Crime Archives

Three men charged in connection with multiple Mid-Missouri burglaries

April 2, 2020 11:52 AM Matt Ragsdale

Prosecutors in Camden County and Miller County charged three men with multiple recent burglaries reported in both counties.

Several charged in connection with Pulaski County shooting

April 1, 2020 6:29 PM Matt Ragsdale

The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that four people were arrested in connection with a shooting that sent one person to the hospital.

Appeals court rejects Columbia death row inmate’s case

April 1, 2020 3:32 PM Lucas Geisler

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man once again lost his claim to avoid the death penalty. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that Ernest Lee Johnson’s lawsuit should be dismissed following a U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding another Missouri inmate. Johnson has faced the death penalty for two decades after killing three people

Charges dropped in Columbia bomb threat case

March 30, 2020 2:06 PM Matt Ragsdale

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: Charges were dropped by the Boone County prosecutor’s office. ORIGINAL: A man charged with making a terrorist threat in Boone County has been brought back to Mid-Missouri after he was arrested in Iowa in February. Boone County prosecutors charged Raymond Utter with second-degree terrorist threats after he allegedly threatened University Hospital

Bathroom fire at Stephens Lake Park under investigation

March 29, 2020 6:40 PM Sydney Olsen

The fire marshall with the Columbia Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire in a bathroom at Stephens Lake Park.

One shot in downtown Jefferson City

March 27, 2020 2:06 PM Matthew Sanders

Police say a person was shot early Friday in downtown Jefferson City.

Third person pleads guilty in 2018 Sylvan Lane killing

March 19, 2020 9:01 AM Matt Ragsdale

Online court records say Daria Littleton was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday.

Stay-at-home order compliance will be complaint driven

March 24, 2020 8:52 PM Sydney Olsen

A stay-at-home order will go into effect in Boone County and Columbia at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. Under that order, city and health officials will be able to take action if businesses or individuals do not comply with the order.

Access to Boone, Callaway courts limited after stay-at-home order imposed

March 24, 2020 12:18 PM Matthew Sanders

The courts will remain open, but the 13th Judicial Circuit is placing more stringent limits on who can come inside the courthouse as local officials issue a COVID-19 stay-at-home order.

Ashland man accused of threatening clerks with COVID-19

March 23, 2020 4:57 PM Matthew Sanders

An Ashland man has been charged with harassment after he allegedly told two store clerks he had COVID-19 and asked them if they wanted it.

Evictions suspended, other court changes made in Boone and Callaway counties

March 23, 2020 8:42 PM Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Evictions in Boone and Callaway counties are on hold for the next month in an order issued by the area’s presiding judge. An order from 13th Circuit Presiding Judge Kevin Crane suspended all evictions through April 17. The order said that “it is not in the interest of the public health to

Woman accused of abducting child, setting off Amber Alert

March 23, 2020 10:31 AM Matt Ragsdale

Boone County prosecutors charged a woman accused of abducting a child linked to an Amber Alert that was sent out Saturday night.

Search continues for missing Columbia mother

March 21, 2020 7:26 AM Molly Stawinoga

The Columbia Police Department said it has not found any new evidence after it searched additional locations for the remains of Mengqi Ji.

Man charged in Callaway County after a chase led to a crash in Fulton

March 20, 2020 8:38 AM Matt Ragsdale

One man was arrested and a woman was taken to the hospital after a chase in Fulton led to a crash Thursday afternoon.

Columbia police officers arrest person suspected of IHOP shooting at Waffle House

March 20, 2020 9:09 AM Matt Ragsdale

Columbia police say a person suspected of a shooting at the IHOP on Conley Road was arrested at the Waffle House on Vandiver Drive.

Police arrest third suspect in Jefferson City shooting

March 19, 2020 3:51 PM Katie Greathouse

The Jefferson City Police Department arrested a third person after a shooting near a gas station at the roundabout at Jefferson Street and Stadium Boulevard on March 11.

Pulaski County deputies involved in shooting Thursday morning

March 19, 2020 1:12 PM Matt Ragsdale

The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday one man was treated after a deputy-involved shooting in St. Robert.

Two people charged with Jefferson City shooting near gas station

March 17, 2020 10:37 AM Matt Ragsdale

Cole County prosecutors charged two people accused of a Jefferson City shooting that happened near a gas station at the roundabout at Jefferson Street and Stadium Boulevard last Wednesday.

5 dead, including officer and gunman, in Springfield shooting

March 16, 2020 7:02 AM Associated Press

Police Chief Paul Williams said Monday morning the dead include a Springfield police officer Christopher Walsh, three citizens and the gunman.

Man charged in connection with Columbia officer-involved shooting

March 13, 2020 10:13 AM Matt Ragsdale

Boone County sheriff’s deputies say Brodie was armed when he went to a residence at the 6200 block of Southwest Way on Feb. 20.