COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: Pannell was sentenced to 120 shock incarceration and five years of probation with a suspended execution of sentence, according to court records. ORIGINAL: According to online records, Damarko Pannell is in custody after a domestic situation in July 2018. According to court documents, Pannell is charged with domestic assault, kidnapping, stalking,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Court documents show a man is charged with three counts of assault after a situation at Boone Hospital Tuesday. According to court documents, Columbia Police responded to the hospital after John Conrow allegedly swung a knife and chased a security guard with it. Court documents reveal that the security guard had witnessed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police have begun investigating a disturbance involving a machete on the 1500 block of Paris. According to crews on scene, multiple police cars are in the area and crime scene tape is up around a residence. Police told an ABC 17 News crew that they responded to a call of smoke
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UPDATE 6:30 P.M.: Jefferson City Police report the suspect law enforcement had been looking is now in custody. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County law enforcement is in a manhunt searching for a suspect on the 3000 block of Route T according to Sheriff John Wheeler. According to Jefferson City Police social media, the suspect
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Conservation officials say three hunters in southwestern Missouri accidentally shot themselves during last weekend’s opening of firearms deer season. The Springfield News-Leader says none of the shootings were life-threatening. The Missouri Department of Conservation says it will not release details of the shootings until its investigations into them are complete. Justin
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal agents say a rural eastern Missouri man charged in child porn case also threatened to kill the heads of various online platforms, including YouTube and Twitter. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 56-year-old Matthew Bryan Thilges, of Jefferson County, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in St. Louis’ U.S. District Court to
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Jefferson City police say multiple shots were fired but no one was arrested after a shooting at the Heritage Apartments Tuesday night.
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Mid-Missouri troopers say two people were hurt and one other was arrested Tuesday afternoon after a DWI crash near the Midway exit on Interstate 70 East.
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Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to Boone County probable cause statements obtained by ABC 17 News, the three inmates being housed at The Reality House all escaped the same way with one escaped on Saturday and two escaped on Monday. According to court documents, all three men – Lawrence Johnson, Jamale E. Marteen and Tyrone McClain
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Police continue to investigate a report of shots fired on the 800 block of Monroe Street. An officer spoke with ABC 17 News crews on scene and said there was evidence of shots fired that damaged cars and evidence of shell casings. ABC 17 News crews on scene reported
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The Columbia Police Department, like every other department, is being impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Jefferson City’s Public Safety Committee met Tuesday to talk about progress toward equipping officers with the cameras and new radios.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is deciding whether new restrictions on public unions can be enacted. Judges on Tuesday heard arguments in the case. At issue is a 2018 law requiring public unions to get permission every year to deduct dues from workers’ paychecks. Public safety unions are exempt. A judge last
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Corey Chandler, 30, of Denver, was brought back to Boone County on Monday after his August arrest in Russell County, Kansas
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A probable cause statement leads to an arrest warrant for a Callaway County man accused of child molestation. According to court records, the victim told an employee at the Rainbow House Child Advocacy Center that Lewis Parrish sexually assaulted the victim multiple times from the ages of 15 to 16. The
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man is charged with five counts of possession of child porn but a probable cause statement reports 11,000 photos and four videos seized during the investigation. According to officials, a domestic disturbance call came in on Oct. 24, 2019, that began the investigation. According to the Fulton PD release, Kirk
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CALIFORNIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Moniteau County Sheriff’s deputy pulled over a vehicle Saturday for no tail lights. According to a Moniteau County Sheriff’s department, the driver, who is currently on parole for possession of a controlled substance, consented to a search of the vehicle. According to deputies, they found a loaded .45 cal handgun, marijuana, THC
Continue Reading Deputies searched the area near Reality House, 1900 E. Prathersville Road in north Columbia. The search continued Monday afternoon.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) There are still no arrests after four people were shot in Fulton Sunday morning. “It’s a shame, it needs to stop,” said Courtney Straub, who visits Fulton often. According to a press release from the Fulton Police Department, the shooting took place around 1:40 a.m. in the Fulton Event Center parking lot.
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