COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 23-year-old man has been charged with several sex crimes. Elijah Schwartz is charged with first-degree rape, two counts of first-degree sodomy and fourth-degree assault. He is currently being held at the Boone County jail without bond. An arraignment hearing was held Tuesday. A confined docket hearing is scheduled for Oct. 19,
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TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Tuscumbia High School teacher and basketball coach pleaded guilty to several sex crimes on Tuesday. Michael Allen, 26, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual contact with a student. His sentencing hearing will be 10 a.m. on Dec. 14 at the Miller County Courthouse. An investigation began March 1 after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was formally charged Tuesday in the suspicious death of a woman. Adam Conner, 37, was arrested Tuesday morning. He was charged with second-degree murder and tampering with evidence. A woman had called Columbia police Tuesday after allegedly not seeing her roommate since Friday. Police checked the residence on the
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Rocky Mount man was charged multiple counts of child molestation Friday. Jason Acton, 31, was charged with two counts of molesting a child younger than 12 years old. A sexual assault nurse at the emergency room at University Hospital told police the victim told their mother that Acton had touched
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chesterfield man was convicted by a Moniteau County jury on Wednesday for multiple felonies. Bradley Duncan, 57, was found guilty for first-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action and unlawful criminal action. The jury found Duncan for trying to shoot and kill his ex-wife at Millard Rekus Funeral Home in Eldon on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has arrested two men in unrelated child pornography investigations. Gabriel Cloutier, 38, of Hannibal, was arrested Tuesday after troopers executed a search warrant of his home on Center Street. Investigators seized child pornography and computer equipment. Cloutier was charged with three counts of possession of child pornography.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several vehicles and items were stolen Tuesday off of Route N near Mineola, Missouri, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. A witness observed a white male wearing a ball cap driving a blue and white Ford tractor around the property. The witness observed the tractor leaving the property, driving west on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was injured and another was arrested following a shooting Tuesday night at Fort Leonard Wood. The injured person was treated by paramedics before being flown to Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. The person who was arrested is being held at the Pulaski County jail. The shooting is under investigation by
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AÂ judge denied bond Monday for one of the two suspects charged in a Boone County murder.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Higbee man faces multiple felony charges following an altercation with his nephew on Friday. James Gibson, 43, was charged with armed criminal action and domestic assault after he attempted to shoot the victim, according to a probable cause statement. Gibson pointed a 9 mm hand gun and attempted to fire the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)An Eldon man was sentenced in two separate first-degree property damage cases Wednesday. Both incidents happened Feb. 23. He was sentenced to four years in prison for each case. Jarod Long, 32, drove through the entrance of Boone Medical Group at 931 Highway D in Osage Beach and fled the scene. In the
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman was charged Thursday with financial exploitation of an elderly person after allegedly stealing from a 78-year-old man who received in-home care. The man’s daughter received a power of attorney over him in October. She found unusual activity in his bank accounts, according to a probable cause statement. The man
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Portland, Missouri, man was charged Monday with several felony counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, first-degree property damage and unlawful use of a weapon. Callaway County police seized 18 firearms from Wally Spencer, 46, following an incident Sunday at Rivers Edge RV Park & Compound in Portland. Spencer was convicted
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WARRENSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) The Warrensburg Police department was called out to the 100 block of South College around 4:30 this morning after reports of a possible shooting. Once on scene, officers discovered a man in his 20’s with a gunshot wound. The victim, 29-year-old Joseph Campbell, was later pronounced dead at the scene. According to
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Police say one person has been killed and four others injured in a drive-by shooting in a popular Kansas City entertainment district. Police say the shooting happened just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday in Westport in midtown Kansas City when a gunman fired shots from a white sport utility vehicle traveling in
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Fulton officers responded to reports of an assault with a knife shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday. It happened on the 200 block of 8th Street.
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The Moberly Police Department stopped James Ivy last night at 8:20 p.m. in the 700 block of E. Carpenter Street. Ivy initially gave officers false information, but they were able to determine his identity. Police found Ivy to have an active warrant for his arrest. During a search of Ivy police were able to find
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County jury ruled late Thursday night that a Jefferson City man is guilty of second-degree rape. Boone County assistant prosecutor Jessica Caldera said sentencing for Jemell Butler could start on March 2. The jury began discussing the case against Butler at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Prosecutors claim Butler raped a
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The Fulton Police Department responded to a shots fired call Saturday afternoon. Crews responded to Carver Park in Fulton to find the suspects had already fled the scene.
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There is a large law enforcement presence in Fayette.
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