1. Car crash leaves two dead, two injured
A car crash left two dead and two injured Sunday after the driver of a
2000 Nissan Pathfinder lost control of her vehicle.
Emergency personnel were called to the scene at the 2500 block of Blue
Ridge Road at about 2:17 a.m, according to a news release.
“There was alcohol and speed related to the crash,” Columbia Police Department spokeswoman
Latisha Stroer said.
The driver, Desmeisha Thomas, 19, veered off the right side of the
road, striking a curb and then a telephone pole on the passenger side.
Thomas was unable to gain control of the vehicle, which overturned and
slid on its top for 75 feet.
Medical personnel pronounced one of the passengers, David McBride, 26,
dead at the scene. The two other passengers, James Miller, 18, and
Lateshia Jordan, 18, were transported to the hospital for injuries.
Jordan was taken into surgery at University Hospital, where she passed
away Tuesday due to injuries sustained in the crash.
Detectives were later able to establish probable cause and arrested
Miller for second-degree murder due to his involvement in a prior
shooting, according to a news release.
2. Arrest made in patient assault at psychiatric center
A Columbia man was arrested Monday afternoon at University Hospital after an altercation with another patient.
“Officers were sent to the MU Psychiatric Center after one patient assaulted another patient,” MU Police Department Capt. Brian Weimer said. “The victim was hit in the face and was bleeding.”
Brian Hanson Jr., 29, was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault at approximately 3:45 p.m. Monday. According to prison records, Hanson is being held in Boone County Jail on a $29,000 bond. He has been charged with second-degree domestic assault, second-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, harassment and failure to appear in connection with a previous incident.
3. Two arrested on charges of selling marijuana
Officers arrested two suspects after finding large amounts of marijuana, cash and digital scales as part of a disturbance call, according to a Columbia Police Department report.
CPD officers were dispatched to the 4000 block of Clark Lane at 7:41 p.m. on Wednesday. Witnesses told officers a vehicle, which had recently left the scene, was causing a disturbance.
Officers were able to pull over the car when they smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car. They found a large amount of marijuana in the suspect vehicle, as well as a large amount of cash and digital scales in a purse belonging to the driver, Norma Sanders, 46.
Officers located a wallet belonging to Edgar Riojas-Olivares, 26, in the backseat of the vehicle. Riojas-Olivares admitted to his involvement in the incident. He and Sanders were arrested on charges of distribution, delivery and manufacturing of a controlled substance.
4. Police arrest teen after convenience store robbery
Columbia Police Department Officers were dispatched to a disturbance at 9:39 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Petro Mart Convenience Store at 5612 St. Charles Road.
An employee witnessed Justin Myers, 17, grabbing cigars from the convenience store without paying for them. When the employee went to stop Myers from taking the cigars Myers allegedly assaulted him.
An off-duty highway patrolman saw the altercation, intervened and was also assaulted by Myers. Myers was arrested on charges of robbery, trespassing, assault of a law enforcement officer, resisting or interfering with an arrest and possession of a controlled substance.
A second suspect, Daree Martin, 18, was arrested on charges of distribution, delivery, manufacture, production of a controlled substance, receiving stolen property and an outstanding warrant for misdemeanor assault.
