Several indictments were handed down this week by the Cole County Grand Jury after jurors found there was enough evidence to send the cases onto the circuit courts for possible trial.
Among those indicted are:
• A St. Louis man charged with kidnapping a 5-year-old boy from Jefferson City in August 2014.
Melvin Thomas, 24, is charged with parental kidnapping.
The Jefferson City Police Department issued an endangered person advisory for the child after the kidnapping took place in the 500 block of East Elm Street.
Thomas is the non-custodial biological father of the boy. He took the boy from his mother's residence and left the area, heading back to St. Louis.
A Jefferson City Police Department probable cause statement shows Thomas came into the residence of the boy's mother, picked him up and ran out the door.
He hadn't had contact with the boy for a year and a half when this incident occurred.
Authorities and family members said the boy is prone to epileptic seizures and was without his necessary medication when he was taken.
Authorities also said Thomas is a known heroin addict.
A ping of a phone in the car Thomas was in and the endangered person advisory were canceled after the boy was found safe in the St. Louis area.
• A Jefferson City man facing multiple charges after a domestic assault in March.
Raymond Brown Jr., 53, of 12 Jackson St., is charged with second-degree domestic assault and unlawful use of a weapon.
A Jefferson City Police Department probable cause statement said the alleged assault occurred at a residence in the 300 block of Chestnut Street.
Brown and a female victim were in an ongoing romantic relationship, police said. The victim said they had been arguing for some time and Brown had been drinking.
The statement said Brown and the victim got into a fight over the victim's keys and Brown allegedly hit the victim with his fist in her right eye, eventually breaking her glasses. The victim left for a time, then came back. When she did, Brown refused to let her in saying, "If I open this door, I am going to stab you." Brown had a metal screwdriver in his hand, and when he opened the door he swiped at the victim, missing her. He then threw the screwdriver at her and the victim ran away.
Brown was taken into custody and continued to yell obscenities about the victim as well as threatening officers saying, "I'm a street soldier," police said.
Brown has been free on bond on a drug distribution warrant.
• An Osage City man charged with first-degree arson for an incident that occurred in that community.
Court documents show Dwayne Montgomery, 50, called 911 early on the morning of April 21 and said he had a propane tank and was going to open it and "in two minutes there's going to be the biggest explosion Osage City has ever seen."
He told operators he was "tired of friends screwing me over."
Montgomery indicated after he opened the tank he would use a Tazer to create the explosion.
Further investigation found Montgomery had made a similar call to Osage County 911 the night before; however, a good location could not be obtained and nothing was found.
When a Cole County sheriff's deputy arrived on the scene, in the 9300 block of Osage High Street, a van-style camper was found on the property.
Montgomery, was found inside, and when the deputy went to knock on the rear door, he heard a hissing sound along with an odor consistent with propane.
The deputy and other law enforcement who arrived on the scene backed away from the camper, and a short time later a bright flash was seen in the windows and a muffled sound was heard.
Montgomery was heard yelling from inside, and a short time later the rear door of the camper opened and Montgomery came out and went down onto the ground. He began yelling, "Help me! I'm unarmed! It was supposed to explode, but it just burned me."
Montgomery's hair on his head, face and body had been burned, and he had significant burns to his arms, chest and legs.
• Carlton Tyler, 32, of Jefferson City, after a May shooting incident that left one man wounded.
According to the Jefferson City Police Department, officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 1400 block of East Miller Street. Witnesses reported seeing two males arguing in the street, when one of the subjects pointed a rifle at the other and shot at him.
One witness reported seeing the suspect enter a residence in the 1400 block of East Miller Street before the officers arrived. Officers surrounded the suspect's house and the suspect, along with an adult female and two young children, left the house and attempted to flee in a vehicle.
Officers took the suspect into custody without incident, and communications advised officers the victim had arrived at a local hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound. The children were released to family members while the female adult was detained to speak with officers.
The victim, an unnamed 27-year-old Jefferson City resident, was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Charges against Tyler include first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm.
• A Jefferson City man was charged in an armed robbery at Subway on East High Street in May.
Court records show David Humes, 26, of 2725 Schott Road, is charged with attempted first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action, felonious restraint, unlawful possession of a firearm and receiving stolen property.
A Jefferson City Police Department probable cause statement shows Humes came into the restaurant and sat down in a booth.
He asked an employee when management of the restaurant would come in and when told, he sat back down and started looking at his phone.
The manager arrived, but Humes remained seated in his booth for a time before eventually approaching the manager and showed her his phone which had a text message that read "Please don't panic."
The manager wasn't sure what Humes meant by this, but he repeatedly showed her the message until he became frustrated and asked to speak to the other employee in the store.
Humes told the employee not to touch anything and began to ask if the business had a panic button. The employee told Humes to leave and he began to walk toward the front door.
When he got to the door, he locked it. The manager then called 911 to report a robbery.
Humes then unwrapped a plastic grocery bag he was holding and displayed a black handgun.
He pointed it at the employee and said, "Give me everything now!"
Humes began ordering the employee and manager to get into the business' freezer but changed his mind and ordered them to the cash register, again demanding money.
Humes heard officers make entry through the back door of the business, and the officers took him into custody without anybody getting hurt.
When questioned, Humes admitted to being in the business when the robbery occurred, but he did not implicate himself as being the suspect, despite being identified by the employee and manager.
He later admitted to needing money and becoming desperate enough to commit robbery.
Humes has been out on parole for second-degree robbery charges and had an active parole absconder warrant.
A check on the gun he used found it had been stolen from a residence in Fulton in 2010.