A Missouri woman has been charged with spiking her husband’s Mountain Dew with the pesticide Roundup because he didn’t appreciate the 50th birthday party she threw him. Michelle Y. Peters, 47, is charged with domestic assault and armed criminal action and is being held without bond, KYTV reported. Leclede County Sheriff’s Office investigators say that …
A Missouri K-9 officer died last week after he was left in a hot car overnight. Savannah Chief of Police David Vincent said Officer Horus died after completing his overnight shift and that his death is under investigation, WDAF reported. Savannah is a small town north of St. Joseph in western Missouri. “Due to this …
A masked boy stood up in a crowded Missouri theater Saturday afternoon and opened fire with a fake gun that fired gel beads. The boy fled theater after his attack and was later found in a nearby parking lot, Creve Coeur police said. Fortunately, the boy’s reckless actions didn’t hurt anyone. Officers recovered the gun …
A Missouri deputy sheriff and his wife have been arrested on charges of attempted sex trafficking of a child under 12 and attempted use of a child in a sexual peformance. The St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department said that David K. Blankenship, 39, and Karlie Blankenship, 28, are being held without bond. The department said …
Police are investigating after the body of a newborn infant was found at a Missouri lake Saturday morning. Maryville Police Chief Mike Stolte told KMBC that investigators believe the infant was born within 12 hours of being found in Mozingo Lake, a 1,006-acre reservoir in a recreational park owned by the city. Stolte said an …
A 36-year-old mother walked into a Missouri police department Tuesday morning and told officers there “that she had shot one of her children and drowned another.” Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak told reporters that the first victim, a 9-year-old girl, was outside in the woman’s car. Officers found the second victim, a 2-year-old boy, in …
A Missouri man was charged with second degree murder after he allegedly strangled his wife to death while she lay in a hospital bed to get a new port for kidney dialysis. Ronnie Wiggs reportedly admitted covering his wife’s nose and mouth, to keep her from screaming, and put his thumbs on her throat, WDAF …
A young Missouri boy shot and killed himself after getting his hands on a loaded, unsecured gun . The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department was initially called Tuesday night for a “sound of shots,” but the call was upgraded to a shooting, KMBC reported. By the time they arrived, a family member had already taken …
Authorities in Missouri have issued an Amber Alert for a 2-year-old girl believed abducted by her non-custodial parents. Arukia Ganis was seen at Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife museum and aquarium in Springfield at about 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday, with Frank Ganis, 36, and Arisha Caldwell, 33. The three were then seen on camera leaving …
A Missouri deputy sheriff left his gun loaded and unattended at a family gathering last week, and his 2-year-old nephew found it and shot himself. Ferguson Police spokesperson Pat Washington said the St. Louis deputy, who was not identified, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Washington said the child wasn’t taken to …
A 12-year-old boy critically injured in a high-speed, wrong way crash last December has died, and a woman has been charged. Endrina Bracho was reportedly driving 75 miles per hour when she struck a Jeep driven by the family of Travis J. Wolfe on December 20. The boy was taken to St. Louis Children’s Hospital …
A 25-year-old Missouri man has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after he allegedly shot and killed his mother when he thought she was an intruder coming into the back door of the home they shared in Olivette. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said that Monica McNichols-Johnson, 56, died at the scene on Thursday, …
