Crime Archives

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz have gotten the death penalty?

November 3, 2022 2:36 AM ABC 17 News Team

Nikolas Cruz, the man who killed 17 people in a shooting in Parkland, Florida, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday.

Police: Columbia man charged with robbery after holding woman at gunpoint

November 2, 2022 9:58 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with first-degree robbery after he and three other men allegedly held a woman at gunpoint and took $400 from her. Kaeden Cunningham, 19, allegedly pointed a gun at the victim after he and the other men jumped out of a red Camaro. The alleged victim showed a

Columbia woman charged with multiple felonies

November 2, 2022 9:29 PM ABC 17 News Team

CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman was charged with two felonies and three misdemeanors after allegedly stealing and crashing a car. Rosalee Gross, 29, is charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident, causing more than $1,000 in damages, both felonies. She was also charged with carelessly operating

Gravois Mills man receives more child sex charges

November 2, 2022 8:46 PM Ryan Shiner

VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) The man living at an unlicensed daycare in Morgan County faces more child sex crimes. Leland Bryan, 62, faces five new felony charges filed this week. He now has a total of 12 felony charges against him. He is charged with: Nine counts of statutory sodomy with children younger than 12 years

Police: Shell casings found after people in two cars shoot at each other near Clark Lane

November 2, 2022 5:16 PM Matthew Sanders

Police have closed part of a major artery in east Columbia.

Lynlee Renick plans appeal of murder conviction

November 2, 2022 5:35 PM Lucas Geisler

A Montgomery County woman convicted in the murder of her husband plans to appeal her case.

Columbia man charged with threat aimed at local movie screening makes court appearance

November 2, 2022 5:08 PM Matthew Sanders

Columbia police have arrested a man accused of making a threat toward a screening of a local movie.

Man charged in 1984 Columbia rape case will not waive extradition

November 2, 2022 5:04 PM Kennedy Miller

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) The man accused of rape and attempted murder in 1984 in Northeast Columbia has decided not to waive extradition. James Wilson, 59, of Mooresville North Carolina, was arrested after DNA connected him to the crime. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation grabbed some of his trash and found a disposable razor with

Man involved in chase with deputies faces additional charge

November 2, 2022 4:31 PM Ryan Shiner

MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kingdom City man who was charged with several felonies following a multi-county chase with several counties’ sheriff’s deputies is facing yet another charge. Michael Brooks, 48, is now also charged with resisting arrest. Brooks was found by an Audrain County deputy at a Casey’s Convenient Store in Mexico on Oct. 29.

Driver faces possible charges after Pettis County crash

November 2, 2022 6:38 AM Zachary Farwell

PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man faces possible charges following a crash Tuesday night in Pettis County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened on Route B near Ragar Road around 6:50 p.m. Troopers said 22-year-old Tylor Washington tried to pass a vehicle when another vehicle overtook his car and hit

Jefferson City man faces federal drug charges

November 1, 2022 4:54 PM Ryan Shiner

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County man was charged in federal court Tuesday on suspicion of possessing heroin with the intent to distribute. Tremaine Davol Bell, 41, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Jefferson City with one count of possessing heroin to distribute. Bell is in federal

CPD talks with residents at public meeting, gathers feedback for proposed use of Fusus software

November 1, 2022 3:47 PM Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department held a public meeting Tuesday afternoon to give residents a chance to learn about Fusus, a software platform that allows police to access public or business video footage. CPD officers and Fusus representatives met with local business owners and community members to answer questions about the software. Fusus

Mexico man involved in police chase that ended in multi-vehicle crash, pleads guilty to illegal firearms, meth trafficking

November 1, 2022 3:00 PM Ryan Shiner

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man who was in a vehicle that led officers on a high speed chase before crashing into several other vehicles pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to multiple charges. Myron Mahaney, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and one count

Shots fired reported north of Columbia

October 31, 2022 9:58 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office reported shots fired Monday night at an apartment building north of Columbia in the Prathersville area, in between Northeast Circle Drive and Wildwood Street. There were no reported injuries. A spokesman from the sheriff’s office said an apartment building was hit with gun shots. Deputies told ABC17

Parson announces $1 million Missouri Blue Scholarship fund to assist law enforcement academy recruits

October 31, 2022 11:59 AM Erika McGuire

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As police departments across the county continue to face officer shortages, Gov. Mike Parson says a new initiative could improve the situation in Missouri. Parson announced Friday the launch of a $1 million Missouri Blue Scholarship Fund. It’s in an effort to help attract more Missourians to law enforcement careers. The Missouri

More court hearings set in University of Missouri hazing case

October 31, 2022 1:11 PM Leila Mitchell

Court dates were set Monday for two men charged in the Phi Gamma Delta hazing incident that left University of Missouri freshman pledge Danny Santulli disabled.

State panel recommends three-year suspension for former Boone County prosecutor

October 31, 2022 5:31 PM Lucas Geisler

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – A legal ethics panel asked that a former assistant Boone County prosecutor be suspended for three years. The Disciplinary Hearing Panel wrote on Oct. 26 that Morley Swingle should be banned from practicing law in Missouri indefinitely, with the earliest chance at applying for reinstatement coming in three years. Swingle

Cole County Sheriff’s Office: Man assaults minor, leads deputies on chase, tries to escape from patrol car

October 31, 2022 5:05 PM Ryan Shiner

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County man faces several charges after allegedly assaulting a minor and leading law enforcement on a chase on Saturday. Curtis Matheney, 28, was charged with: First-degree assault of a special victim.Resisting arrest.Escaping from custody while under arrest. He was also charged with fourth-degree assault and fourth-degree domestic assault, both

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you worried about safety in local schools?

October 31, 2022 2:47 AM ABC 17 News Team

Mid-Missouri schools last week saw a string of police incidents and threats of violence.

Vigil held four years after boy’s body recovered in Jefferson City

October 30, 2022 6:55 PM Leila Mitchell

Community members came together Sunday, four years after 4-year-old Darnell Gray’s body was found in Jefferson City.