CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged with stealing after she was accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the Centralia Band Booster Club. Jeanie Whitlatch was charged on Wednesday with stealing more than $750. A criminal summons was requested for Whitlatch. According to the probable cause statement, Whitlatch was the treasurer for the Centralia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of bringing a gun to Hickman High School last year while he was a student accepted a plea deal. Shaun Jackson, of Columbia, pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanor unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation and a suspended sentence
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover man was charged with several child sex crimes on Tuesday. Colby Hader, 26, was charged with two counts of second-degree statutory rape and two counts of second-degree statutory sodomy. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $250,000 bond. Hader pleaded not guilty during a hearing
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Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Democratic Party says that one of the people accused of damaging a Ferguson Police Department fence moments before a police officer was critically injured has agreed to withdraw as an uncommitted alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Keith Rose was charged with first-degree property damage. He
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some residents in a north Columbia Neighborhood are growing concerned after a recent sting of vehicle break-ins Tuesday morning. The break-ins occurred near the 5100 block of Aspen Ridge Drive. The Columbia Police Department confirmed an incident report was filed, but did not provide any further details. Ring camera video submitted to
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An Eldon man charged in March with abandoning a corpse was charged this week with murder.
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark man was charged on Monday with nine counts of promoting child pornography. Leland James Weeks II, 48, was charged with two counts of first-degree promoting child porn and seven counts of second-degree promoting child porn. He is being held at the Camden County Jail on a $150,000 bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The wife of a man accused of manslaughter in the deaths of two women in a crash last week on Interstate 70 in claims she has proof her husband’s license is not suspended. Walter Montejo, 26 of South Gate, California, is charged with two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, one count of
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was charged with five felonies on Saturday after he was accused of pulling a gun on someone at a residence and taking a minivan. Marquette Smith, 32, was charged on Saturday in Randolph County with first-degree attempted assault, first-degree burglary, second-degree kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree
Continue ReadingLawyers for Donald Trump have filed a $100 million claim with the Justice Department, alleging that the federal search of Mar-a-Lago in August 2022 was inappropriate and hurt Trump’s reputation, an attempt to keep alive the narrative that the former president has been persecuted by a biased Biden administration
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is investigating an assault early Saturday morning on E. Broadway, according to a press release from the department. According to the release, around 1:40 a.m. Saturday officers were called to the 900 block of E. Broadway for an assault. Witnesses said the victim was hit multiple times in
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A Cole County man was charged Friday with two counts of first-degree rape and two counts of incest.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man pleaded guilty to a federal child porn charge, according to a Thursday court filing. Scott Alan Barker, 32, pleaded guilty to producing child pornography. He faces a 15-to-30-year sentence. He is being held at the Cole County Jail. According to previous reporting, Barker allegedly created a video that
Continue Reading An El Salvadoran charged with manslaughter in a Boone County double fatal crash told a judge Thursday that he thought his expired license was still valid.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police found shell casings Thursday night at a Columbia mobile home park in the 4200 block of Clark Lane. An ABC 17 News reporter saw at least three Columbia police officers searching the area with flashlights. A Columbia police officer at the scene said a residence was damaged by gunfire and
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) An Ashland man was charged with first-degree sodomy on Thursday. Johnnie Tarl Riley, 48, was booked into the Boone County Jail at 10:02 p.m. Wednesday, according to jail records. He is being held without bond. A court date has not been set. The probable cause statement claimed that Riley sexually assaulted the
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Sandra Colhour will be the next prosecuting attorney in Callaway County. The 13th Judicial Circuit Court made the announcement in a Thursday press release. Colhour will replace Benjamin Miller, who was appointed to a new circuit judge seat by Gov. Mike Parson last week. Miller is expected to begin his new position
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Rapper Nelly was arrested early Wednesday at a St. Louis-area casino, and the Missouri Highway Patrol said an officer found four illegal ecstasy pills on him. The rapper’s attorney said an “overzealous” officer targeted him and conducted an improper search.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old Columbia man was charged Tuesday with a late-July armed robbery. Nathaniel Watson was jailed Monday on a $100,000 bond. Prosecutors have charged him with first-degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and gun theft. Watson is accused of perpetrating the robbery early July 31 in a location
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old man accused of robbery on July 31 in the 5000 block of Clark Lane was arrested, according to a Tuesday evening press release from the Columbia Police Department. Police wrote that Nathaniel Watson was arrested on Tuesday. In an updated press release, police wrote that after Watson was arrested, a
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