COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was originally charged with first-degree murder in a 2024 shooting pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery on Tuesday. Fernando Hutchinson, 21, of Osage Beach, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was previously charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. The case was originally tried in Camden County,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A juvenile had non-life-threatening injuries after they were accidentally shot Saturday in Randolph County, according to a Tuesday press release from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office. The release says deputies were called to Moberly Regional Medical Center “in reference to a juvenile who sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen.” The youth
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 2000 Columbia murder suspect has been booked into the Boone County Jail after being extradited from South Carolina. Sentrell Wilson, 45, of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, is charged with first-degree murder for the 2000 death of University of Missouri student Candace Richie. Wilson was arrested in South Carolina on Feb. 23
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men who were originally charged with felony murder pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a 2024 deadly shooting that occurred on Clark Lane in Columbia. Daevion McCray, 22, and Tavion Johnson both pleaded guilty on Monday morning to two counts of second-degree assault and one count of unlawful use of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three felony charges have been filed in Boone County against a man who was accused of stabbing someone at an apartment building in the Benton-Stephens area on Friday. Grant Buxton, 44, of Columbia, was charged on Monday with first-degree degree, armed criminal action and drug possession. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Police say a Columbia woman told them she fired her gun in the air when her ex-boyfriend drove toward her. Boone County prosecutors charged Nakyia Johnson on Monday with first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. Johnson was arrested on Sunday after she allegedly shot at
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A St. Louis County judge is set to decide on bond Monday afternoon for a Columbia doctor previously accused of sexual misconduct.
Dr. Jonathan Morris, owner of Columbia Urgent Care on North Providence Road, has been charged in federal court with 15 counts of illegally prescribing drugs and 23 counts of healthcare fraud.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department arrested a woman on Sunday after she allegedly shot at her ex-boyfriend in North Columbia. According to a press release from the CPD, 26-year-old Nakira Johnson was in the area of West Texas Avenue and Creasy Springs at around Noon when she allegedly shot at a vehicle her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Department of Justice reclassified medical marijuana from being grouped with strong, potent drugs like heroin or LSD–to a lower classification to allow for research. The reclassification could also lower medical marijuana prices for some consumers. Dan Veits, a lawyer for the Missouri branch of the National Organization for the Reform of
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By Kaanita Iyer, Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, Riane Lumer, John Miller, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump was swiftly escorted off the stage by Secret Service after possible shots were fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC, on Saturday. Vice President JD Vance and several members of Trump’s Cabinet who
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department has named the man it claims stabbed another man on Friday in the Benton-Stephens area. Grant Buxton, 44, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault, armed criminal action and drug possession, CPD wrote in a Friday night social media post. Earlier on Friday, Columbia police put up crime
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police put up crime scene tape around one of the parking lots of a southern Columbia apartment complex on Friday night. Officers were in the parking lot of The Collective, located on Aspen Heights Parkway. Columbia Police Department spokesman Colin Imhoff told ABC 17 News that police responded to a call of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with first-degree assault after he allegedly attacked another man with a railroad spike on Thursday. Colby McKee, 35, is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement says deputies were called to a Hartsburg
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County jury suggested sentencing a Holts Summit woman convicted of murder to up to decades in prison on Friday. The jury deliberated the sentence of Heather Smith, 38, on a change of venue from Callaway County. She was convicted on five criminal counts on Thursday, including felony murder. Smith was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The trial of a Boone County dog breeder charged with 13 counts of felony animal abuse has now been scheduled for October. Melissa Sanders, 26, had been set to face trial next week in a Boone County courtroom. However, she waived her right to a speedy trial during a pretrial conference Friday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Even with hundreds of witness statements, Columbia Police criminal investigator Lt. Matt Gremore says 17 years later that no clear suspect has been identified in the death of 49-year-old Mark Dailey. “To this day, we have no idea who the suspect is or even what the motive was for the killing,” Gremore
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit woman has been found guilty of felony murder in the 2025 shooting death of 37-year-old Kara Dills. Heather Smith, 38, was found guilty by a jury on Thursday of second-degree murder, known as felony murder. The jury also turned in a guilty verdict for three counts of unlawful use
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Employees went back inside the Conley Road Walmart on Thursday afternoon after spending close to two hours outside after an apparent threat was made. The Columbia Police Department responded to a reported bomb threat at a Walmart shortly after 1 p.m., prompting a full evacuation of the store and surrounding property. Police
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On a chilly January day in 2009, a hiker found skeletal remains at a homeless encampment near a trailway behind the Conley Road Walmart in Columbia. Officers began their investigation on Jan. 7. By April 20, with the help of forensic anthropology experts from the University of Missouri, police were able to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Thursday with multiple felony counts related to child pornography. Paul Piersee, 40, was charged with first-degree promoting child porn and three counts of child porn possession. An arraignment was set for Thursday afternoon. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. Court documents
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