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Columbia teenager arrested on suspicion of drug deal turned robbery
Boone County Sheriff s Department
Daveon Stuart.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A 17-year-old Columbia teenager was arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of a robbery outside of a gas station.
Daveon Stuart was booked into the Boone County Jail on suspicion of multiple felony charges in connection with the apparent crime.
Boone County Sheriff s Department spokesman Capt. Brian Leer said deputies were called to the Petro Mart gas station in the 5400 block of E. St. Charles Road for a suspected robbery just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
Leer said deputies determined through various sources that Stuart agreed to sell drugs at the gas station but then hit the would-be buyer, took the money, other personal property and ran from the scene.
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BOONE COUNTY â The Boone County Sheriff s office reported Friday that 17 Boone County Jail detainees had tested positive for COVID-19.
As of Friday afternoon, all 17 were either asymptomatic or experiencing only mild symptoms, said Public Information Officer Capt. Brian Leer.
The first positive case was identified Jan. 3. This was the first COVID-19 case within the jail s general population, Leer said. Now, we re also not naive to believe that there is a possibility that somebody asymptomatic could have been in and out of the jail, Leer said.
Through close contact tracing, the department and health officials found a total of 19 detainees that had been exposed. More than 160 people have been tested since the first case was identified, Leer said.
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The Boone County Sheriff s Department confirmed one person was shot in the area of Coopers Landing late Friday night.
According to Brian Leer, a spokesperson for the sheriff s department, Boone County Deputies were dispatched to investigate a report of a shooting around 11 p.m.
The Boone County Joint Communications got information about someone walking into a hospital who said he was shot accidentally while at Cooper s Landing.
The victim reported he and a friend were shooting a gun when the friend accidentally shot him.
A witness to the shooting told officials the victim was shot while with a group of people, but the witness could not say which person shot the gun.