COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man who was accused of shooting at a vehicle in July 2024 pleaded guilty to a felony. Keiron Robinson, 24, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to illegal gun possession and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He is currently being held at the Cole County Jail. He was originally
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A class action lawsuit was filed on Thursday against one of Columbia’s biggest employers. A complaint was filed in the Western District Court of Missouri against Veterans United Home Loans. The plaintiffs in the class –which includes Christian Payton, Salem Zahn and Ernest Easter – are seeking at least a $5 million
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who owned a Mexican restaurant in south Columbia pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Tuesday in Butler County. Crystal Umfress pleaded guilty to making a false affidavit, a misdemeanor, according to the deputy clerk in Butler County. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail, but was given credit for time
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was charged with a felony and four misdemeanors in an alleged drunken driving crash on Monday allegedly had a blood alcohol content nearly four times the legal limit to drive. Maurice Robinson, 40, was charged on Tuesday with driving while intoxicated – causing physical injury and four misdemeanors:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors have dropped seven felonies against a man charged with a Jefferson City shooting as part of a guilty plea. Adonius Boykin, 21, of Jefferson City, pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon on Feb. 10. The judge on Tuesday scheduled his sentencing to be at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 14.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of a woman who was killed in flooded waters in Boone County in 2024 claims the City of Columbia and Boone County were at fault. The wrongful death lawsuit filed Friday in Boone County alleges the city and county “failed to use ordinary care to either prevent Gillespie Bridge Road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A septuagenarian has been charged in Boone County after he was accused of robbing a downtown Columbia bank at gunpoint over the weekend. Basil Kyles, 71, of Columbia, was charged on Tuesday with first-degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action. He is being held at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has died after he was shot Friday night in Osage County. Osage County Sheriff Mike Bonham said Tuesday that the man, previously identified as 45-year-old Jarrod Compton, was pronounced dead just before 10 p.m. Monday. “We are still working the case at this point,” Bonham said when asked about arrests.
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David Jarrett, 26, was charged with after he allegedly shot a victim in the torso in a Jefferson City home on Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department identified the suspect in custody after an armed robbery at a bank in downtown Columbia on Saturday morning. Police arrested 71-year-old Basil Kyles, of Columbia, on charges of first-degree robbery, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm and tampering with evidence in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage County Sheriff Mike Bonham tells ABC 17 News the victim of a shooting Friday night remains in critical condition. Bonham also confirmed the name of the victim as 45-year-old Jarrod Compton. Deputies responded to County Road 703 around 4:30 p.m. Friday and found Compton outside a mobile home with a gunshot
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges Friday against a Jefferson City man arrested following a high-speed chase that spanned two counties. Donraye Roper, 20, faces one count of aggravated fleeing a stop or detention. No court hearing has been scheduled as of Friday night. According to the probable cause statement,
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is in critical condition after a shooting in Osage County Friday afternoon. Osage County Sheriff Mike Bonham said deputies responded to County Road 703 around 4:30 p.m. and found a 45-year-old man outside a mobile home with a gunshot wound. Due to the rural location, a medical helicopter landed nearby,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who the Missouri State Highway Patrol says has held “several law enforcement positions” was charged on Friday in Pettis County with first-degree rape. Collin Goodsell, 28, of Peculiar, Missouri, is being held at the Pettis County Jail without bond. A mugshot was not immediately available on Friday afternoon and a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moniteau County commissioner who resigned from his position earlier this week has been charged with three felonies. Former Northern District Commissioner Doug Naros was charged on Friday in Moniteau County with forgery and two counts of stealing. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Friday. He had resigned from
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City police officers responded to a shooting Friday on East Cedar Way. A Friday press release from the Jefferson City Police Department says officers were called at 12:06 p.m. to the 900 block of East Cedar Way after someone had been shot. A 37-year-old Jefferson City man was found with
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City woman was charged Friday with domestic assault and armed criminal action for allegedly stabbing her mother in the face. Michelle I. Ritchie, 33, was charged Friday with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action in the Thursday stabbing at 221 Dover St. Police came to the home after
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City police arrested a woman on Thursday in connection with a reported knife attack earlier in the day, according to a news release. Shortly after noon, the release said, officers went to the 200 block of Dover Street, north of Truman Boulevard, for a reported assault. They found a woman
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison on Thursday, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Cleburn Greene, 51, pleaded guilty on May 22, 2025, to one count of attempted bank robbery, the release says. He was sentenced to three years and one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge on Wednesday ordered a mental examination for a Jefferson City man accused of killing his wife last month. Malang Akbari, 46, is charged in Cole County with first-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Cole County Jail
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