Alan Burdziak
Columbia Tribune
Columbia, MO, United States
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Local law enforcement agencies expect plenty of tax-fraud calls
As tax season begins, the Internal Revenue Service and local law enforcement agencies will get scores of reports of scammers filing false returns. However, police admit that finding the culprits can be difficult. → Read More
City prosecutor reaches deal with Melissa Click
Columbia’s city prosecutor on Friday deferred the prosecution of a University of Missouri professor charged with assault for an altercation with journalists during protests on campus in November. → Read More
Jury acquits Jefferson City man of sodomy, armed criminal action charges
Six men and six women deliberated for almost eight hours Wednesday in a case against a Jefferson City man accused of attempted sexual assault at knifepoint before announcing a verdict: not guilty of first-degree attempted sodomy and armed criminal action but guilty of misdemeanor stealing. → Read More
Trial continues for man accused of sodomy, robbery
The state rested its case against Jemell D. Butler early Wednesday morning, the second day of the trial on charges of first-degree robbery, first-degree attempted sodomy and armed criminal action. → Read More
Trial begins for man accused of sodomy, robbery
When Jemell D. Butler met up with a woman he came into contact with via backpage.com, she pulled a knife on him and demanded money, not the other way around, his attorney said as Butler’s trial on three felony charges began Tuesday afternoon. → Read More
Attorney: Melissa Click to plead not guilty to misdemeanor assault charge
A University of Missouri assistant professor charged with misdemeanor assault will not appear at a scheduled court date Tuesday afternoon, but her attorney said he will file a written plea of not guilty on her behalf. → Read More
City prosecutor files assault charge against MU professor
Columbia’s city prosecutor on Monday filed a simple assault charge against a University of Missouri professor whose confrontation with journalists during protests in November was captured on video and went viral. → Read More
Retirement looms as city prosecutor nears decision on controversial case
As Columbia City Prosecutor Steve Richey prepares to retire, he said one case during his tenure has gotten far more attention than any other: a simple assault case against a University of Missouri professor that happened during November protests on campus. → Read More
Kansas City shooting suspect arrested in Boone County
Two men, one a suspect in a Kansas City shooting, nearly eluded authorities Thursday during a chase that began in east Columbia and ended in unincorporated Boone County. → Read More
Suspected assailant denies attorney's claim of incompetence
Though he insisted in court Tuesday that he is innocent and mentally fit to face two felony charges against him, Joshua Lambert might be committed to the Missouri Department of Mental Health. → Read More
City, county fire department incident totals dip in 2015
Despite the city’s continual population growth, the Columbia Fire Department responded to 26 fewer calls in 2015 than in 2014. → Read More
Authorities investigating vandalism to bur oak tree
Over the years, John Sam Williamson said he remembers about 30 to 40 times that the iconic big bur oak tree in McBaine was vandalized. → Read More
Homicides spiked in Boone County in 2015
Sheriff’s detectives continue to pursue leads in a double slaying on East Mexico Gravel Road in mid-September, a crime that brought the total number of homicide victims in the Boone County Sheriff’s Department’s jurisdiction in 2015 to six, the largest total in recent history. → Read More
Department considering proactive policing program
A consortium of law enforcement agencies in Kansas City has hosted periodic meetings over the past two years with people who have known ties to gangs and groups that have been affiliated with violence. → Read More
Trooper: Man tried to impersonate Louisiana deputy
Authorities say a Columbia man tried to avoid arrest Sunday afternoon by impersonating a Louisiana sheriff’s deputy. → Read More
Mother of slain infant gets probation with suspended sentence
For the rest of her life, 26-year-old Anna E. Steele will know her indifference to her daughter’s plight in early 2014 led to the infant’s death at the hands of Steele’s live-in boyfriend, a prosecutor said Monday. → Read More
Police chief links low department morale to 'external influences'
Columbia police lieutenants on Monday told city leaders the department already has implemented many points of President Barack Obama’s recommendations on 21st-century policing as they presented a self-commissioned report, but they did not address the report’s finding of persistent low morale in the department. → Read More
Women arrested for alleged drug possession, vandalism
A Fulton woman was being held at the Boone County Jail without bond after she was arrested on suspicion of trying to run over police officers with her vehicle and vandalizing another woman’s car at a Columbia hotel. → Read More
Student's arrest followed threat to 'blow up' calculus exam
A University of Missouri student arrested in mid-December on suspicion of making a terroristic threat had posted on anonymous social media that he was going to blow up a calculus test he was scheduled to take, according to a probable cause statement. → Read More
Woman sues property companies over 2014 assault
The female victim of a sexual assault attributed to a man who was the focus of a manhunt in May 2014 and subsequently took his own life has filed a lawsuit against the student housing complex where it took place, alleging that the property owners and managers did not take proper precautions to ensure residents’ safety. → Read More