Columbia police this week made two arrests in connection with a 2017 homicide.

David Adams, 44, and Julius Cureton, 37, both of Columbia, were arrested Thursday, Aug. 14, on suspicion of second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, and unlawful possession of a weapon, related to the death of Augustus Roberts, of Columbia.

Further online court information was not immediately available Friday morning, Aug. 15.

Adams was arrested in the 3000 block of Paris Road, while Cureton was arrested in the area of Rolling Hills Road and Pride Mountain Drive, the police department said.

Police responded 3:37 a.m. Dec. 11, 2017, to a report of a suspicious person in the 1900 block of Lasso Circle, off Boone County Route WW and East

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