Joshua C. Kezer testified today in the hearing challenging his own murder conviction for the 1992 killing of college student Angela Mischelle Lawless, saying he never met the woman while she was still alive.
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Friday night a Bloomfield, Mo., man threatened to kill a deputy with an assault rifle, Stoddard County police say. And after a standoff, the man was forced out of his home by a teargas assault.
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A Jackson wedding planner's expensive tastes landed him in jail when he decided to fulfill his desire for art and wine with someone else's credit card, police say.
Mike Erzfeld was arrested after some of his customers became suspicious that he was using their card numbers to buy things like a large Andy Warhol piece printed on linen.
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Check seMissourian.com on Thursday for more details on the Kezer and credit fraud stories, as well as stories about the proposed Scott County law enforcement sales tax and a benefit for a local girl with leukemia.
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