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Casa Maria’s owner charged with arson now accused of impersonating elected officials, other restaurant owners
ABC17 ^ | 9/19/2024 | Ryan Shiner

Posted on 09/19/2024 5:30:41 PM PDT by simpson96

An owner of a south Columbia Mexican restaurant who was charged with arson in southeast Missouri has now been accused of impersonating elected officials and other restaurant owners.

Crystal Umfress, of Columbia, was charged last year with second-degree arson. That case was moved from Dunklin County to Butler County in January. A jury trial was scheduled for Feb. 3, 2025. She is accused of hiring another person to burn down Lupita’s Mexican Restaurant in Kennett.

A motion to revoke her bond was filed on Thursday after the new charges were filed. She was charged on Wednesday in Dunklin County with two counts of filing false documents and three counts of forgery. A warrant for her arrest was issued on Wednesday and no bond was set. The warrant includes an order to extradite within 2,500 miles.

A court date for the new charges has not been set.


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She would have gotten away with impersonating Jabba the Hutt.
1 posted on 09/19/2024 5:30:41 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

I just drove by there...lol


2 posted on 09/19/2024 6:06:04 PM PDT by gopno1
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Umfress

Is that her name or the sound she let's out when she sits down?

3 posted on 09/19/2024 6:08:41 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: simpson96

With the crazy elections I would speculate that there maybe many people impersonating elected officials…..


4 posted on 09/19/2024 6:46:10 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: simpson96

Impersonating a building!
Yikes that is huge!


5 posted on 09/19/2024 7:33:33 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Lockbox

There are millions impersonating citizen voters.


6 posted on 09/19/2024 7:34:24 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: fruser1

LOL


7 posted on 09/19/2024 7:35:07 PM PDT by simpson96
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An owner of a south Columbia Mexican restaurant, Crystal Umfress

Umfress, does not sound Mexican . Was the food fake too ?


8 posted on 09/19/2024 7:41:38 PM PDT by OldHarbor
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