Overcrowding at the Boone County Jail is costing the county, with officials now housing more inmates in out-of-county facilities than in the jail itself. According to Cpt. Brian Leer with the Boone ...

A man who was charged with rape earlier this year and was arrested in St. Louis last month is now in the Boone County Jail. Antonio Bates, 58, was charged in June with first-degree rape. He was ...

BOONE COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) — A woman has been convicted for assaulting multiple corrections officers inside the Boone County jail in March 2024. A jury convicted 47-year-old Kristy Reisinger of battery ...

An inmate is accused of attempting to hire a hitman to assassinate a Columbia Police Department officer. Another inmate cooperated with investigators, helping to set up a call between the suspect and ...

A Columbia woman facing charges for the death of a child under her care is back in Boone County Jail. Jennifer Johnson was charged in 2021 after police investigated the death of an 8-month-old baby ...

Boone County Clerk and Recorder Julie Bliss was sentenced Sept. 2 to four years probation and 180 days in the Boone County Jail after pleading guilty to one count of theft of government property and ...