Columbia police arrest suspected purse snatcher, accomplice
Columbia police say they’ve identified a suspect in incidents of elderly women’s purses being snatched at grocery stores.
Continue ReadingColumbia police say they’ve identified a suspect in incidents of elderly women’s purses being snatched at grocery stores.
Continue ReadingA Columbia man wanted in a January shooting death was booked into the Boone County Jail on Tuesday morning after he was arrested in Arizona last month.
Continue ReadingColumbia police are seeking two people in the robbery of a Steak ‘n Shake restaurant during Sunday’s snowstorm.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Police Department investigated an armed robbery at a restaurant on Sunday night.
Continue ReadingA Columbia man was arrested and charged on Friday with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with a killing at the Welcome Inn in Columbia.
Continue ReadingA Columbia man that survived a September shooting is now in the Boone County jail on felony drug charges.
Continue ReadingA state senator has filed a bill meant to reduce crime in mid-sized cities by providing money for more police officers.
Continue ReadingThe search in a Mid-Missouri river for a missing Columbia woman was scaled back Wednesday, the seventh day that crews were on the water.
Continue ReadingMissouri Court of Appeals Western District judges sided with Ryan Ferguson after an insurance company appealed a Boone County court ruling that awarded Ferguson $5.3 million in a wrongful conviction lawsuit.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are investigating the second armed robbery in a little more than a month at a southwest Columbia liquor store. Officers were called at about 5 p.m. Monday to Xpress Liquor & Smokes on Corona Road in the Cherry Hill area of Columbia. A man wearing a camouflage jacket with dark pants
Continue ReadingPolice have visited a Columbia motel where a person was found dead Tuesday from a gunshot wound hundreds of times in the past year.
Continue ReadingAuthorities were back at the De Bourgmont access on the Lamine River on Tuesday to search for a missing Columbia mother.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The mother of a Hallsville teenager killed in a crash early Friday called him a “loving young man who made a stupid mistake.” Hayden Holt, 17, died when his vehicle crashed into a utility pole during a chance involving police. Holt’s mother, Kari Hallowell, described her son as loving. “I will say
Continue ReadingCOOPER COUNTY, Mo. Divers will resume their search of the Lamine River for a missing Columbia woman on Tuesday. Columbia Police Department spokesman Jeff Pitts said authorities were pausing their search for the weekend as the sun set Friday. Friday was the fifth day divers were at the De Bourgmont Lamine River Access. Crews also
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An off-duty Columbia police officer told his co-workers he saw former police chief Ken Burton drinking prior to officers pulling Burton over and ticketing him. Defense attorney Andrew Popplewell disclosed some of the details of Burton’s arrest in a motion to suppress evidence in the case. Burton faces one count of driving
Continue ReadingThe search for a missing Columbia mom will continue for a fourth day Thursday on the Lamine River.
Continue ReadingThe Mid-Missouri Sheriff’s Dive Team and Columbia Police Department will continue their search for a missing Columbia woman Tuesday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are asking for help identifying the person who stole money after damaging a machine in a northeast Columbia smoke shop. The Columbia Police Department said in a news release that a man entered We B Smokin, 2716 Paris Road, at about 1 p.m. Monday and damaged a countertop coin-operated machine with
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County prosecutor filed charges Monday against a woman who staged a weeklong protest by camping in a tree. Susan Fourcade, 67, also known as Sutu Forte, is charged with one count of misdemeanor trespassing. Forte was camped on a platform in a tree off Bluff Dale Drive to stop the
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following a shooting that left a teenager injured, many neighborhood residents are asking who should be held responsible. Columbia police were sent Friday night to the 2500 block of Shepard Boulevard for reports of shots fired. When they got to the scene, they found bullet holes in a house. Later, an 18-year-old
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