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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police say they’ve arrested a man in connection with a shooting at a central city park. Police arrested Marlon McCraney, 51, of Columbia, on suspicion of first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and illegal gun possession in connection with the Nov. 12 shooting, according to a news
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach police said Friday that they arrested a teenager in connection with a threat that led School of the Osage to cancel nighttime events. The Osage Beach Police Department posted a news release on social media Friday afternoon saying a 15-year-old had been arrested in connection with the Thursday threat
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison after he was convicted of shooting at a Columbia woman’s home. Johnathan Mosley, 41, was convicted in October of first-degree property damage, armed criminal action, first-degree stalking, shooting at a vehicle/home and two misdemeanors: fourth-degree domestic assault and fourth-degree assault.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A special prosecutor decided Thursday that two Callaway County deputies who had a fatal shootout with a suspect will not face charges. Cpl. Justin Bax and Deputy Gardner Pottorff were shot on Oct. 14 during an exchange of gunfire with a Texas man, Jonathan Beason. Beason died from gunshot wounds suffered in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged Friday with murder and a woman with manslaughter in a November beating death in Columbia. Alexander A. Aklan, 28, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Antonio Davis, 56, of Columbia. He had already been charged with first-degree assault, drug trafficking, armed criminal action
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A Jackson County judge blocked Missouri’s near-total abortion ban Friday following the passage of a statewide constitutional amendment in November. Judge Jerri Zhang’s 22-page ruling temporarily blocks several state laws regulating the procedure. That includes Missouri’s law banning abortions except for a medical emergency. Planned Parenthood sued the state shortly after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old has been charged with three felonies for allegedly shooting at a woman and her children in the parking lot of Academy Sports this summer. Myron S. Mills of Columbia was charged Friday with first-degree attempted assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in connection with the July
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A special prosecutor won’t file charges against Boone County deputies and Columbia police officers involved in a shootout that ended in the suspect’s death. Officers shot and killed Damion A. Linder during a standoff at a Sturgeon mobile home park in early June. Marion County Prosecuting Attorney Luke Bryant decided last month
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) School of the Osage has canceled all Thursday night activities and home athletic events after a threat was phone into its middle school, the district wrote in a Thursday afternoon social media post. “Today at 2:58 PM, our middle school received a phoned-in threat to the building. Immediately upon receiving the information
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Balloons, lit candles, songs and tears were the sight Wednesday night in Fulton, as community members of all ages packed into a church parking lot to honor Dominique Ford. Ford, 27, of Fulton died after an October shooting. According to an October social media post from the Fulton Police Department, police found
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