Month: June 2025

Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man pulled out a gun and robbed a business Thursday afternoon in the 100 block of West Business Loop 70, according to a Friday press release from the Columbia Police Department.

Police wrote that they were called around 12:15 p.m. for an armed robbery. The name of the business was not listed in the release. The clerk allegedly told police that a male wearing a black Nike jacket and black pants pulled out a gun and threatened her, the release says.

The man allegedly ran away with cash and merchandise from the business, the release says.

Dispatch logs show a report of a robbery at 12:16 p.m. Thursday in the 100 block of West Business Loop 70.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The former general manager of Fulton Wurst Haus and Butchery was charged on Friday after she was accused of embezzling $343,711.31 from the business over the course of nearly two years.

Tonya Clarke, 50, of Mokane, was charged with two counts of stealing more than $25,000, three counts of stealing more than $750 and one count of misdemeanor stealing. She is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set.

The probable cause statement says the victims – the owners of the business – indicated that several unauthorized transactions from their bank account were made from February 2023-December 2024.

Court documents list several transactions occurring from the account, which include checks made to a business that was owned by Clarke, a trust agreement, debit purchases from Walmart and various transactions worth thousands of dollars noted as “payment,” among other cash withdrawals. Clarke would also allegedly pay herself regularly more than her declared salary, the statement says.

Clarke allegedly told deputies “conflicting statements,” while acknowledging she was one of the few people with access to the account.

“Clarke also stated during the interview that if she wanted to steal from him I could have and covered it up,” the deputy wrote in court documents.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Camdenton man was charged with four counts of driving while intoxicated in connection with a crash on May 16 that led to two people having serious injuries.

Phillip Peterson, 54, was charged on Friday with two counts of DWI causing serious injuries and a pair of counts of DWI causing injuries. He was booked into the Camden County Jail at 1:16 p.m. and was released at 2:15 p.m., according to online jail records. He had a $100,000 bond. A court date has not been scheduled.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report shows that the three-vehicle crash occurred at 3:25 p.m. May 16 on Highway 54 near Sunny Slope Road.

The report claims a 2010 BMW 335I – driven by Peterson – tried exiting from Cedar Heights and pulled into the path of a 2023 Ford F250 – driven by a 26-year-old Urbana, Missouri, man — that was heading westbound and hit it head-on. The Ford then hit a 2022 Toyota Rav4 head-on, the report says. The Toyota was driven by a 59-year-old Plato, Missouri, woman.

Peterson and the driver and passenger of the Ford had minor injuries, the report says. Peterson was brought to Lake Regional Hospital by ambulance, while the other two were brought to Dallas County Family Medical Center in a private vehicle, the report says.

The driver of the Toyota and her passenger – a 46-year-old woman from Richland, Missouri – had serious injuries, the report says. The driver was flown to University Hospital, while the passenger was brought to Lake Regional Hospital by ambulance, the report says.

Everyone involved in the crash except the driver of the Ford wore seatbelts, according to the report. All three vehicles were totaled.

The probable cause statement says that Peterson allegedly told troopers that he was looking in the opposite direction and didn’t see the Ford coming. He allegedly said he was tired, but not impaired, the statement says. Court documents say that a breath test was done at the scene and his blood alcohol content was .10, which is above the legal limit to drive.

Peterson allegedly denied drinking that day, but claimed he drank “a lot” the day before, the statement says.

The statement also says that a witness saw the BMW pull in front of the Ford, causing the crash.

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