COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man who was in a nearly day-long standoff with law enforcement in Moberly in 2022 was convicted Wednesday of a federal gun charge, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Stephen Thorp, 62, was found guilty by a jury for being a felon in possession of a
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Gravois Mills man was charged with several child sex crimes on Wednesday. Alex Alter was charged with two counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and one count of first-degree sexual misconduct, a misdemeanor. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Wednesday and no bond was set. He was not listed
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Sheriff’s Office wrote on its social media Tuesday that it is looking for seven “persons of interest” after related to a dine-and-dash last month where a server was assaulted. A server at Fish and Company Restaurant in Camdenton was pulled into a lake on June 28 during an attempted
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The bonds of four people accused in the death of an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center saw their bonds reduced after a Monday hearing. Justin Leggins, Jacob Case, Aaron Brown and Gregory Varner were all charged with second-degree accessory to assault and second-degree felony murder. Leggings, Brown and Varner
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A retired priest from the Diocese of Jefferson City on Tuesday pleaded guilty in federal court to sending his sister a $100,00 check stolen from a Wardsville church and admitted to writing himself a $200,000 check from the same account, a press release from the Department of Justice says. The Rev.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No foul play is suspected after a man was found dead Monday morning in the 400 block of Locust Street, a Tuesday afternoon press release from the Columbia Police Department says. The release says police were called at 8:15 a.m. for a death investigation after someone found the man dead with no
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The attorney for a man accused of murder has asked the court for a mental evaluation. Demetrice M. Tatum, 39, of Columbia, was charged in April with first-degree murder and armed criminal action after he allegedly stabbed Kejuan Allen to death at Douglass Park. He is being held at the Boone County
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Two juveniles were detained on Sunday evening in connection to a shooting on Trimble Road on Saturday night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is investigating three separate reports of shots fired on Saturday. According to a press release from the department, officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 500 block of Wilkes Boulevard in Central Columbia at 6:35 p.m. “Upon their arrival, officers spoke with witnesses who stated
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Gov. Mike Parson plans to sign a bill that will change the parole eligibility for some people in jail that committed murder when they were children. The governor’s office said that he plans to sign SB 754 on Tuesday with a slew of other bills. The timing, though, leaves Alyssa
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According to a release from the Jefferson City Police Department, officers were called to the 200 block of North Taylor Street at 3:56 a.m. for a verbal disturbance.
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A Cole County woman who killed a 9-year-old when she was a teenager will get a chance at a release from prison on Monday.
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The legislative session is over but Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher is keeping some House members busy this summer. Plocher held a news conference Tuesday to tell reporters about his newly created Special Interim Committee on Illegal Immigrant Crimes. The committee, as its name suggests, will explore crimes perpetrated by undocumented immigrants. Do you like
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AAA projects 70.9 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the Fourth of July weekend.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Wednesday after authorities say he assaulted another man with a step stool at the Columbia Mall last week. Daval Torres, 24, was charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and third-degree assault. He was booked into the Boone County Jail at 9:09 p.m. Tuesday and is
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Prosecutors have struck a deal with a murder suspect in a Columbia shooting that will send him to prison for decades.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Tuesday with charges relating to child pornography. Christopher Oliver, 45, was charged with first-degree promoting child pornography and possessing child pornography. An initial court appearance was held on Wednesday. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. According to the probable cause statement,
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The death of a Hallsville man whose body was found over the weekend in Morgan County was ruled an “intentional homicide,” according to a social media post from the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. Beauford Wilson, 71, was found dead Sunday against a tree near Beechnut Road, south of Stover, the post
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A server at a lakeside restaurant and bar says she was dragged into the Lake of the Ozarks while chasing down dine-and-dash culprits last weekend.
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The victim of a life-threatening weekend shooting in Jefferson City identified his shooter, according to a probable cause statement.
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