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Jazsmin Halliburton

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Columbia Police Department, Columbia Fire Department, and Boone County Office of Emergency Management will work together to ensure security policies are in place ahead of the first day of the Boone County Fair.

The Boone County Fair begins Tuesday at 5 p.m. and runs daily until 10 p.m., ending July 25, located at 5212 Okland Gravel Rd. in Columbia. Fairgoers must be aware of the security policies in place to ensure safety.

Boone County Fair manager, Jessie Kempf said they plan to utilize the same safety measures as last year because that system worked well for the fair.

“Everything is pretty much the same as we had last year. Our safety protocols are very standard,” Kempf said. “We didn’t have many incidents last year, so we just rolled with the same plan.”

No backpacks or large bags will be allowed into the fairgrounds. Only the following bags will be permitted:

Bags that are clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and do not exceed 12 inches x 6 inches x 12 inches.

Guests may use a one-gallon clear plastic freezer bag.

Small clutch bags cannot be larger than 4.5 inches x 6.5 inches with or without a handle or strap.

All alcohol, illegal drugs or paraphernalia will be confiscated.

Loitering in the parking lot will not be permitted and loiterers will be asked to leave the premises.

No reentry will be allowed into the fairgrounds.

Weapons, facemasks, and face coverings are strictly prohibited.

The weapons detection system used by Columbia Public Schools will be at the entrances of the fairgrounds.

The procedure for entering the fair with the weapons detection device is simple and non-invasive, according to Kempf.

“You’ll pay, walk a few feet, walk through the weapons detection. It’s non-intrusive,” Kempf said. “And then if there is a further search that’s needed, then you can do that.”

In the event of an emergency, there are prepared procedures for multiple different hazards such as:

Active shooter/gun shots

Bomb threats

Fire/explosion

Tornadoes

Lost person

Trespassing

Kempf said most of these procedures have not happened, but in place to prepare all staff in the event one of them does.

“We have not had any issues with that,” Kempf said. “But they’re there in place. If we ever would need something like that. Boone County Emergency Management does a great job to make sure that we’re all safe,” Kempf said.

The Columbia Police Department will be patrolling throughout the fairgrounds, while The Columbia Fire Department will be on-site to provide fire protection and emergency medical services. The Boone County Office of Emergency Management will handle all incidents and act as the proper authority when Fair personnel are not available or if an incident is escalated.

Portable camera trailers will be placed throughout the fairgrounds, including drones that will be used for aerial surveillance. Overnight security will be placed at livestock barns for the safety and security of youth exhibitors and their animals, according to the Boone County Fair Safety Plan. There will also be a central command on the grounds with emergency personnel at all times.

ABC 17 spoke with personnel of the City of Columbia who were inspecting the fair rides and other activities to ensure they were up to safety codes.

The safety inception report was requested by ABC 17, but it has not been provided.

Kempf said, at the time, she had not received word about the inspection but had not faced problems ride inspection before.

“We haven’t run into any issues in the past, so we kind of get everything tied up and buttoned up before they leave,” Kempf said.

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Steven Lambson

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Jefferson City council approved two resolutions related to a planned conference center Monday night, and also nominated two people for the vacant Ward 3 seat.

One resolution approved the project development plan, including the budget, finance plan and schedule. The resolution included an amendment to reflect the final budget and schedule.

The other resolution included details of the price construction contract and construction schedule. According to the schedule, construction is expected to start in November 2026 and be completed by November 2028.

The hotel is set to have 215 rooms, a three-star restaurant, a lobby lounge & bar, a café/market, a terrace-level lounge with an outdoor patio, and a fitness center.

The conference center will have 9,860 square feet of dedicated meeting space, including a 14,250-square-foot Grand Ballroom, plus an additional 11,900 square feet of flexible event space, for a total of approximately 31,000 square feet of net conference center space, plus adequate support and back-of-house spaces. It will also have a parking garage with 567 parking spaces, with an additional 52 parking spaces available on adjacent surface parking lots.

At the end of the meeting, two people were nominated to fill the Ward 3 vacancy left by Derek Thomas, who resigned in June after he moved out of state due to medical issues affecting his family.

Of the three residents who submitted letters of interest – including Susan Cook, Hal Dulle and James Spradlin – only Cook and Dulle were nominated. The city plans to have a candidate forum on Aug. 3 and plans to appoint a new council member on Aug. 17.

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Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Police say a Columbia man took money at gunpoint during a meeting set up on Facebook, and followed that a few days later by removing a victim to remove his clothes at gunpoint.

Lance D. Graves, 20, was arrested and charged Monday with two counts each of armed criminal action and armed robbery. Graves was jailed without bond.

A probable cause statement says police were sent to the 600 block of Claudell Lane on July 11 after a victim reported being robbed of $400 by a man he had met up for a Facebook transaction. The victim had planned to buy a handgun in the transaction, according to the statement.

Investigators were later shown a social media video that appeared to show Graves ordering another man to remove his clothes at gunpoint, then taking the clothes, according to the statement. Police said in a news release that the second robbery took place Thursday in the 2200 block of Thomas Drive.

Columbia Police Department detectives, informants and juvenile officers identified Graves in the video, accoding to the statement.

No court date has been set.

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Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

All emergency services dispatching was brought under one roof on Monday in Randolph County.

The Randolph County Ambulance District was the final group to integrate its dispatching services in the Moberly Joint Communications center, according to an ambulance district news release. The district was the last public safety agency in the county to operate its own dispatching system before joining the Moberly Joint Communications operation Monday.

Other agencies using the service are Moberly Police and Fire, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department and the county’s rural fire districts.

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Olivia Hayes

ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates heading into the Aug. 4 election. On the ballot for Columbia’s Ward 4 seat is Ryan King, Dave Sorrell and Sharon Jones.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

OLIVIA HAYES: We’re here with Ward 4 city council candidate Sharon Jones. Sharon, thank you for joining me today.

SHARON JONES: Thank you, it’s a pleasure.

HAYES: So we’ll start with, what is your history with Columbia? Tell me about that.

JONES: I moved here from Springfield, Missouri, when I went to college in, uh, Fayette, Missouri, which is just north of here, Central Methodist University, and as I was graduating out of there, my then boyfriend and now husband and I moved here to Columbia. So we’ve been here in Columbia full-time since about 2000.

HAYES: And what made you decide to run for this seat?

JONES: I have been on planning and zoning for about 6 years. I got interested in the planning and development because I watched Columbia grow up, and since Nick Foster was leaving, I had some people reach out to me and say, ‘Hey, you’re chair of planning and zoning. Would you like to be on city council? We’d love to support you.’ So I thought it sounded like a great way to continue my service to the community.

HAYES: When we spoke to Nick Foster shortly after his resignation announcement, he said that whoever took over the seat, he wanted them to match the same ideals that he had. Is there anything that you plan to pick up where Nick Foster left off and keep the ball rolling on?

JONES: We’ve talked a lot over the years, Nick and I, about the short-term rental ordinances and the long-range planning documents that the city is getting ready to do, and I hope that I can take some of what I’ve learned from him and the collaboration we’ve done and move that forward in my own way, uh, as we do these long-range plans.

HAYES: What do you think is the biggest challenge currently facing Ward 4?

JONES: I think the biggest challenge we have in Ward 4, because it moves all the way out to the west, almost into the county, or frankly into the county, I think our biggest challenge is that sort of western edge of the community and getting services out there. Getting utilities out there, getting infrastructure, like good quality roads all the way out as we sprawl that way.

HAYES: And you previously shared that you plan to continue your work life as a lobbyist. How do you plan to balance those responsibilities with the work for responsibilities that you would kind of take under your belt if you were to be elected?

JONES: Yes, so being a lobbyist or really it’s advocacy that I do is very interesting because it’s all sort of concentrated while the legislature is in session, and then when they’re not in session I have a lot more flexibility to work from home or from Goldie’s, which has become a habit of mine, or you know, take a day off and go and have meetings so I think it’s going to work really well. I also have a great team of employees in both of the businesses that I own who can manage things day to day if I need to step back, so I can do more city council work.

HAYES: Definitely, it’s good to have a support system behind you. Is there anything else that you want the ward for voters to know about you?

JONES: I think it’s really important to know that I come at everything from the same frame that I come at my work from, which is I am here to make sure that everyone is treated with respect and dignity. That they have a workplace where they can feel safe and respected, that they have a home where they can feel safe and proud of their community that they live in, so I really want to make sure that I’m making Columbia work for everyone.

HAYES: Alright, well thank you so much for sharing that with us and thank you for joining us. Again, we have Ward 4 city council candidate Sharon Jones.

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Olivia Hayes

ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates heading into the Aug. 4 election. On the ballot for Columbia’s Ward 4 seat is Ryan King, Dave Sorrell and Sharon Jones.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

OLIVIA HAYES: Today, I am here with Columbia City Council Ward 4 candidate Ryan King. Ryan, thank you for joining me today.

RYAN KING: Thank you, Olivia. Happy to be here.

HAYES: So just to start, tell me about your history with Columbia. You can talk about your personal history, work history, whatever you want to include.

KING: Sure, yeah. So I moved here in 2019. My wife is getting her PhD, and I’ve been involved a lot in the community. So I’m a board member of Columbia Track Club, community wellness is really important to me, parks and community wellness, and we’re a nonprofit. So I joined that, I’m on the board, and I even have my own race that I direct each year.

Also within the community, I’m on the Housing and Community Development commission, so we work a lot with affordable housing and some other things. We make recommendations to the city council. So, I’ve been pretty heavily involved with the community since I moved here.

HAYES: What made you decide to run for this seat?

KING: Well, I just feel that my ideas, if implemented, would make a big difference in the lives of Columbia’s residents. So, I’m a pretty independent voice. I don’t have a lot of political connections, and my career has been based in public service and community service. So I want to make Columbia’s neighborhoods stronger through fiscal responsibility, infrastructure, also access to parks and trails, and we also need to focus on affordable housing to make sure that, you know, young families especially are able to live in Columbia and enjoy all the great things about it.

HAYES: Explain what you mentioned about physical responsibility? What does that mean to you?

KING: Oh, fiscal responsibility, sorry about that. Yeah, so Columbia, we’ve been running a deficit in the millions like the last year, especially. So we just need to … we have a rainy day fund, we have a reserve fund, but you know, we need to make sure that things are balanced. We need to make sure our spending is deliberate and that what we’re spending money on is things that we actually need, so essential services and things like that. We, we just have to make sure that things are in balance.

HAYES: And what do you think is the biggest problem currently facing Ward 4?

KING: Currently facing Ward 4? I think infrastructure is a big one. I mean there are some infrastructure projects that were approved by voters in 2015, and they still haven’t been completed, so we just have tens of millions of dollars sitting in escrow. If you think about what’s happened since 2015, the rate of inflation. I don’t even know if we have enough money from those bonds to pay for these projects anymore, so we just need to be deliberate about completing infrastructure projects because they said that these lines were needed in 2006. We just need to make sure, for the future and for everyone who currently lives there, that we complete projects like this.

HAYES: Yeah, I know we’re seeing a little bit of that issue in some Ward 5 projects like the water tower situation. It’s gone up tremendously to actually do it.

KING: Right, and water especially, it’s all connected, you know. So things in Ward 5 could also impact Ward 4, and I think we’re seeing that and there’s like a proposed ordinance saying when we can and cannot water our lawns, so infrastructure is very important, and it makes a big difference in our lives.

HAYES: Definitely, and when we spoke with Nick Foster around the time of his resignation announcement, he said he wanted whoever took over the seat to kind of match his same ideals. Is there anything from the work that Nick Foster did that you would like to continue and kind of pick up where he left off?

KING: Sure, well, I’m really big on community. I already mentioned affordable housing, but on the, on the Housing and Community Development Commission, we hear a lot of proposals from nonprofits, and there’s a lot of great work being done on affordable housing, like Habitat for Humanity building a whole neighborhood, but some other things I’d like to emphasize are multi-family. Like, especially if we have empty lots in certain areas of Columbia, I’d like to try to … incentivize multi-family and you know, try to get some, some housing on these lots because with multi-family, you know, what’s better than, than one unit? You know, two units, three units. Let’s increase the supply and try to get some more housing out there for people.

HAYES: I know that two of your other candidates, or the two other candidates that you’re running against, they have some involvement in the City of Columbia government. Sharon Jones is on the Planning and Zoning, Dave Sorrell has a long history with Columbia Utilities. I know that you are on some committees through the city as well. How do you think, given your guys’ involvement across the board in the city, what do you think sets you apart as a candidate from the other two?

KING: So I’m on the Housing and Community Development Commission, but the big thing for me is my public service and community service. So I’m an attorney, I’ve worked in social services for the last 14 years. I’m also in the Army Reserve. I’m a judge advocate, and as I mentioned before, I’m on the board of Columbia Track Club. So I have all these, all this diverse experience, and I think that would serve me well in serving a diverse group of people like we have in Ward 4.

HAYES: It sounds like you serve the community with everything you’re a part of, but you’re also a part of it at the same time.

KING: Yes, yeah, the things I care about I like to get directly involved, and that’s a big reason why I decided to run for, run for this office.

HAYES: Definitely. Well, is there anything else that you want the ward for voters to know about you?

KING: Well, I’m big on community well-being, and parks are really important to me. I feel like one of the great things about Columbia, of Columbia’s character, are our parks and forests, and I think access to parks is a big thing. We need to make sure that as Columbia grows, that parks and trails are at the center of our neighborhoods and not big box retail development. You know we want to avoid sprawl. We want to keep Columbia, you know, the way that it is … with access to parks, so.

HAYES: It’s good scenery.

KING: Yeah, they’re very much at the center of the, like the life of my family. We walk there, we bike there, we picnic there, we meet people who we would never meet, you know, just walking through the parks, and it’s something that everyone should be able to experience.

HAYES: Definitely. Well, thank you so much for speaking with me today.

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Olivia Hayes

ABC 17 News is interviewing candidates heading into the Aug. 4 election. On the ballot for Columbia’s Ward 4 seat is Ryan King, Dave Sorrell and Sharon Jones.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

OLIVIA HAYES: We’re sitting down right now with Columbia Ward 4 candidate Dave Sorrell. Thank you for joining us today.

DAVE SORRELL: Thank you for having me.

HAYES: Yeah, so I’ll just start with, tell me about your history with Columbia, whatever you wanna talk about.

SORRELL: Well, I’ve lived here for 39 years, and my wife Dee and I have raised three children here; they’re all grown. Two of them are still in town, they’re attending the university. I served this community, I have the privilege of serving the community as a city employee for 24 years. I started out as an engineer in public works, had several different positions, and retired last year as director of utilities. So I’m very familiar with how the city operates. I know all the processes, and I had a lot of good opportunities to work on a lot of good projects during that time.

HAYES: So you’ve lived in Ward 4 then your entire time here?

SORRELL: Not my entire time, but for the last 28 years, 29 years.

HAYES: And what made you decide to run for this seat when it opened up?

SORRELL: Well, like I said, I retired last year, but my commitment to public service didn’t end when I retired, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to continue to provide service. I think I could help the city get its focus back on the basic functions, which would include strong public safety, infrastructure, planning for growth, wise use of our financial resources and accountability to the ratepayers and taxpayers.

HAYES: And what do you think is the biggest problem facing Ward 4 right now? Or problems if you had multiple?

SORRELL: Well, I think it’s really, I think we need to get our focus, like I said, back to the basics, the fundamentals, and focus on those as our highest priorities, and that’s public safety, infrastructure, planning for growth, financial management.

HAYES: When we spoke with Nick Foster after his resignation announcement, one thing he expressed to us is he hopes whoever takes over the role has the same ideals as he had. Is there anything from the work that Nick Foster did that you keep, you plan to keep the ball rolling on if you were to be elected?

SORRELL: Not necessarily. Like I said, I’m, I wanna focus on the fundamentals and get back to good government that doesn’t have politics involved in decisions.

HAYES: And after your candidacy was announced, you faced some criticism from one of Columbia’s former mayors over your time with the Columbia Utilities department, specifically, unfinished projects was one of the things he touched on. I know you responded at that time to Mayor Treece, but for any Ward 4 voters still a bit unsure about who they’re casting their ballot for, what do you have to say about this?

SORRELL: I think if you go back and look at the history of the projects that were mentioned, most of those were not approved by previous elected officials. Uh, the staff doesn’t hold the purse strings. We can’t appropriate funds, and we can’t approve projects; we can only request. So it was not for lack of effort.

HAYES: Is there anything else that you want the voters of Ward 4 to know about you?

SORRELL: I don’t think so.

HAYES: Well, thank you so much for joining us.

SORRELL: All right, thank you.

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Olivia Hayes

ABC 17 News has interviewed candidates heading into the Aug. 4 election. On the ballot for Columbia’s Ward 4 seat are Ryan King, Dave Sorrell and Sharon Jones.

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

When Columbia’s former Ward 4 Councilman Nick Foster announced his resignation in May, he was just over a year into his new term.

Foster has been on the council since 2022 and was re-elected April 2025. Around 21,000 Columbians reside in Ward 4.

The turnaround to get his seat filled has been quick, with little time to campaign before August elections, but the three candidates looking to fill his seat all say they are qualified.

Dave Sorrell, Ryan King and Sharon Jones will face off Aug. 4 in a special election that coincides with the statewide primary. Sorrell and Jones have spent decades in the city, while King moved to the area in 2019.

Sorrell was a city employee for 24 years, starting as an engineer in public works and holding several other positions before retiring last year as Director of Columbia Utilities. He’s lived in Columbia for 39 years and in Ward 4 for 29 years.

Sorrell said setting focus back to “the basics and fundamentals” is the biggest hurdle facing Ward 4.

“I want to focus on the fundamentals and get back to good government that doesn’t have politics involved in decisions,” Sorrell said.

Sorrell said he wanted to run for the seat when it opened because his commitment to public service didn’t end when he retired.

“I think I could help the city get its focus back on the basic functions,” Sorrell said. “Strong public safety infrastructure, planning for growth, wise use of our financial resources and accountability to the ratepayers and taxpayers.”

Former Mayor Brian Treece criticized Sorrell on ABC 17 News’ Facebook page in May, questioning Sorrell’s time as utilities director and citing delayed or unfinished projects. The two worked together for six years when Treece was mayor.

“Before asking voters to entrust him with another public role, residents deserve a clear explanation for why so many of these long-promised improvements remain incomplete,” a portion of Treece’s comment says.

Sorrell attributed the problem to previous elected officials.

“The staff doesn’t hold the purse strings. We can’t appropriate funds, and we can’t approve projects; we can only request, and so it was not for lack of effort,” Sorrell said.

Campaign finance documents released July 15 show Treece donated $200 to the campaign of Sorrell’s opponent Sharon Jones.

However, Sorrell’s campaign, Neighbors for Dave Sorrell, received financial support from some of his former coworkers, iIncluding $1,041 from City of Columbia HR specialist Jeanne Locklear and $208 from City of Columbia civil engineer Lindsey Cook. In total, Sorrell has raised $15,041.

Jones has lived in Columbia since 2000. She has served on Columbia’s Planning and Zoning Commission since 2020 and is now chair of the commission.

Jones said getting sufficient services out to the ward’s western edge is the biggest challenge facing the district.

“Getting utilities out there, getting infrastructure like good quality roads all the way out as we sprawl that way,” Jones said.

Jones said she decided to run for the seat after motivation from people in the community following Foster’s announcement.

“I had some people reach out to me and say, ‘Hey, you’re Chair of Planning and Zoning. Would you like to be on City Council? We’d love to support you.’ So I thought it sounded like a great way to continue my service to the community,” Jones said.

Jones works in Jefferson City part of the year as a lobbyist for civil-rights groups, Missouri voters and LGBTQ+ rights through her Jone Advocacy Group. Jones said she isn’t worried about the job taking away from the duties she would have to Ward 4 residents.

“It’s all sort of concentrated while the legislature is in session, and then when they’re not in session, I have a lot more flexibility,” Jones said. “I also have a great team of employees, in both of the businesses that I own, who can manage things day to day if I need to step back so I can do more city council work.”

Jones said she wants to make Columbia work for everyone.

“I am here to make sure that everyone is treated with respect and dignity, that they have a workplace where they can feel safe and respected, that they have a home where they can feel safe and proud of their community that they live in,” Jones said.

King described himself as an independent voice looking to make Columbia’s neighborhoods stronger.

“Through fiscal responsibility, infrastructure, also access to parks and trails,” King said. “We also need to focus on affordable housing, to make sure that young families, especially, are able to live in Columbia and enjoy all the great things about it.”

King said infrastructure is the biggest problem facing Ward 4.

“There are some infrastructure projects that were approved by voters in 2015, and they still need to be completed. I don’t even know if we have enough money from those bonds to pay for these projects anymore,” King said.

He also touched on the city’s financial situation and the need to balance the budget, as years of waning tax revenue have created ongoing deficits.

“We’ve been running a deficit in the millions, like the last year especially,” King said. “We need to make sure our spending is deliberate and that what we’re spending money on is things that we actually need.”

King proposed incentivizing multi-family housing to create more affordable options in the city.

He is a member of the city’s Housing and Community Development Commission and part of the board for the Columbia Track Club.

Along with his community involvement, King is a social services attorney and a judge advocate in the U.S. Army Reserve. He called his life experience diverse and believes it will benefit him if elected.

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Alison Patton

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Cases of cyclosporiasis, a diarrhea-causing foodborne illness, are on the rise in Missouri, with cases in Mid-Missouri increasing over the weekend, and the cause of the outbreak is still unknown.

The Columbia/Boone County Health Department reported 37 cases of cyclosporiasis as of Monday, which is seven more since Friday.

The Cole County Health Department reported five cases of the parasite Monday, after choosing not to provide the case counts Thursday because it was smaller and releasing that information could identify the sick person.

Statewide cases have increased fivefold over the past week. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports 216 cases total for 2026 after reporting just 43 cases as of last week.

DHSS epidemiologist Nathan Koffarnus said cases could continue to rise because symptoms, on average, take a week to come on. He also said people are getting tested more often for cyclosporiasis because it’s being talked about so often.

Health officials are still investigating the cause after the FDA issued a “false positive” statement on Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce Sunday.

Taylor Farms also issued a statement, saying the FDA apologized for the confusion. Taylor Farms voluntarily recalled iceberg lettuce products.

Koffarnus said that the recall is still in effect and people should avoid eating those products. He added that the FDA is still investigating Taylor Farms as the possible contaminant.

“These are very targeted investigations, and so they would not have been at that producer in the first place if there wasn’t some really solid epidemiological data that kind of pointed them in that direction,” Koffarnus said.

The University of Missouri said last week that it has pulled iceberg lettuce from its dining halls in response to a recall.

The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri spokesperson, Katie Adkins, said the food bank’s supply was spared from any known voluntary recalls, but partner agencies could have some items.

“We’ve asked our partner agencies to review their inventories and let us know if they have any affected Taylor Farms products,” Adkins wrote in an email to ABC 17 News.

Walmart also took four bagged lettuce bags branded as Marketside off shelves in 27 states, including Missouri, according to a statement from the company.

“Although there is no indication that products sold in our stores are affected by the current Cyclospora investigations,” spokesperson Rachel Simmons said in an email. “There have been no confirmed illnesses associated with these products at this time. We are working closely with our supplier and took immediate steps to remove the products from sale.”

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Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Randolph County man was charged with five felonies, including assault a law enforcement officer, after a deputy shot him during a confrontation at a mobile home park last week.

Thomas D. Crewse Jr., 36, was shot by a deputy after he pointed a gun at law enforcement officers Friday at Tallman’s Trailer Court in Huntsville, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Prosecutors charged him Monday with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of resisting arrest.

Deputies were sent to the trailer park at about 8 a.m. Friday after the landlord complained of a person illegally staying on a lot. Crewse came out of a fifth-wheel camper on the lot with a long gun pointed at an officer, who then shot Crewse, according to a probable cause statement.

Deputies gave Crewse medical aid after forcing him to the ground and handcuffing him, according to the statement.

A no-bond warrant has been issued for Crewse’s arrest. He was hospitalized after the shooting.

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