COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A jury found a Florida man guilty Wednesday on charges related to a 2024 shooting inside a Columbia restaurant. After a two-day trial and several hours of deliberations, jurors convicted Alexis Gonzalez, 38, of assault and armed criminal action. Gonzalez was acquitted of unlawful use of a weapon. Gonzalez, 38, of Orlando,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teen pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple Columbia shootings. Justin Lumley Jr. pleaded guilty to three amended charges, including second-degree assault, admitting to shooting one person in December 2024. He also admitted to shooting a gun from a car that caused property damage in January 2025, according to court records. The
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Mexico, Missouri, man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to using a 9-year-old girl to make child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Emrah Eymez, 40, was sentenced to 300 months in prison and lifetime supervised release after pleading guilty to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Shell casings were found at a west Columbia apartment complex early Wednesday morning. According to Sergeant Hill with the Columbia Police Department, the department was called to the 300 block of Tiger Lane for a report of shots being fired. Three bullet casings were found, but no property damage or victims were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was found guilty earlier this year for felonies connected with a pair of 2025 shootings has filed an appeal. Joshua Abrams, 24, was found guilty of unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He was previously charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty on Friday to taking a woman hostage at a Panda Express in 2024. Ricco Marshall, 41, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, second-degree making a terroristic threat, resisting arrest and misdemeanor disturbing the peace. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was given credit for time
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 72-year-old Boonville man who employed girls to help manufacture and distribute weed-related items has been charged with attempted child enticement. Stanley Thomas was charged in Cooper County on Tuesday with attempted child enticement, money laundering and giving drugs to someone younger than 17 years old. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County deputies have arrested a Columbia man for a crash that left a child hurt over the weekend. On Monday, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said it was searching for a driver accused of hitting a 9-year-old girl with their car in the 700 block of Demaret Drive on Sunday night.
Continue Reading Editor’s note: The date and area of the shooting was corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Witnesses took the stand Tuesday in day one of the jury trial for the man charged in connection with a shooting inside a Buffalo Wild Wings in Columbia in 2024. A jury of nine men and five women were chosen for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County deputies are asking for the public’s help in finding a driver who hit a 9-year-old girl and drove away Sunday night. The child, who was taken to a hospital but was alert and talking at the scene, was crossing in the 700 block of Demaret Drive east of Columbia at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new set of charges have been filed against one of the men accused in the 2023 Dove Drive shooting that left one man dead. A superseding indictment was filed on Friday in the case against Ja’Shaun Barney, 21, of Columbia. He is now charged with conspiracy to commit a felony, accessory
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man who was already sentenced to 50 years in prison for federal child sex crimes has been sentenced for his crimes in Audrain County. William Dahl, 41, of Rush Hill, pleaded guilty in January in Audrain County to promoting child porn, two counts of child enticement and two counts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Benton County man is in jail after he allegedly bit his brother during an early Saturday assault at the Candlewood Suites in Jefferson City. Clemente Carrizales, 43, of Lincoln, was charged on Monday in Cole County with first-degree domestic assault. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Waynesville man was charged with two felonies after authorities say he assaulted a woman on Saturday. Samuel Sloas was charged on Monday with first-degree domestic assault and illegal gun possession. An arraignment was held on Monday. A counsel status hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 17; while a preliminary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pulaski County woman has been charged with murder after allegedly killing her boyfriend on Friday. Lea Ann Barba, 42, was charged Friday with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Court documents state deputies were called to a home near Dixon on Friday afternoon for an unresponsive person after a gun was
Continue Reading PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Dixon woman is facing murder charges for her alleged involvement in a deadly shooting on Friday. According to a social media post from the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to Highway 28 near Dixon for a report of shots fired. Deputies found Steven L. Chapman, 66, of Dixon with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged in Cole County with first-degree statutory rape and statutory sodomy of a child younger than 14 years old. Greggery Marshall, 44, of Jefferson City, is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement claims the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was shot by Columbia police on Christmas Day was indicted by a Boone County grand jury on Friday. Marc Lucas, 31, of the state of California, was charged with first-degree arson, misdemeanor first-degree trespassing, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, a single count of armed criminal action and two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge denied a bond amendment Friday for the first man arrested in connection with a deadly Columbia shooting earlier this week. Damarius Kavanaugh, 19, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, illegal gun possession and tampering with physical evidence after William Riechers, 20, of Columbia, was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was wanted for murder in Kansas City was arrested Thursday in Columbia, according to Friday social media post from the Columbia Police Department. La’Relle Dennis, 24, of Lee’s Summit, was charged in Jackson County on Feb. 28 with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and a count
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