COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The suspect’s age has been corrected. A murder charge was filed Tuesday against a Columbia man accused of putting his significant other’s body in a City of Columbia trash bin and dumping it into a body of water. Andrew B. Acton, 53, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The legal guardian of a child with cerebral palsy filed a discrimination lawsuit on Monday against the Russellville School District and a number of its employees. Daryl Matheis sued the Cole County R-1 School District, along with teachers and paraprofessionals, after claiming disability discrimination, sex discrimination, retaliation, battery, assault and false imprisonment.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to several child sex crimes. Memphis Dils, 24, pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of possessing child sex abuse material and a count of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A teenager who is charged with murder and other charges was indicted by a Boone County grand jury on Friday. Mikel Jones, 17, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Michael Ryan Burke on Ridgemont
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old boy who is charged as an adult in connection with a 2025 shooting death was indicted by a Boone County grand jury on Friday. Deshawn D. Brown, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and second-degree murder in the death of Zarian Simpson. Another 16-year-old, Rodney Moore
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A third Columbia man has pleaded guilty to a felony in a January 2025 shooting that occurred on Providence Road in Columbia. Ataveon Gordon pleaded guilty on Friday to second-degree assault. He was sentenced to four years in prison. He was given credit for time served. Jared Britt Jr., 20, of Columbia,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man accused of shooting and killing two people in 2022 at a Jefferson City bar will see a new judge in his murder case. Damien Davis, 39, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was arrested last week in Jefferson City in connection with an April 26 shots-fired scene at a Waffle House on the north side of Columbia has been charged with two felonies. D’Monte Lee, 19, of Jefferson City, was charged on Monday in Boone County with unlawful use of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged last week with first-degree assault, shooting from a vehicle and armed criminal action after he allegedly fired shots during a road rage incident in a Home Depot parking lot. Columbia Police reported Robert Neese Jr.’s arrest Friday, in concert with Moberly officers. Charges were filed Thursday, but
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A southeast Columbia road was closed for about an hour Monday morning after a bomb threat was made against a hotel. Columbia Police officers were sent to a reported bomb threat at the Courtyard by Marriott on Lemone Industrial Drive at about 10 a.m., Columbia Police Department spokesmanBrian McNeil said. Police cleared
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A member of ABC 17’s news staff has been arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy stopped news anchor Erika McGuire early Sunday while she was driving on South Providence Road in Columbia. She’s also facing a possible charge of careless and imprudent driving. McGuire was booked into
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman accused of killing a Jefferson City child in 2018 pleaded guilty Friday in a Cole County courtroom. Quatavia Givens pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, child abuse, and abandoning a corpse in the death of 4-year-old Darnell Gray. She had been charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, first-degree endangering the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new judge was assigned on Friday to a Cole County murder from 1991. William “Chris” Niemet, of Fulton, is charged with first-degree murder in a 1991 death of his classmate in Russellville. Niemet, of Fulton, is accused of killing his classmate, Greg Jones, in April 1991 in Russellville. Jones was 14. Niemet
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Jefferson City men were accused of firing shots at a vehicle on April 26 at a Waffle House on the north side of Columbia. Damonte Jones was charged on Friday with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is not currently listed on an online jail roster. Police
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police from Columbia and Moberly made an arrest in an alleged road-rage incident that occurred Tuesday in the 3200 block of Clark Lane. A Friday social media post from the Columbia Police Department says law enforcement arrested Robert Neese Jr., 49, of Moberly, on suspicion of first-degree assault, armed criminal action and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A former Moniteau County commissioner will serve five years of probation for stealing. Douglas Naros, 57, pleaded guilty on Thursday to felony stealing for taking gravel from the county and using a county dump truck to work on his driveway. Prosecutors dropped a forgery charge and second stealing count as part
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JEFFERSON CITY Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City leaders are moving forward with proposed ordinances aimed at curbing illegal street takeovers and minibike use on public roads after being flooded with complaints from residents across the city. The Jefferson City Public Safety Committee discussed and approved the wording of the proposed ordinances on Thursday, though both measures
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was arrested on Thursday in connection with an April 26 shots-fired scene on Vandiver Drive in Columbia, according to a social media post from the Columbia Police Department. D’Monte Lee, 19, was arrested by Jefferson City police on suspicion of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty earlier year to a federal gun crime was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on Wednesday. Gerrell Lawrence, 30, pleaded guilty in federal court on Feb. 3 to illegal gun possession. He was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison. A press release from the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty last year to a federal gun offense was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday. Lajuan Martin, 32, pleaded guilty on Nov. 17 to being a felony with a gun. A press release from the Department of Justice says Martin was arrested by Columbia police
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