COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Stover man faces several charges after authorities say he was in possession of child pornography and sexually abused a dog. Brenton Roberts, 21, was charged with five counts of possessing child pornography. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $250,000 bond. A court date has not been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with a pair of felonies after he allegedly inappropriately touched a minor while they were sleeping. Myron Demon Cage, 40, was charged with first-degree attempted sexual abuse and tampering with a witness. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date
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A jury trial begins Wednesday for a former state trooper charged with sexual assault in the first degree and kidnapping in the third degree.
The State v. Jeffery Durbin trial is expected to last two to three days at the Boone County Courthouse.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Fulton Police Department is looking for a maroon/burgundy 2022 Jeep Compass Sport in connection to a teenager’s shooting death. Police wrote in a Wednesday afternoon press release that suspect vehicle information was developed after investigating more than 50 leads in the death of 17-year-old Mason Sheets. Police previously said on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center died on Tuesday, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Corrections. The release says Brandon Church, 34, was pronounced dead at Capital Region Medical Center. He was serving a 25-year sentence for second-degree murder in Platte County and was received by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City woman accused of murdering a toddler in 2018 and abandoning the corpse has been deemed competent to stand trial by the Department of Mental Health. Quatavia Givens, 32, was charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and abandoning a corpse in relation to the death
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By Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette, Caroll Alvarado, Taylor Galgano and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement officials seeking a motive for a shooting at Nashville’s Antioch High School on Wednesday morning are examining alarming social media posts and writings tied to a teenager police say shot and killed a 16-year-old girl. The shooter, identified
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to selling crack in Mid-Missouri for several years will get out of jail a decade sooner than he was sentenced. Malcolm Redmon was arrested in August 2014 by local and federal law enforcement on Sanford Avenue in central Columbia. In 2016, he was sentenced to 24 years
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are looking for a “vehicle of interest” in relation to a Fulton teenager’s death, Fulton Police Chief Bill Ladwig told ABC 17 News on Tuesday. Police wrote on Monday that Mason Sheets, 17, was found on Sunday night with gunshot wounds in a vehicle near South Business 54 and Commons Drive.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with four felonies on Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a woman and threatened to kill her at a hotel on Monday. Maurice Lee, 34, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, second-degree kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held at the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City man pleaded guilty in federal court in Kansas City on Tuesday for his role in a series of armed robberies in Mid-Missouri, the Department of Justice wrote in a press release. Kentrail Collins, 26, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery, five counts of robbery, one count of brandishing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police confirmed that a stolen gun was found after a shots fired incident over the weekend that led to six juveniles being detained. Two of the youth were released, while one was detained on suspicion of four counts of first-degree assault, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, and distribution
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City woman who volunteered at a private school is set to be sentenced in April after she pleaded guilty last week to sexual abuse for a relationship with a student. Jennifer E. Cecil pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual abuse, a felony. She was charged in July 2023 after the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police confirmed Sunday night six juveniles were detained after shots were fired in the 2100 block of West Worley Street earlier in the night. A Sunday release states police responded to multiple reports of shots fired at 5:25 p.m. CPD officers detained the juveniles in the 400 block of North Stadium
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two juveniles were detained for allegedly trying to steal multiple vehicles, according to Columbia police. A Saturday release from police says the juveniles were detained in connection with the attempted theft of at least eight vehicles around midnight Jan. 17. The thefts occurred in the area of North Cedar Lake Drive and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of a Fulton man who was killed after an October shooting is increasing the incentive for information that leads to the arrest of a suspect. The Fulton Police Department announced in a Friday press release that Dominique Ford’s grandfather spoke with them to raise the amount of money for a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An inmate at Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron was charged on Thursday after he was accused of assaulting a corrections officer on May 11, 2023. Jaquan Brown, 27, was charged in Cole County with first-degree assault and violence to a Department of Corrections employee. A warrant was issued and no bond was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico, Missouri, man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to first-degree statutory rape. Nickolas Gage Crum, 19, was previously charged with first-degree statutory rape and statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years old. A sentencing date has not been scheduled. Court documents in previous reporting say that the victim was sexually assaulted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who had a five-hour standoff with law enforcement officers this week in Richland seemingly tried to gun down his wife as she returned home, before she even got out of her vehicle, according to court documents. Joshua R. Hackmann was charged Thursday with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action.
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