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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">November 20, 2025</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Update: Columbia Police arrest suspect in three robberies on Paris Road and Towne Drive, and two burglaries on Paris Road</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">At about 6 a.m. Nov. 20, Columbia Police responded to a robbery call at a business in the 2100 block of Paris Road. The suspect was identified as a 16-year-old male, and he was taken into custody at 8 a.m. after Columbia Police and the Missouri State Highway Patrol served a search warrant in the 2600 block of Quail Drive.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clothing and other evidence were found at the residence that tied the suspect to the Paris Road robbery and to robberies that occurred Oct. 30 at the same location and Nov. 5 in the 1600 block of Towne Drive. A firearm that was used in the robberies also was located at the residence and was previously reported stolen out of Bonne Terre. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Evidence also was found in the residence that tied the suspect to two burglaries that were reported Nov. 14 at two businesses in the 2700 block of Paris Road.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A substance believed to be crack cocaine was also located inside the residence, and the adult resident, Keveon Johnson, 41, was arrested for possession of controlled substances.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The juvenile suspect was arrested for three counts of first-degree robbery, three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of second-degree burglary, one count of felony property damage, two counts of misdemeanor stealing, one count of misdemeanor property damage, one count of obstructing government operations and one count of felony tampering with evidence.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Columbia Police Department at 573.874.7652. To provide information without leaving your name or number, call CrimeStoppers at 573.875.8477 or visit </span><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="http://www.p3tips.com/899?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExNTRjcXBNMjA2VVdSazBjZQEeWtTwMybJza38Tl4wSYajyJQTI_Zf713ElqkK6tBAocUUMi1BesJdZydP6eY_aem_xugvqyBs0iQiygoQc-5ZxA"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://www.p3tips.com/899</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. If you provide information to CrimeStoppers that leads to an arrest, you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,500. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Case Numbers 2025-011211, 2025-010738, 2025-010564 </strong></p>
<p><strong>Previous releases:</strong></p>
<p><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=9481"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Police respond to robbery on Paris Road</span></a></p>
<p><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=9464"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Police respond to robbery on Towne Drive</span></a></p>
<p><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=9452"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Police respond to armed robbery on Paris Road</span></a></p>
<p><strong>Missouri statutes:</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">570.023 - Robbery in the First Degree</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">571.015 - Armed Criminal Action</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">571.030 - Unlawful Use of a Weapon (Subsection 4)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">569.170 - Burglary in the Second Degree</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">569.100 - Property Damage (Felony)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">570.030 - Stealing (Misdemeanor)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">569.120 - Property Damage (Misdemeanor)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">573.030 - Obstructing Government Operations</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">575.100 - Tampering with Evidence (Felony)</span></p></div>
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