COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused for his alleged involvement in the shooting death of a 3-year-old in September was indicted by a grand jury on Friday. Larry Brownlee Jr., 28, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession. He is being held in the Boone County Jail without
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montreal, Missouri, man pleaded guilty on Monday to abandoning a corpse and was sentenced to four years in prison. According to previous reporting, Eric Cole, 41, was initially charged in 2022 with second-degree murder, stealing, abandonment of a corpse and conspiracy to commit a felony. Cole pleaded guilty before going
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After Saturday’s big win for the University of Missouri Tigers against the South Carolina Gamecocks, local law enforcement responded to a few crime and crash-related incidents near downtown Columbia. As of 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, the Columbia Police Department responded to a hit and run on Rogers St. and N. College Blvd,
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COLUMBIA, Mo .(KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty two months ago to shooting and killing his stepfather was sentenced on Friday to 25 years in prison. Samuel E. Brotherton, 23, pleaded guilty on Aug. 21 to second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of Rollin G. Thompson, 64, in the 3800
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Sheriff’s Office stated in a Friday press release that it has added a terrorism tip link to its website. The sheriff’s office stated the link was established in response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas War. The release states the system was set up under the Missouri Office of Homeland
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Editor’s note: One of the charges against Kintner has been updated after a source error was corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged in Boone County on Friday with four child sex crimes. Mancle G. Kintner Jr., 74, was charged with attempted statutory sodomy, felony child molestation — sexual contact with a person
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According to online court records, Hosea Gaines pleaded guilty to domestic assault in the second degree and a misdemeanor count for resisting arrest on July 21.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gretchen Yancey was unanimously picked on Thursday to become the next family court commissioner in the 13th Judicial Circuit Court, according to a Thursday press release from the court. She was picked during a Court en Banc closed session, according to the release. Her appointment will begin March 1. She is currently
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday for uploading an “obscene bestiality” video to his Google account, according to a Thursday press release from the Department of Justice. Brian Joe Gravatt, 48, was sentenced to five years in federal prison without parole. Gravatt was required to register as
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Thursday with first-degree child molestation in Boone County. A warrant was ordered for Ricky Cook, 52, and no bond was set. He was not in the Boone County Jail on Thursday. A court date has yet to be set. According to court documents, Cook is accused
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Centralia Police reported several teenagers were opening unlocked vehicles and stealing items from inside. This includes several guns and a garage door opener.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia held a forum on Wednesday night that included all four final candidates for its opening for chief of police. The city is looking for a new police chief after Geoff Jones retired on Aug. 1. Matt Stephens was named the interim chief. City spokeswoman Sydney Olsen previously said the City was on track
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Montgomery County deputies along with assistance from the MSHP Aviation Unit used thermal imaging drones to search for Glispe after he escaped the area.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was sentenced Wednesday for his alleged role in trying to distribute fentanyl and illegal gun possession, according to a press release from the Department of Justice., Ryan Knudsen, 31, was sentenced to 10 years in prison without parole, according to the release. Knudsen pleaded guilty on June 20
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According to Lt. David Williams, the investigation is still open into the suspicious call made to the Jefferson City Nursing and Rehab Center.
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American law enforcement has been on the lookout for terror-related threats after the Hamas attacks and Israel’s retaliation.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A confidential settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Live Nation in 2020. A Jefferson City man, Jasen Smith, died on May 16, 2019. According to previous reporting from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Associated Press, Smith was hit in the head with a rental chair
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Michigan men were charged Monday in Montgomery County from an August chase with Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers. Joseph D. Mitchell, 32, of Grand Haven, Michigan, was charged with delivery of a controlled substance, drug possession, resisting arrest by fleeing, unlawful use of a weapon, fourth-degree assault and operating a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Centertown woman was charged after allegedly stealing $2,565.75 worth off merchandise from her Jefferson City employer, according to a probable cause statement. Abigail Haslag, 26, was charged with stealing more than $750. She was in custody at the Cole County Jail on Friday. Jail officials declined to confirm if she
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Two juveniles were taken into custody Monday north of Columbia after they bailed from a stolen car at the end of a chase, a spokesman for the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said.
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