A Jefferson City woman will spend one year and one day in federal prison after she admitted to embezzling $65,000 from two businesses. Laura Lynn Winge, 48, was sentenced on Tuesday and will also have to pay $65,531 in restitution. Winge pleaded guilty in February to one count of bank fraud and one count of
Continue Reading
KINGSTON, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri prosecutor and sheriff will give an update Wednesday into the disappearance of two Wisconsin brothers missing since July and presumed dead. LIVE PLAYBACK of the update can be viewed in the player below. Court documents show Missouri farmer Garland Nelson is charged with murder in the deaths of two
Continue Reading
A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in September was sentenced to five years of supervised probation on Monday. Antwane L. Grant was arrested and charged in January after Tavious Grant was shot and killed on Dec. 19 at a residence in the 1000 block of Claudell Lane. After an investigation, detectives found
Continue Reading
Twelve attorneys in the Boone County’s Public Defender’s office are handling almost as many murder cases. Sarah Aplin, the district defender in the local office, said she and her staff are handling 10 ongoing murder cases. “In the six years that I have been here, that is a large number of murder cases to be
Continue Reading
A Sedalia man was sentenced to 120 days in shock incarceration on Friday in a case connected with a deadly crash in Moniteau County. The crash originally happened in August 2016 when a car driven by Joshua Blankenship crossed the center line on US 50, hitting another vehicle head-on. Graden Lovelace, who was driving the
Continue Reading
A trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday for a Columbia man accused of first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Knowledge Wilson, 18, is accused of first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Authorities said on Feb. 12 of this year, Wilson stole a man’s gun and threatened the man with it. Boone County deputies said the
Continue Reading
A former Fulton and Southern Boone District teacher was sentenced to three years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on Monday. Teneil Stevenson pleaded guilty to first-degree stalking in August after he was originally indicted for attempted enticement of a child in September 2018, according to online court records. According to the indictment, he sent
Continue Reading
The Boone County Prosecutor’s office is handling the most murder cases it’s seen in more than 20 years. On Monday, prosecutors changed the charge for Cameron White, the man suspected of shooting and killing 13-year-old Dajion Harris, from involuntary manslaughter to second-degree murder. The change made the case the 29th pending murder case in the
Continue ReadingA 19-year-old man is now charged with murder in the shooting death of a 13-year-old in Columbia. Prosecutors on Monday charged Cameron White, 19, of Columbia, with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting. Boone County prosecutors originally charged White with involuntary manslaughter, but assistant prosecutor Sam Buffaloe told ABC 17 News new
Continue Reading
Two men were charged in Saline County after they allegedly led authorities on a chase early Saturday morning. A Saline County Sheriff’s Department incident report shows deputies were contacted by state troopers to assist in a chase westbound on Interstate 70 just after midnight Saturday. Reports show Phillip Boyd, 18, and Wyatt Duncan, 19, were
Continue ReadingThe Boone County Sheriff’s Department says scammers are using the department’s phone number in an effort to get money from people. A man called the department and said scammers are using the department’s main number — 875-1111 — making it look like it is really the Sheriff’s Department calling. “Then they’re identifying themselves as an
Continue ReadingBoone County deputies took two people into custody, suspected of stealing a truck. Columbia police said Boone County deputies pulled over a truck on Hogan Drive in North Columbia after a check showed it had been stolen. Deputies were assisted by Columbia police officers at the scene Monday afternoon. Watch ABC 17 News at 6
Continue ReadingAt least one person was taken into custody after he led police on a multi-county chase on Sunday night. The Miller County Sheriff’s Office tried to pull over a truck at about 11:15 p.m. Sunday after Jeffrey Barlow ,the driver of the truck, allegedly went out of his lane, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol
Continue Reading
Columbia police arrested one person after the shooting death of a minor, the department said in a news release Sunday. Just before midnight Saturday, emergency crews were called to the 4400 block of Rice Road for reports of a shooting. Officers found a 13-year-old male with a gunshot wound. The minor was taken to a
Continue Reading
Jefferson City police are investigating after a shooting early Sunday morning. In a news release, the Jefferson City Police Department said it got several 911 calls around 3 a.m. Sunday about a shooting in the 700 block of Madison Street. On the scene, officers reportedly found a large group of people. Officers learned a 21-year-old
Continue Reading
A woman has been sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison without parole for her role in a skimming operation at several southwest Missouri banks. Loredana Baceanu, 31, was sentenced Friday for possessing counterfeit and unauthorized access devices. She also was ordered to pay more than $35,000 in restitution. Baceanu was arrested in October 2018
Continue Reading
Boone County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting in southeast Columbia early Sunday. Just before 2 a.m. deputies responded to Santa Barbara Drive for reports of shots fired. Deputies told ABC 17 News crews on the scene that no one was hurt, but they did find shell casings in the area. ABC 17 News is
Continue Reading
An investigation has determined Callaway County deputies and other law enforcement officers did not fire the bullet that killed a man after a car chase in August. Special prosecutor Stephen Sokoloff said in a news release that the investigation showed the bullet that hit Christopher Morris in the head, killing him, was a .40-caliber bullet,
Continue Reading
A person of interest in two shootings has been apprehended in Mississippi, according to the Marshall Police Department. Authorities have been looking for Terrelle Palmer since the shootings on Oct. 3. Three people were injured and one killed in the shootings, prompting lockdowns of Missouri Valley College and Marshall Public Schools, Marshall police said. Calvin
Continue ReadingThe Jefferson City School District said Friday that a reported social media threat originated in another state and had no ties to Jefferson City. Police searched Thomas Jefferson Middle School on Friday after parents and students reported seeing a threatening message on the social media service Snapchat, Jefferson City School District spokeswoman Ryan Burns said.
Continue Reading