tampering and driving without a license, a misdemeanor. Wah
Continue Reading EDITOR’S NOTE: AI was used in background research for this article. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Lincoln University student-athlete accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death had her initial court appearance moved to Friday morning. Denita Jackson, a senior sprinter for the school, is accused of killing 23-year-old Kevaughn Goldson, also a senior sprinter, during
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A South Carolina man has been accused of murdering a woman in Boone County in February 2000. Sentrell Wilson, 45, of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, was charged with first-degree murder in Boone County. He was arrested in South Carolina on Tuesday morning and is being held at the Spartanburg County Jail. Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No warrant was served after Columbia police officers were seen in a standoff Tuesday evening on Sylvan Lane. Officers were seen investigating an area of Sylvan Lane between Vandiver Drive and Quail Drive and were asking for someone to come out of a residence. Sylvan Lane was closed off as officers worked.
Continue Reading Denita Jackson was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action after allegedly stabbing a Lincoln University student with whom she had a romantic relationship and a history of domestic violence incidents.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The two deputies who were killed by a suspect in southwest Missouri on Monday were U.S. Army veterans, the Christian County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. The sheriff’s office identified the men as Gabriel Ramirez, 30, and Michael Hislope, 40. They were killed during encounters with Richard D. Bird, 45, who later died,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is dead and another has been detained after a “weapons offense” was reported early Monday in Jefferson City, according to a Monday afternoon press release from the Jefferson City Police Department. Police described the event as a homicide. The release says officers were called at 1:09 a.m. to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County man was charged over the weekend with second-degree rape. Charles Jacobs Jr., 41, of Henley, is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement says the alleged victim accused Jacobs of raping her Friday morning at her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three adults accused of felony murder in the shooting death of Michael Burke were indicted by a Boone County grand jury on Friday. Joseph Crane, Kobe Aust and Alexis Baumann, all 18, are each charged with first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action and solo counts of felony murder. Crane and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Columbia City Council members who were present at a recent public safety meeting between the city and the University of Missouri on Thursday told ABC 17 News on Saturday that the meeting was “productive.” The meetings are typically held behind closed doors, which university president Mun Choi said is to keep
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man has been charged with a felony after authorities claim he made threats at parents during a children’s dance practice Tuesday at Convention Hall in Liberty Park. Justin McIlroy was charged on Thursday with second-degree making a terroristic threat. He is being held at the Pettis County Jail. The probable
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of a woman who died from a fentanyl overdose in 2023 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against an extended stay hotel in Columbia. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in Boone County by Stacy Thomas, the mother of Brianna Surface. Surface, 21, died from an overdose on Aug. 7,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly woman has been charged after a child died last month in an accidental shooting. Jo Timmons, 37, was charged on Thursday with five counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. She is being held at the Randolph County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled.
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