JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Cooper County Jail staff member who was accused of manslaughter will have an Administrative Hearing Commission hearing over the status of her peace officer’s license. A hearing for Rachel Atherton is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, according to AHC documents. Atherton currently has a suspended Class A
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned the sex crimes conviction against Harvey Weinstein, the powerful Hollywood producer whose downfall stood as a symbol of the #MeToo movement, and ordered a new trial. The court, by a 4-3 vote, ruled the testimony of “prior bad acts” witnesses
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was accused of stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of items, including three guns, while helping a woman move in October. Christian Maxwell Gee was charged with stealing more than $750 and three counts of stealing a gun. He was not listed on the Boone County Jail roster on Wednesday
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Tuesday in Pettis County after authorities say he attempted to pay a teenager for sex. Larry David Craig III, born in 1994, was charged with patronizing prostitution of a person older than 14 years old and younger than 18 years old. A warrant was issued for
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man accused of several child sex crimes has an arraignment scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 6 at the Callaway County Courthouse. Freeman Myron Larnerd, 53, was charged with child porn possession, unlawful use of a weapon, statutory sodomy of a victim younger than 14 years old, first-degree statutory
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged with first-degree domestic assault on Tuesday. George Kenneth Crouse, 28, was arrested on Monday and was placed on a 24-hour hold in the Randolph County Jail. A warrant was issued and served on Tuesday and a $10,000 bond was set. The warrant states he is not allowed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was found guilty in March of a 2022 gas station shooting on Paris Road in Columbia was sentenced on Monday. Terrance Andra Johnson, 29, was found guilty on March 6 of first-degree assault, shooting a gun at a motor vehicle/person, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has reached a $138.7 million settlement with more than 100 victims of disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar over the FBI’s initial failures in investigating the sexual assault case. More than 150 women and girls, including Olympic athletes, have alleged that Nassar sexually abused them
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A man was shot and another arrested Sunday afternoon in Sedalia.
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Official reports show a fire that closed Noodles and Company in downtown Columbia last month was sparked by a “warming fire” that was started too close to the building.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men who were accused of robbing a Centralia home in May 2023 were indicted on Friday by a grand jury. Curtis Lamar Russell, 45, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action, first-degree burglary, stealing more than $750 and third-degree assault. He was initially charged with
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Kim and Steven Dragoo of St. Joseph, Missouri, have been sentenced to serve 14 days each in jail for a misdemeanor offense on Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol, based on preliminary information.
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A 43-year-old Columbia man who police say has “no permanent address” remained in the Boone County Jail on Friday on charges of trespassing, sexual misconduct and resisting arrest on the University of Missouri campus.
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A court case filed last year against the Pettis County Commission and the head of its IT department was dismissed without prejudice on Thursday. The case centered around cameras installed in the courthouse, with Pettis County Clerk Nick La Strada claiming in the petition that the audio and video recordings violated voters’
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly woman was sentenced to five years of supervised probation on Wednesday after she pleaded guilty to two counts of income tax evasion. A five-year suspended sentence was also included for Cathy Colleen Maddix. According to the complaint, she was accused of evading paying her income taxes from 2018-20.
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for causing a downtown accident that resulted in the amputation of the legs of a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee. Daniel Riley was convicted last month of second-degree assault, armed criminal action, fourth-degree assault and driving without a valid
Continue Reading Editor’s note: A previous version of this story mistakenly identified the business as a bank. MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman has been charged after she was accused of stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of bank deposits from a vet clinic. Terry Davenport, of Benton City, was charged with stealing more than $25,000. A warrant was
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged on Thursday after he allegedly pushed a woman off a bridge in Memorial Park in Fulton on Wednesday, according to court documents. Timothy Lee Stewart, 48, was charged with first-degree domestic assault, first-degree property damage and two misdemeanors: First-degree trespassing and violating a restraining order. The probable
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Thursday after he was accused of shooting at another man at a Columbia apartment complex on Dec. 12. Nicolas Rose, 26, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is being held at the Boone County Jail on a $40,000 bond.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The mother of the teenager killed April 11 on Premier Lane is grieving her loss. The Columbia Police Department says they are still looking for two juvenile suspects wanted in the fatal shooting of Derek Silvey, 18. Police say they are a threat to the public. Michele Allison wants people to cherish the time
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