COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chamois man who is accused of committing deceptive business practices in multiple Mid-Missouri counties is now charged in Morgan County. Curtis Luke McCarty was charged on Monday in Morgan County with stealing more than $750 and committing deceptive business practices, both of which are felonies. A warrant with a $10,000 bond
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) A Saline County man was arrested and charged in federal court after he allegedly made explosives without a license. Jordan Derrick, 40, of Sweet Springs, is charged with making explosive materials without a license, illegal possession of an unregistered destructive device and distributing information relation to manufacturing explosives. He has a hearing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement arrested a man and woman late Monday after a chase went through three counties, according to a news release from the Cole County Sheriff’s Office. The chase started when Cole County deputies tried to stop a Dodge Charger near Greenbrier Road and Monticello Road. The driver didn’t stop, and led
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Iberia R-5 School District wrote on its social media on Monday that it learned an employee was accused of sexual misconduct with a student. The district wrote that it learned of the allegations last week and contacted law enforcement and the Missouri Children’s Division. The employee’s name was not stated in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in prison last week for a downtown Columbia shooting. Deandre L. Denny pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree assault, second-degree assault and armed criminal action in the November 2024 gunfight on Ninth Street. Denny was shot in his legs and foot and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As Teresa Shaw walked through the grounds at Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery on Monday, she counted vase after vase that had been stolen from gravesites in recent months. “My grandmother’s is missing, my grandmother’s daughter’s is missing,” Shaw said. “My stepfather’s was missing. You can go on over there and there’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Laurel, Mississippi, police chief said Monday that Mizzou running back Ahmad Hardy was a victim in a shooting that occurred over the weekend. The police department is currently working the case. Laurel Police Sgt. Macon Davis, in an interview with ABC 17, said that Hardy was attending a concert at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rocheport man accused of manslaughter in deadly crash from February 2024 is set to go to trial on Wednesday, court filings show. Matthew Shilling is charged in Boone County with first-degree involuntary manslaughter, two counts of armed criminal action, one count of second-degree assault and a count of driving while revoked, a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia doctor who was indicted on 38 federal charges was released from jail on Monday morning. Dr. Jonathan Morris, who owns Columbia Urgent Care on North Providence Road, is charged with 15 counts of illegally prescribing drugs and 23 counts of health care fraud. Morris was booked into the Crawford County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement officers found two .45-caliber pistols and two rifles, one with a load in the chamber, at the end of a multi-county chase Saturday in which the suspect allegedly shot at officers. Clayton Wulf of Ellisville, Missouri, in the St. Louis area, was arrested after crashing his pickup truck at East
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of stealing a Randolph County Sheriff’s Office vehicle on Thursday was charged with three felonies. Alayna Mason, 20, of Moberly, was charged Thursday with stealing a vehicle, stealing a gun and escaping from custody. A probable cause statement simply says that Mason was sitting in the front seat of
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By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of running past Secret Service with loaded firearms and knives in an attempt to kill President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondent’s Dinner last month pleaded not guilty to the four charges he faces. Prosecutors say Cole Tomas Allen on April 26 stormed through a
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KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed Sunday a car struck the Subway restaurant in Kingdom City and drove off. Sgt. Kyle Green, with MSHP’s Troop F, said no injuries were reported and no one is currently in custody. Green said law enforcement has a vehicle of interest that they are looking
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a 17-year-old in connection with the disappearance of Kayla Huff early Saturday afternoon. A news release said the arrest was made Friday with assistance from the Moberly Police Department. 16-year-old Huff has been missing since Wednesday and search efforts are ongoing. Volunteers and
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A heavy police presence was seen in east Columbia Saturday morning near the East Saint Charles Road/North Lake of the Woods Road roundabout.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man accused of shooting two of his family members, leading a police chase and shooting at law enforcement before shooting himself on Thursday finished a 120-day shock incarceration program with the Department of Corrections about a week before the shooting. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, 32-year-old Steven Swanson allegedly
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Randolph County Prosecutor Stephanie Luntsford on Friday confirmed the name of the woman accused of stealing a Randolph County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle on Thursday. Alayna Mason, 20, of Moberly, was arrested on suspicion of stealing a motor vehicle, stealing a gun and escaping from custody. Luntsford said charges were not filed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Highway 63 near Clark was closed for hours Thursday because of a police response, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Thursday. The northbound driving lane and both sounthbound lanes had reopened by about 4 p.m., and traffic was moving slowly through the scene. A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy said the scene was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A suspect in a shooting and chase is dead after suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a Boone County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. Columbia Police Department officers were sent to an “incident” northeast of the city Thursday afternoon and asked drivers to avoid the area. Columbia officers were responding to an
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A search was underway on Thursday afternoon in Moberly after someone allegedly stole a Randolph County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle, according to a social media post from the Moberly Police Department. Police wrote that someone who was in custody stole the vehicle. The patrol vehicle was found intact. Police later wrote that
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