Crime

Six Missouri siblings issued their first public statement Wednesday after years of silence about alleged sexual abuse by older relatives.

A man accused of fatally shooting a pastor mid-sermon three years ago remains prone to barking, growling and making other "nonsensical noises," which means he's mentally unfit to stand trial any time soon, a southwestern Illinois judge has ruled.

A twenty-one-year-old Belton man, said to have robbed a University of Kansas student of marijuana while using a gun, has pleaded no contest.

A 19-year-old woman was injured after being shot during a fight at Club Motivation early Sunday. Police have responded more than 120 times to the club in recent years.

Shots were fired at what police called "a large disturbance" early Saturday morning in downtown Columbia. One victim suffered a gunshot wound that was not life-threatening.

With laptops, officers no longer have to make trips back to the police station to file reports, saving a lot of time. The Cape Girardeau Police Department was the largest Missouri police force to not have laptops in its vehicles.

A man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and carrying a handgun robbed an unidentified male student early Thursday morning, prompting MU police to release its first Clery report of the semester.

A mass notification was sent to students, teachers and staff at the Missouri University of Science and Technology on Thursday morning, but there turned out to be no danger.

A full-time mediator would try to resolve claims against officers before they are appealed, hopefully decreasing the delay in response to the complaints.

Under Missouri guidelines, Alyssa Bustamante, 18, would have to serve 35 years and 5 months in prison before she is eligible for parole. Bustamante originally had been charged with first-degree murder but pleaded guilty in Januarylast month to the lesser charges to avoid a trial and the possibility of spending her life in an adult prison with no chance of release.

The FBI's records of the number of police officers, civilian employees and the total number of law enforcement employees  in Missouri cities is compared to the populations of those cities.

Alyssa Bustamante, who in January pleaded guilty to strangling, cutting and stabbing Elizabeth Olten, apologized to the girl's family before her sentencing on Wednesday.

Alyssa Bustamante, now 18, pleaded guilty to killing her 9-year-old neighbor in 2009. On Wednesday, she was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for second-degree murder and an additional 30 years for armed criminal action.

Alyssa Bustamante, who confessed to strangling, cutting and stabbing a 9-year-old girl because she wanted to know how it felt to kill someone, was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

The criminal charges for manufacturing fraudulent mortgage documents are the first in the country.

The Boone County Sheriff's Department arrested a 32-year-old Boonville man on charges of child pornography.

The small courtroom in Missouri's capital city descended into chaos as Prosecutor Mark Richardson was making an impassioned, final plea for a lifelong sentence for Alyssa Bustamante.

Bustmante faces a possible sentence of 10 years to life with possibility of parole.

Although the students' identities have been confirmed, no arrests were made in connection to the racist flyers posted in an University of Missouri residence hall, and records containing more information about the incident are not public.