SPRINGFIELD, Mo (AP) — An assistant principal at a southwestern Missouri junior high has been charged in federal court, accused of posing as a teenage girl to ask for sexually explicit photos of a 13-year-old boy. Federal prosecutors say 41-year-old Colby Fronterhouse, of Nixa, was charged Wednesday in Springfield’s federal courthouse with sexual exploitation for
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Boone County prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a man accused in the killing of a Sturgeon man in July 2020.
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The US 8th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a Mid-Missouri State Representative on Wednesday in a case over her Twitter account.
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Tuscumbia man is being charged with DWI – serious physical injury after a Sunday morning wreck on Route A west of Indian Trail Road in Miller County. According to the online crash report, Joshua Cox was driving when the vehicle went off-road, Cox overcorrected causing the F-350 to overturn. According
Continue ReadingKIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) — Students at a suburban St. Louis school district where multiple sexual assault accusations have come to light through social media say they initially feared they would not be taken seriously or believed if they reported abuse. The Kirkwood school board heard a report Monday from Kansas City-based Encompass Resolution, which the
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Witnesses reported that the dead man drew a pistol first and approached the other man with his gun pointed at him.
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A Columbia coffee shop said Monday that it was scammed this week by a crook pretending to be a cop.
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Columbia police and later Missouri State Highway Patrol help with taking into custody a man accused of shooting a shotgun in the basement multiple times with kids in the residence.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Thursday, Columbia police began investigating a sexual assault and robbery after the victim came forward. The victim told police that she was seeing Xavier Gee just after midnight when Gee allegedly took out a gun and threatened to shoot the victim with it according to court documents. According to the victim,
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Mexico Public Safety Department is reporting that three people were arrested in Illinois driving a stolen vehicle from Mexico. Last Tuesday, MPSD reported that three vehicles had been stolen on Sunday overnight and that suspects may be from the St. Louis area and a larger group of suspects may be stealing from
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Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson said Monday that his office will not fire charges after Jefferson City police shot and killed a man earlier this month.
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Multiple agencies responded after reports of shots fired in Boone County Saturday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police say they found several stolen guns after a chase that included shots fired at officers early Thursday. Police suspect the gun used to fire at officers was one of the stolen weapons. The shooting, in which a police cruiser was damaged, happened after officers tried to stop a stolen vehicle
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico man is facing multiple charges after a child abuse investigation began in Nov. 2020. According to a probable cause statement, the victim walked-in to the Mexico Public Safety Department asking for help to contact his mother. Detective Tylor Bounds saw bruising on the victim and asked about it. The victim
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at the Morgan County Adult Detention Center is being charged with 1st-degree assault after an incident Sunday. According to the probable cause statement, Buddy Griswold assaulted fellow inmate John Stafford, sending Stafford to Missouri University Hospital for emergency medical life-saving treatment. Detective Jennifer Chinn says that video surveillance shows that
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Columbia police arrested two people after a crash on W. Worley Street Tuesday afternoon resulted in a shooting.
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Camden County Sheriff’s Department has arrested two people after the department began an investigation after a 49-year-old woman died Tuesday. According to the probable cause statement, the woman returned home Tuesday after meeting with Derek Beck. The woman was allegedly on drugs and was put into bed before her death. According to
Continue Reading People who find themselves in dangerous situations should try to draw attention to themselves and pay attention to their surroundings, a Jefferson City police spokesman said after a man was accused of kidnap and rape.
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Columbia police were shot at early Thursday morning. A police training expert says officers receive training in preparation of these situations.
Continue Reading Multiple people have been detained after firing shots at officers at the intersection of Ash and Orr Street.
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