The Cole County grand jury recently handed down several indictments, finding there was enough evidence to send the cases on to the circuit courts for possible trial.
Among those indicted were:
• A man charged with breaking into two Jefferson City cellphone companies to steal copper wiring. Jerry Bossow, 46, whose address was unknown to authorities, has been charged with two counts of second-degree burglary.
A Jefferson City Police Department probable cause statement shows the thefts were reported Feb. 28 at U.S. Cellular in the 3000 block of East McCarty Street and AT&T in the 600 block of Clark Avenue.
Bossow is believed to have forced open a lock box containing keys that were used to enter control tower areas of the buildings. Once inside, Bossow stole the copper wiring by cutting wires and removing them.
Surveillance videos taken at the time were distributed statewide, and Bossow was subsequently found and arrested in Cass County, near Kansas City.
Cass County authorities said Bossow was wanted there and in other parts of Missouri and Kansas for similar theft cases.
• A Jefferson City resident taken into custody in April at a residence in the 1900 block of Glenwood Drive for drug charges. Tracy Hagan, 39, is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance.
The arrest followed a narcotics search warrant by the Jefferson City Police Department and MUSTANG Drug Task Force. During the warrant, various items such as hypodermic needles and pipes for smoking methamphetamine were located, along with 3 grams of methamphetamine and a small quantity of marijuana.
• Two women charged with shooting another woman in the parking lot of the Hy-Vee gas station in July. According to police reports, Tra'Nae Williams, 19, of Holts Summit, and Kinyana Matthews, 19, of Jefferson City, turned themselves in to police.
Williams and Matthews were each charged with one count of second-degree robbery.
Court documents show investigators talked with the victim, Ciara Kennell, 22, of Jefferson City. During their interview with Kennell, she told investigators she was meeting Williams and Matthews to sell marijuana for $140.
Kennell said that during the transaction, Matthews grabbed the marijuana out of her hand. Kennell said she believed she was being "ripped off" and retrieved a handgun from her driver side door. A struggle ensued, and all three women held the gun when it discharged and struck Kennell.
Williams and Matthews fled the area.
• A Jefferson City man charged with two counts of selling heroin afer being taken into custody after a robbery in November. Nicolin Moore, 39, of 123 N. Ventura St., told authorities he was robbed at gunpoint by two people after offering them a ride to a store.
Once in the vehicle, the robbers pointed a gun at Moore and said, "Don't take this to a murder." They took more than $60 in cash and Moore's cellphone from a console, then exited the vehicle.
Moore tried to grab the gun, but the two robbers fled on foot from the scene.
When questioned, one of the robbers said he was wanting to confront Moore about narcotics that he was owed. Court records show Moore is believed to have sold heroin twice, between Sept. 7-14, to a confidential informant.
• Two Cole County residents charged in connection with the finding of a woman's body near Russellville in August. Susan Nicoloazzo, 52, and Bobby Kirchner, 41, both of Russellville, were charged with one count each of abandonment of a corpse.
The charge is a Class D felony that, if there's a conviction, could result in a prison sentence of up to four years. The probable cause statement in each case said each suspect knew the victim, Samantha Rhein, 23, was dead and each admitted to helping move her body to another location.
Sheriff's department officials said Rhein's decomposing body was found in a wooded area off Route AA, southeast of Russellville.
Rhein had been missing almost a week.
Rhein's mother asked the sheriff's department to check on Samantha's well-being, reporting she got a text message from her daughter on Aug. 4, asking her mother to come get her. However, the mother had not heard anything since. The sheriff's department started an investigation and began running down leads, which led to the discovery of Rhein's body. Sheriff's officials declined to say if there were any markings on the body that could give them information as to how Rhein died.
Authorities indicated Rhein's family is from Jasper County. A check on the statewide court system, Casenet, showed Rhein was facing charges from multiple counties in that area for crimes such as receiving stolen property, resisting arrest and tampering with a motor vehicle. Authorities did not say whether those previous cases were connected with her being in Mid-Missouri or with her death. Each of those cases listed Sarcoxie, the Jasper County seat, as Rhein's hometown.
Officials with the Cole County Sheriff's Department said they are still awaiting results of medical tests as to whether Rhein's death can be classified as a homicide or a suicide.