UPDATE: Suspect taken into custody following hours long standoff in Higbee
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to Higbee Friday night for a suspect who barricaded himself in a car with a shotgun.
HIGBEE, Mo. (KMIZ)
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The suspect was taken to a local hospital around 12:45 a.m. after law enforcement took him into custody.
According to Randolph County Sheriff s Captain James Alley, law enforcement negotiated with the suspect over the phone before firing pepper bag rounds into the suspect s car.
Alley says the suspect shot himself when law enforcement shot the non-lethal rounds into the vehicle.
The suspect was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but he is expected to live.
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A Florence woman has been arrested on child abuse and sexual abuse charges.
Jessica Ahlbrand, 22, of Florence has been charged with one count of sexual abuse of a victim under 12 years of age and criminal abuse of a child under 12.
She was arrested on Wednesday by Boone County Sheriff’s Office deputies following an investigation.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, while following up on an investigation, deputies watched a video chat between an inmate at the Boone County Detention Center and Ahlbrand.
During a particular video chat on May 10, officials say Ahlbrand told her incarcerated boyfriend she could not find her “snacks” and insinuated their 18-month-old child had consumed them.
The Boone County Sheriff's Office has arrested and charged a Florence woman Wednesday after video chats with a Boone County inmate revealed evidence of child abuse in her home.