COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State Rep. Anthony Ealy (D-Grandview) has been released from the Cole County Jail. Ealy, 32, was arrested last week after he allegedly made threats to shoot someone outside of a Jefferson City business while “a family was making arrangements for a deceased family member,” per court documents. He is charged in Cole
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man wanted in an Arizona felony case was arrested on Saturday in Cole County. Anthony Grant, 35, is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. Cole County court filings from Monday show an extradition order was filing during a hearing. The state of Arizona will transport him back to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police have arrested three people in connection with a fight and gunfire Sunday morning. The department posted on Facebook that Eddie Luster, 21, and Leland Paris, 26, had each been arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action for the incident in the 1000
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Claudell Lane in northwest Columbia has been a hotspot for crime through the first week of November, particularly centered around the 1000 block of Columbia Square Apartments.
Columbia police are investigating a shots-fired incident that left three homes and two vehicles damaged Sunday morning, and was connected to a search warrant served in the area Sunday night. On the same street Tuesday night, another shots-fired call led officers to arrest a man who allegedly fired three shots into the air during an argument. No injuries or property damage were reported in that incident.
Including the latest incidents, the CPD dispatch log shows police have responded to 419 calls on Claudell Lane so far in 2026. That included three calls for shots fired or heard, six for an assault and 104 for a disturbance.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A mother has been charged with neglect after allegedly abandoning her 9-month-old baby on Saturday. Lillian K. Scruggs, 32, remained in the Boone County Jail on Monday on a $10,000 bond. She was arrested Saturday in the 700 block of Claudell Lane after the infant was found. The Columbia Police Department put
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department said a large police presence in the 1000 block of Claudell Lane Sunday night is connected to a shots fired incident from Sunday morning. CPD Lt. Derek Moore said officers were serving a search warrant. Moore said a person “turned himself in without incident.” One resident of the
Continue Reading The Columbia Police Department said it was investigating a shots-fired incident in northwest Columbia Sunday morning.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Another person was charged on Friday in connection with a case that led to a former marine being shot and killed during a Facebook Marketplace sale in January. Kayden Brandkamp, 18, of Columbia, is charged with four counts of stealing a gun and a lone count of tampering with evidence. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police are preparing for a busy weekend downtown as thousands of fans travel to Mid-Missouri for Saturday’s Missouri-Texas football game, just one week after a shooting that sent crowds running through downtown Columbia. Police Chief Jill Schlude said the department is coordinating with the University of Missouri, Boone County and the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The description of charges filed against the suspects has been corrected. Columbia Police Department Chief Jill Schlude said Friday that officers have arrested seven men and a minor in connection with a downtown shooting early on Halloween that left a woman with serious injuries. Police Chief Jill Schlude announced that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police say Flock technology played a major role in identifying suspects connected to an Oct. 31 downtown shooting. In the early morning hours of Oct. 31, CPD responded to reports of gunfire near the intersection of North Eighth and East Walnut streets. Officers found a 36-year-old woman with a gunshot wound
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson confirmed to ABC 17 News on Thursday that his office filed charges against a Kansas City-area lawmaker for assault and disturbing the peace. Democratic state Rep. Anthony Ealy represents District 36, covering part of Jackson County, in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was elected in
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Randolph County Judge found testimony from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office Detective Nathan West sufficient to move forward with a murder case. Seventeen-year-old Christopher R. Woods-Bloss appeared handcuffed in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing for his involvement in the death of 16-year-old Kayla Huff in May. Woods-Bloss was charged with first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old boy was certified as an adult on Wednesday in a case surrounding a June 24 shooting at a Clark Lane apartment complex. Tanner Raybon, 16, of Columbia, was is charged in Boone County with first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action, and single counts of unlawful use of a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police on Thursday afternoon closed off the 4900 block of Geyser Boulevard in northeast Columbia as officers served a warrant. At least seven Columbia Police Department vehicles were in the area, as well as a Columbia Fire Department truck. Police also had a SWAT in the driveway of a home and a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The former owner of a Moberly daycare was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday in Randolph County. Naomi Hess pleaded guilty in August to four counts of first-degree child endangerment. Hess, who ran Play N’ Learn Daycare, was arrested in 2024 after a witness reported that she had slapped
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s Office is not satisfied with a Columbia bar’s response to alleged nuisance claims. University of Missouri System President Mun Choi has attributed a hot spot for crime in downtown Columbia to Reign Bar, located at 33 N. Ninth St., since the summer, when there was a large street
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The man accused of helping a Moberly murder suspect evade arrest pleaded guilty on Thursday. Skyler Powell pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution of a felony in Monroe County court. Powell admitted to helping Alayna Mason after her brief escape from law enforcement in May while she was suspected of killing 16-year-old
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 40-year-old man in Jefferson City was arrested after a SWAT team was called in during a standoff on Wednesday afternoon, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Police Department. The name of the man arrested was not released by police. The release says an officer saw the man at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men from Columbia were given federal prison sentences in separate cases on Wednesday, according to press releases from the Department of Justice. Deshawn Anthony Harris, 21, was sentenced to five years in prison for possessing a “machine gun conversion device,” after pleading guilty to the charge, the release says. After his
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