JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man who pleaded guilty in July to sexual misconduct involving a child has been ordered to serve five years of supervised probation. Lucas Abbett, 29, pleaded guilty on July 14 and was sentenced to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was placed into 120 days
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Tuesday in Boone County with abandoning a corpse in August. A warrant for Sugar Ray Hibbler’s arrest was requested on Tuesday. A motion to set a $25,000 was filed. According to the probable cause statement, someone died in Hibbler’s hotel room on Aug. 8 of a
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County woman who was accused of murder in an August overdose death is now in the Camden County Jail. Clarissa Escoffier, 20, of Climax Springs, was charged in November with second-degree murder. She is being held without bond after getting booked into the jail on Monday morning. Escoffier appeared
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A Columbia man faces a capital murder charge after a woman found shot Friday in the neck next to a truck died.
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The painting of a lantern catching fireflies that sits in front of the Columbia Senior Center is usually a monochromatic masterpiece of black and white with a splash of green for the bugs’ glow. However, it now has a dash of red through it that the artist did not intend.
Continue Reading A Columbia teenager has been charged as an adult in Boone County with multiple felonies including armed robbery.
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man faces multiple sodomy charges after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman on Friday in Holts Summit. Curtis Koelling, 59, was charged on Saturday with first-degree sodomy and two counts of second-degree sodomy. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A hearing
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The Columbia Police Department arrested John Lonce Williamson III, 27, of Columbia early Saturday morning in connection to a homicide that occurred on Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police Officers, Crime Scene investigators, and a bearcat were all seen outside of a home in Southwest Columbia on Saturday. The Columbia Police Department presence was seen outside of a home on Bethany Drive early Saturday morning. ABC 17 News crews arrived at the scene around 7:30 a.m. and saw 4
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Wanyesville man was charged this week with first-degree making a terroristic threat and second-degree harassment. Allen Kimberlin, 45, had an arraignment on Friday. A bond hearing will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, while a preliminary hearing is set for 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 8. A warrant was
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A Columbia man was charged Thursday with felony second-degree murder for two October fentanyl overdoses.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday was the deadline for counties in Missouri to expunge felony marijuana cases, however some counties are behind, according to one attorney and author of Amendment 14. Friday also marks the one-year anniversary of marijuana becoming legalized in Missouri. Dan Viets, attorney and secretary of the National Board of Directors of NORML,
Continue Reading CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cameron man who was accused of assaulting two women in 2021 in Camden County was found guilty of three felonies on Tuesday. Dustin Burkhart, 40, was found guilty of first-degree assault, first-degree burglary and armed criminal action. His sentencing will take place 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9. He was previously
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has been charged after he was accused of holding a knife and charging at another man who knocked on his front door. Julius Leonard, 45, was charged with second-degree attempted assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Cole
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County Judge will decide Friday if a juvenile suspected to be involved with killing a woman at her home back in May will be tried as an adult. The hearing is set to begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Boone County Courthouse. The judge will go through a certification hearing
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A judge sentenced a Boone County woman Thursday to 64 years in prison after a jury convicted her in September of sex trafficking her own daughter.
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Phelps County deputy who was charged earlier this year with several sexual assault charges has been charged again. Justin Durhman, 42, of Rolla, has been charged in Phelps County again with first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy from an alleged incident from 2016, according to court information. He is currently being
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A Columbia man was charged Thursday with felony second-degree murder for two October fentanyl overdoses.
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One person is in custody after a standoff between Columbia Police Department and a suspect Thursday morning.
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The City of Ashland will pay its former police chief $50,000 to go away under the terms of a settlement agreed to this week.
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