BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man is charged with child molestation after an investigation began April 13. According to court documents, Caleb “Logan” Phillips confessed to two people about molesting a 3-year-old. On April 14, the victim told two people that Phillips had hurt the victim. Phillips lived with the victim from Nov. 2020 to
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ST. JAMES, Mo. (KMIZ) A Saint James man is now charged with second-degree murder in connection to a fentanyl overdose that happened in Maries County. Tanner Orr, 26, is also charged with delivery of a controlled substance. Kenneth Ahart Junior was found dead in his home in Saint James on Oct. 12 from an overdose.
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James Addie is charged with the 2018 death of his fiancée, Molly Watson, in Monroe County.
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The request for a bill of particulars — a document that details the prosecution’s case — from lawyers representing William “Chris” Niemet of Fulton was denied Wednesday, according to online court records.
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The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office has sent evidence to the state crime lab after deputies found explosives near a lake Wednesday.
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Prosecutors have charged a woman with failing to stop for a school bus and injuring a child after she allegedly hit a boy at a southeast Columbia bus stop.
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Officers were called a little after 8 a.m. to the Walmart Supercenter at 415 Conley Road.
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Highway Patrol Troop B arrested a man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and being a minor in possession of alcohol after crash reports say he veered off a road and hit a tree.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The second suspect involved in a 2019 Columbia pawn shop burglary has been sentenced to prison. 21-year-old Alexander Mears was sentenced Wednesday morning to three years in prison. Mears and 26-year-old Tyler Hilderman stole more than 60 firearms from Tiger Pawn in Columbia. According to Mears’s plea agreement, the duo made
Continue Reading Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism said deputies were sent to the McCredie Farm Lake east of Kingdom City a little before 7 a.m. Deputies found two suspicious objects they believed to be explosives, Chism said. The University of Missouri owns and maintains the area.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man could spend four months in prison after pleading guilty to several different crimes over the last two years. Antonio H. Robinson pleaded guilty Monday to four different cases in Boone County. One of those cases stemmed from a northeast Columbia shooting in 2019. Robinson pleaded guilty to a reduced
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Joseph man is accused of using peanuts in an attempt to assault a man in Camden County with a severe peanut allergy. According to a release from the Camden County prosecuting attorney Facebook page, the victim told Camdenton police that Jacob Andes, 27, put peanuts in his coffee, laundry soap
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The 10-year-old New Haven Elementary School student suffered only minor injuries, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested a woman on suspicion of ignoring the stopped sign on the school bus.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges have been filed in a reported from January Columbia rape. Jay Strausbaugh is accused of assaulting the victim while she was unconscious. According to court documents, the victim told police that she was drinking at Strausbaugh’s residence and started to fall asleep. The victim then woke up and was in a
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man is charged with several sex crimes involving a child after an investigation began on March 10. According to court documents, Chad Smith would go into the bedroom of a 14-year-old female at night from Nov. 2013 to Nov. 2015 and assaulted her at least three time. The victim told
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PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Pettis County Sheriff’s Department investigation leads to two people charged with drug trafficking after money, guns and meth are found. According to a social media report, a search warrant was executed at a residence on Monday evening on the 2900 block of Oak Ridge Circle. Deputies found two ounces of
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was sentenced to seven years in prison in connection with a shooting that happened in October. 25-year-old Xavies Parks pleaded guilty to felony charges of second-degree assault and unlawful possession of a concealed firearm. His sentence will run concurrently with other charges against him. He was on
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cooper County Sheriff’s Department has released more information after a Monday chase and crash off Interstate 70 that led to an hour-long standoff. Officials report Maurice Robinson was wanted on a Pulaski County warrant and a Probation and Parole warrant after Boonville police attempted to stop a stolen vehicle near
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mexico man has been sentenced to prison Tuesday in connection with a September 2019 pawn shop burglary. 26-year-old Tyler Hilderman has been sentenced to three years in prison. Hilderman pleaded guilty back in October for the burglary. Hilderman and 21-year-old Alexander Mears faced charges related to stealing more than 60
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Police in Fulton said Tuesday they’ve followed up on more than 40 leads and tips trying to identify people involved in a “possible kidnapping” this week.
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