COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton police officers arrested a man after a standoff who allegedly impersonated a law enforcement officer. Police wrote in a Tuesday press release that they were called the area of Route Z and Bluff Street for a call about “a subject that had removed a female from inside of her vehicle while
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A box truck driver was charged with two felonies on Tuesday. Colton McGaughey, 32, of Vienna, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident that caused physical injury and leaving the scene of an accident where more than $1,000 in property damage occurred. A warrant was issued on Tuesday and no
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite an increase in violent crime in Columbia, the Boone County Sheriff’s has reported a reduction in violent crime for the second consecutive year. Data from the Missouri State Highway Patrol shows the Boone County Sheriff’s Office reported 76 violent crimes. Firearms and “dangerous weapons” made up 52% of those crimes. It
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Editor’s note: A detail from the probable cause statement was corrected in the story. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with multiple felonies on Monday after he allegedly held a woman against her will on Sunday. Trevor Hayden-Nigel Foley, 18, was charged with second-degree kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with first-degree assault after he allegedly attacked his 73-year-old neighbor on Thursday. Robert Bondick, 43, was arrested on Monday and is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. A press release from the Columbia Police Department says
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused of shooting another man in September has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Kadean Cunningham, 21, pleaded guilty on Monday to fourth-degree assault and was sentenced to 110 days in the Boone County Jail and was given credit for all the time served. He was originally charged
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Neighbors in a northern Columbia neighborhood are concerned after a man is in the hospital in serious condition following a shooting in northern Columbia Friday night. Columbia Police Department responded to the 1200 block of Blue Ridge Road just after 9 p.m. Saturday afternoon, ABC 17 News knocked on neighbors doors to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police tape was put up Friday night as police responded to a shots heard call in the 1200 block of Blue Ridge Road near the intersection of Northland Drive in northern Columbia. Columbia Police Department spokesman Brian McNeill told ABC 17 News at the scene that police responded to a shots-fired call
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hallsville man was charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly threatened a woman at a Columbia Break Time. Kenneth Jackson, 39, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, illegal gun possession, armed criminal action and fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with three felonies after authorities say he crashed into a propane tank during a chase on Thursday night. Diamon Davis, 42, was charged with aggravated fleeing, drug possession and second-degree drug trafficking. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An arraignment was held
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A co-owner of a south side Columbia Mexican restaurant bonded out of jail on Thursday. Crystal Umfress, of Columbia, is charged with felonies in multiple cases in southeast Missouri. She was initially charged in Dunklin County with second-degree arson in one case and was charged in a second case with two counts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol will have a new superintendent on Feb. 1. Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe’s office announced in a Thursday press release that Maj. Michael Turner will take over the role and await confirmation from the Missouri Senate. Col. Eric Olson will retire after serving more than 34 years, the patrol
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was accused of exploiting an elderly couple. Michael Gilley, 66, was charged in Cole County with financially exploiting an exploiting an elderly person and misdemeanor stealing. Court documents say he was arrested on Monday, but he has not appeared in online jail records on Tuesday. A $100,000 bond
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Auxvasse man was charged with four counts of possessing child pornography in Callaway County. Ryan Joele Gamble, 43, is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Callaway County Courthouse. According to the probable cause statement, a child
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A 70-year-old Fulton man who was charged with first-degree child molestation is in custody. Charles Woodrow Easley was charged on Friday with molesting a child in 2018, according to court filings. He was booked into the Callaway County Jail at 3:10 p.m. Friday and is being held without bond. An initial court
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Monday with multiple felonies in a Boone County shooting. Anthony Durell Sharp, 52, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, unlawful use of a weapon, illegal gun possession and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court
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A Boone County grand jury indicted a Springfield, Missouri, man Friday with murder in a local crash.
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Associated Press COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions on Monday, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences. Biden converted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life imprisonment without
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man remained in jail Monday on two felony charges after his arrest last week in connection with a daylight shooting in a park. Marlon McCraney, 51, was picked up by police Friday, according to the Columbia Police Department. Charges were filed later that day of first-degree assault and armed criminal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)Two juveniles arrived at a hospital Saturday with gunshot wounds, according to a press release from the Columbia Police Department. The release states around 3:20 p.m., CPD responded to two juveniles who had been dropped off in a private vehicle to a local hospital with gunshot wounds. The age of the victims is
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