COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several tornadoes touched down in Missouri on Friday, destroying homes, businesses and schools, prompting victims to create GoFundMe accounts asking for donations to cover disaster relief. Severe weather events also prompt scammers to lurk and take advantage of a desperate situation. There are several guidelines to use when trying to determine whether
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with felonies in two cases after he allegedly pulled out a gun during a pair of road rage incidents. Richard McDonald, 62, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action in a case stemming from an alleged Feb. 1 incident. He was charged
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A New Bloomfield man was charged with first-degree child molestation on Monday. Benjamin Speaks, 19, is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. The probable cause statement says the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office was given a report on Feb. 28
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men have been charged with child sex crimes in Cole County. Travis Kalchbrenner, 31, was charged with first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, two counts of statutory rape, one count of first-degree sexual abuse and one count of fourth-degree child molestation. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. An
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Mexico men have been charged with four felonies apiece in connection with a Saturday shooting. Monterio M. Truss, 25, and Branden J. Truss, 28, were each charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and two counts each of unlawful use of a weapon, according to online court records. The Mexico Public
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A North Carolina man convicted last month in a Columbia rape and assault from 1984 was sentenced Friday to two consecutive life sentences. A jury convicted Wilson of rape and first-degree assault for raping and repeatedly stabbing a 17-year-old girl in the throat in the 4000 block of Wellington Drive in northeast
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the men charged for a deadly shooting on Dove Drive in Columbia had his plea hearing pushed back for a second time. Friday afternoon, Judge Jacobs Hasbrouck said in court Crocket and his attorney Andrew Garnett were scheduled to speak by phone Wednesday about his plea deal but the phones
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lincoln University student was killed this week in a shootout with deputies in southwest Kentucky. Kentucky State Police are investigating after Trigg County deputies fatally shot Jermaine T. Jackson Jr., 21, of Florissant, Missouri, after a chase Tuesday morning, according to a state police news release. Troopers tried to pull
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man charged Wednesday for allegedly spraying two strangers with a caustic liquid near the parking lot at Bear Creek Trail made his initial court appearance Thursday. Maxon Castle, 22, has been charged in Boone County with two counts of second-degree assault in connection with the Tuesday incident in the trail parking
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was charged in Pettis County after he allegedly led a trooper on a high-speed chase on Wednesday. Maxwell Payette was charged on Thursday with aggravated fleeing, four counts of armed criminal action, one count of drug possession, unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of illegal gun possession and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender from Versailles was charged on Thursday after he allegedly tried to lure a child into a white van on Wednesday. James Anthony Ferrell, 64, was charged in Morgan County with child enticement, second-degree attempted kidnapping and drug possession. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail without
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tom Santulli has not forgotten the early morning of Oct. 19 2021. “We lose sleep all the time about what if Danny had 20 more minutes? What if the paramedics had got there 20 minutes, you know 30 minutes before,” Santulli said. Santulli learned then that his son, Danny Santulli, who was
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged in Boone County on Wednesday after he allegedly sprayed two strangers with liquid on Tuesday near the parking lot at Bear Creek Trail. Maxon Castle, 22, was charged with two counts of second-degree assault. A court date has not been set. He is being held at the Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a Wednesday press release that it will take over a death investigation from Pike County. The Patrol wrote that the Pike County Sheriff’s Office received a missing person’s report for Nathanial Mueller, 23, of Hannibal, on Dec. 21, 2024. His remains were found on Feb.
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TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man who pleaded guilty to leaving a loaded handgun on a table in reach of a child who accidentally shot and killed himself is was sentenced on Wednesday. Albert Keel, 28, pleaded guilty in January to endangering the welfare of a child. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 33-year-old Fayette man was charged with a pair of felonies after he allegedly pinned a woman against a truck. Andrew Finley was charged on Wednesday in Howard County with first-degree domestic assault and driving while revoked. He is being held at the Howard County Jail on a $30,000 bond. An arraignment
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JEFFERSON CITY, (Mo.) KMIZ A police incident report shows 26 law enforcement officers responded to a scene on Friday that led to an officer-involved shooting. The Jefferson City Police Department said on Monday that Julie Knehans, 53, of Jefferson City, was killed in the shooting. Police responded to a burglary in progress in the 200
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Tuesday after he allegedly led Audrain County deputies on a chase on Monday night. Joshua Julius, 37, of Labadie, was charged with aggravated fleeing and four misdemeanors: Driving while revoked, reckless driving, failing to drive on the right half of the road and animal neglect. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with two felonies after authorities say he assaulted another person. Michael True, 54, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree domestic assault and first-degree property damage. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. According to the probable
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Tuesday after he was allegedly found with a gun following a fight in a Jefferson City bar’s parking lot. Latrell Batts, 27, was charged with illegal gun possession, two counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held
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