Crime Archives

1 man killed, another wounded in rural Missouri shooting

January 18, 2021 8:15 AM Associated Press

One man was killed and another man wounded in a shooting in south-central Missouri over the weekend.

Man arrested after short chase in Gasconade County

January 17, 2021 7:35 AM Ben Fein

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Christopher Grant is recovering in the Franklin County Jail after flipping his vehicle following a police chase in Owensville. Owensville Police allegedly initiated the pursuit for Grant’s outstanding warrants. Grant lost control of his vehicle after entering a curve at a high rate of speed. The vehicle began skidding before striking a

Woman arrested after barricading herself inside of home on Carol Drive

January 16, 2021 6:19 PM Sydney Olsen

The Columbia Police Department responded to Carol Drive around 5 p.m. Saturday.

Clinton man pleads guilty after chase kills bystander

January 15, 2021 4:27 PM Associated Press

SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — A 27-year-old Clinton man will be sentenced in March for second-degree murder after a police chase ended with a bystander’s death. Westley Reid pleaded guilty this week in the death of 27-year-old Zachary Hancock Bottom of Sedalia on March 1. Police say Reid was driving a stolen vehicle out of Henry

25-year-old hurt in shooting at Columbia apartment complex

January 15, 2021 11:07 AM ABC 17 News Team

Police were sent to Heather Ridge apartments at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday

Columbia police investigating a shooting at Heather Ridge Apartments

January 14, 2021 8:50 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police are on scene at Heather Ridge Apartments after receiving multiple calls of a shooting. A resident told an ABC 17 News crew on scene that she heard three shots fired. Columbia police report one person was shot and taken to Unviersity Hospital. Officials say they don’t know the condition of

Alabama man charged with kidnapping and rape after August incident involving Mexico teen

January 14, 2021 9:52 PM Karl Wehmhoener

MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) An Alabama man is charged with kidnapping, two counts of statutory rape and statutory sodomy after an August incident involving a Mexico teen later found in Alabama. According to court documents, a 13-year-old victim was reported missing in Mexico, Mo. and then located in Limestone County Alabama. According to court documents, Bailey

Jefferson City man sentenced to life in prison for 2017 murder

January 14, 2021 9:58 AM Matt Ragsdale

Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green sentenced Jeffery Millens to life in prison on Wednesday after he was convicted of murder in October.

Street racing leads to charges after wreck Tuesday night in Columbia

January 13, 2021 11:44 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was arrested after a wreck Tuesday night sends one person to the hospital with minor injuries. A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy reports watching two vehicles racing at a high rate of speed on Providence going north just before 10 p.m. According to the deputy, one of the vehicles left the

Columbia police respond to shots fired on Bethel Church Road.

Police seeking at least two people after south Columbia shooting

January 13, 2021 6:27 AM ABC 17 News Team

Police are looking for two or more possible shooters after they found evidence of gunfire in south Columbia on Wednesday.

Man who brandished knife inside a Moberly hospital is arrested

January 13, 2021 8:25 AM Matt Ragsdale

Moberly police say a man who is suspected of pulling out a knife inside a hospital on Wednesday has been arrested.

Federal government executes first woman in nearly 70 years for Missouri murder

January 13, 2021 1:51 AM CNN Newsource

Lisa Montgomery, 52, was executed by lethal injection at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, and pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. Wednesday.

Court OKs 1st federal execution of female inmate in 67 years

January 12, 2021 11:47 PM Associated Press

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Justice Department to carry out the first execution of a female death-row inmate in almost seven decades. The rulings, handed down just after midnight on Wednesday, allow the federal Bureau of Prisons to proceed with the execution of Lisa Montgomery.

Auxvasse man charged for drug trafficking after search warrant issued

January 12, 2021 11:19 PM Karl Wehmhoener

AUXVASSE, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton police conducted a narcotics search warrant a residence on the 9000 block of county road 1006 in Auxvasse and found meth, THC wax, marijuana and other drug paraphernalia. According to court documents, law enforcement arrested Darrell Cartee. During a search of Cartee’s bedroom, law enforcement says they found glass smoking pips,

Former Mizzou assistant football coach sues over contract dispute

January 12, 2021 5:52 PM Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former assistant coach for the University of Missouri football team claims the school still owes him money following his departure. Derek Dooley filed a lawsuit in Boone County claiming the university must still pay him a year’s worth of his salary under the terms of his contract. The university hired Dooley

Highway patrol: No specific threats to Missouri Capitol ahead of Biden inauguration

January 12, 2021 4:39 PM Chanel Porter

State officials have increased security around the Missouri Capitol after last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol but are not aware of specific threats in the days ahead, a highway patrol spokesman said Tuesday.

Columbia police investigating armed robbery near Business Loop

January 12, 2021 3:16 PM Matt Ragsdale

Columbia police officers say an armed robbery called out near the Business Loop early Tuesday morning is under investigation.

Police arrest man accused of north Columbia robbery

January 12, 2021 12:15 PM Matt Ragsdale

Columbia police officers arrested a man Monday suspected of robbing a woman of her vehicle earlier in the day.

Federal judge grants stay of execution for Missouri woman pending a competence hearing

January 12, 2021 12:20 AM CNN Newsource

A federal judge granted Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, a stay of execution pending a competency hearing — just hours before she was scheduled to die. Judge James Hanlon of the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana wrote in the order granting the stay, “Ms. Montgomery’s motion to

Woman set to die for killing woman, cutting baby from womb

January 11, 2021 3:38 PM Associated Press

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A woman who killed a pregnant woman, cut a baby from her womb and then passed off the newborn as her own is set to die for the crime. Lisa Montgomery would be the first woman executed by the federal government in some six decades if her execution happens as scheduled