COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to first-degree statutory rape. Nickolas Gage Crum, 19, was previously charged with first-degree statutory rape and statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years old. A sentencing date has not been scheduled. Court documents in previous reporting say that the victim was sexually assaulted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who had a five-hour standoff with law enforcement officers this week in Richland seemingly tried to gun down his wife as she returned home, before she even got out of her vehicle, according to court documents. Joshua R. Hackmann was charged Thursday with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man pleaded guilty to first-degree endangering the welfare of a child on Wednesday. Albert Keel, 28, will be sentenced at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 12 in Miller County. He was accused last year of leaving a loaded handgun on a table while playing video games, court documents in previous reporting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly held up another man for $20 on Wednesday. Donzale Gaines, 58, was charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is helping the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office investigate an officer-involved shooting that happened Wednesday night in Richland. Deputies shot the suspect — who authorities have not named — after responding to a domestic assault call on North Pine Street and finding a victim, according to the sheriff’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of driving someone accused of murder away from a shooting scene pleaded guilty to a felony on Monday. Shannon Glasgow pleaded guilty to hindering a felony prosecution in Boone County. He was sentenced to 180 days and was given full credit for time served. Quanina Lakeitha Lambert, 34, and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)Â The Jefferson City Police Department arrested six people in connection to an armed robbery on Monday night in the 300 block of Benton Street. According to police, two victims of the robbery said that multiple people entered their car and robbed them at gunpoint. Officers who responded to the scene established
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An Associate Circuit Judge has been appointed to handle a child sex crimes case involving Joshua Jungermann, a relative of a Callaway County commissioner, after the previous judge was taken off the case due to a conflict.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Odessa man pleaded guilty to five felonies in a December 2023 crash that knocked out power for hundreds of people in Maries County. Jeramy Sisk pleaded guilty to resisting arrest, three counts of first-degree property damage and one count of stealing a car. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton State Hospital patient who is accused of killing another patient last week was booked into the Callaway County Jail on Tuesday morning. Jabril Kanatzar, 29, is charged with first-degree murder and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. He was booked into the jail at 8 a.m. and an initial court appearance was scheduled
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A former corrections worker at the prison in Tipton was charged Monday with having sex with an inmate.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Randolph County man was charged last week after his dog attacked a girl in Huntsville, causing her to be hospitalized. Eric C. Cradic, 34, was charged Friday with child endangerment. His dog, Lillith, was part of a pack of seven dogs that attacked the 13-year-old girl last Tuesday, leaving her with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged with two felonies on Monday after he was accused of attacking another man with a baseball bat on Jan. 7 in Central Columbia. Reco Lomax, 42, was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. A court date has not been set. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A candidate in the Columbia Board of Education race has withdrawn her candidacy. Jessica Chambers, who filed to run on Dec. 31, withdrew her application after the deadline, according to an email from Columbia Public Schools spokesperson Michelle Baumstark. Candidates can withdraw until the Board votes on the ballot language. Three candidates
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A warrant was issued on Monday for a man accused of killing another patient at Fulton State Hospital last week. Jabril Kanatzar, 29, is charged with first-degree murder and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. Fulton police wrote in a press release last week that he is “in a secure facility being held with no
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was in a nearly day-long standoff with law enforcement in Moberly in 2022 was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Monday, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Stephen Thorp, 62, was found guilty by a jury in July for being a felon in possession of a
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President-elect Donald Trump made history Friday as the first current, former or prospective president to be sentenced for a felony conviction. His sentence — unconditional release. Effectively, no sentence. Trump will not serve jail time or pay a fine or attorneys’ fees. That’s despite a conviction on 34 felony counts related to falsifying business records.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly woman was arrested Thursday for illegally having a gun, according to a press release from the Moberly Police Department. The release states around 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 9, Moberly SWAT and the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department’s tactical team executed a search warrant in the 700 Block of Monroe Avenue. A
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Moberly’s armored rescue vehicle was deployed to arrest a man in Moberly on Thursday, according to a press release from the Moberly Police Department. According to the release, around 12 p.m. on Thursday, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department requested the use of the vehicle to help arrest a man
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been accused of killing another patient at Fulton State Hospital earlier this week, the Fulton Police Department wrote in a Friday evening press release. Police wrote that Jabril Kanatzar, 29, is accused of killing another patient following an assault that occurred on Monday. Police wrote that they were called
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