University of Missouri President Mun Choi has been applying pressure on city leaders on downtown crime issues for weeks. During that pressure campaign, one bar in particular has drawn a direct callout — Reign. Now the state’s top law enforcement official is applying pressure of her own. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said Tuesday that her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced on Tuesday that her office sent a letter to a downtown Columbia bar that was previously targeted by University of Missouri System President Mun Choi. Hanaway issued a letter to Reign Bar – located on East Walnut Street between Eighth and Ninth streets – to address
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An appeals court in Missouri’s western district upheld the conviction of a Cole County man who is serving two life sentences after he was found guilty of raping women. Francis H. Kempker, 55, was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without parole for two rapes committed during spring 2016 at his Centertown
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman charged in a Benton County child’s death was deemed competent to stand trial again on Monday. Kourtney Aumen, 26, of Lincoln, Missouri, is charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, two counts of armed criminal action, two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count of first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was sentenced on Friday to 90 years in state prison for a drive-by shooting that occurred last year in a Boone County neighborhood. Kevin Buckner, 27, was found guilty on Aug. 5 by a Boone County jury on four counts of first-degree assault, three counts of armed criminal action, two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A third person was charged in a shooting that occurred on Aug. 2 in Columbia. Charges appeared on Wednesday for Montrez Ricketts, 47, of Columbia, which included first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held at the Boone County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s been nearly one year since a Stephens College student was shot and killed in downtown Columbia, and MU students differ on their feelings about warnings from the University of Missouri to avoid certain areas of downtown at night. “Walking downtown at night, it can definitely vary based on the time of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Warrenton Police Department arrested “multiple juveniles” on Monday after shots were fired at a gas station at Highway 47 and Interstate 70. Lt. Jason Hanner of WPD told ABC 17 News that shots were fired at a Rocket gas station after youths met for a drug deal. Hanner did not say
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly eight years after the January 2019 death of Dominick Roland, Columbia Police have persons of interest in the case, but are yet to arrest anyone. Witnesses described to police a dispute that night between a man in the car with Roland and another man just before the drive-by shooting that killed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An appeals court has thrown a wrench in the ongoing saga over which congressional map should be used in Missouri for the November election. The Eighth District Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that the state’s current plans to use the 2022 congressional map in November violate the U.S. Constitution. “This Court
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Monroe County announced on Thursday that it will hold an informational meeting about how the department uses Flock cameras, according to a social media post from the county’s sheriff’s office. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5 at the county’s courthouse. The sheriff’s office wrote that a representative
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An employee at a Jefferson City Walgreen’s has been charged after she allegedly stole $7,822.61 from the business over multiple months. DeBreana Daniels, of Jefferson City, was charged in Cole County with stealing more than $750. She posted a $5,000 bond on Aug. 11. A criminal summons was issued for Daniels on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is in the Boone County Jail after investigators claim he molested a child at a Bonnie View Park in Columbia on Sept. 14. Matthew McCoy, 30, of Columbia, is charged in Boone County with second-degree child molestation of a youth younger than 12 years old. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager already being prosecuted for evidence tampering in a separate shooting has been charged with four felonies in an August shooting on the Interstate 70/Highway 63 connector. Chase D. Ricketts, 19, was charged Friday with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of killing his girlfriend was ordered to take a mental exam by a judge for the defense to present battered spouse syndrome evidence. Isaiah Goins, 27, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after shooting his girlfriend, identified as M.G. in court documents, in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A shooting suspect was among the people arrested as police served a search warrant at an east Columbia apartment complex Friday. Two people were arrested in east Columbia when police served the search warrant Friday morning, a police officer said at the scene. Eight Columbia Police officers and a Bearcat armored vehicle
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor after he allegedly attacked someone and threatened to shoot “every white person” at a downtown Columbia event. Manareldeen Fajors, 22, of St. Louis, is charged in Boone County with second-degree making a terroristic threat, first-degree burglary, third-degree assault and fourth-degree assault.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Friday in Boone County with two felonies. Donta Bogan was charged with possessing child sex abuse materials and promoting child sex abuse materials. He is being held in Pettis County for a different warrant. The probable cause statement says Boone County received a CyberTip on Sept.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sometimes, minute pieces of evidence can tell investigators a lot of information and, in some cases, lead to a big break in a cold case. Columbia Police are investigating 17 unsolved homicide cases with 19 victims dating back to 1985. Investigators have detailed a number of struggles in their search for justice
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police detained a man after a call of shots fired led to a crash scene in a residential neighborhood and later released him with two citations. Police were called at about 9:20 a.m. to a possible shots-fired call in the area of Grindstone Plaza, Columbia Police Department spokesman Brian McNeill said.
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