1. Two arrested after disturbance at Ragtag Cinema
Officers arrested two minors on Tuesday morning on charges of drug and alcohol abuse.
Columbia Police Department officers were dispatched to the Ragtag Cinema at 1:04 p.m. at 10 Hitt Street in response to a disturbance call, according to a CPD report. Philip Young, 20, and Richard Coolbaugh, 19, admitted to being involved in the disturbance. Young allowed the officers to search him for weapons, and they found a box of marijuana and a marijuana pipe located on his person. The officers smelled alcohol on Coolbaugh’s breath and he was arrested on charges of purchase or possession by a minor. Young was charged with possession of 35 grams or less of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
2. CPD officers arrest one on drug charges
A woman was arrested on Monday night on multiple drug charges. Officers were sent at 10:32 p.m. to the Motel 6 at 3402 I-70 Drive Southeast in response to a drug call, according to a police report. Officers investigated the room of Erika Turner, 28, and found ecstasy pills in a wrapper on her person. Turner agreed to allow the officers to search her vehicle, in which the officers found a bag of marijuana. Turner was arrested on charges of possession of controlled substances felony and misdemeanor, and she had three municipal warrants out for her arrest at the time she was found with the drugs.
3. One arrested on charges of selling cocaine
Police arrested an alleged drug dealer Monday night. Officers were dispatched at 11 p.m. to the Motel 6 at 3402 I-70 Drive Southeast to contact Kyle Overby, 49, according to a Columbia Police Department report. Overby allowed the officers into his room and gave them permission to search it. The officers located two unopened bags of cocaine and a smaller bag that had already been opened. Overby was also found to have a large amount of cash on his person, the report stated. Overby admitted to his involvement in a drug-related incident and was arrested on charges of distribution, delivery, manufacture or production of a controlled substance.
4. MU student arrested on charges of shoplifting
An MU freshman was arrested on Tuesday on charges of shoplifting from Kohl’s. At 8:38 p.m. an officer was sent to the Kohl’s department store at 1010 Green Meadows Road in reference to a shoplifting. Loss Prevention employees at the store advised the officer that Kelli Stearns, 19, selected a purse, jewelry items and two shirts and attempted to leave the store without paying for the items. She was arrested on charges of misdemeanor stealing.