Jackson County prosecutors have charged Antoine Anderson robbery, sodomy and other crimes after two men with assault rifles forced their way into a Kansas City home, where one of them assaulted a woman.
A man wanted on child pornography charges was living in a Troost Avenue storage container and refused to surrender to police during a 7-hour standoff. The storage container was near a Kansas City police station.
A former EMT in Jackson County, Kan., pleaded guilty to federal charges of stealing vials of morphine stored on ambulances and replacing them with watered-down solutions.
Kansas City police are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead in a car Wednesday. Officers were called to the 2900 block of Bales Avenue about a suspicious car and occupant, according to police.
A male was allegedly seen forcing a female into a car on Troost Avenue Wednesday in Kansas City, and police have released surveillance images in an effort to find and locate the pair.
A man was found guilty of committing a home invasion robbery in 2017 that resulted in Independence Police Officer Thomas Wagsatff being shot in the head.
An 18-year-old Kansas City resident is facing federal charges for the robbery of a zTrip driver who was shot 20 times in the torso and left critically injured.
An Overland Park man who pleaded guilty in August to posting nude photos of a woman online was charged Wednesday in Johnson County District Court with doing the same thing again. Matthew David Delair was free on bond.
A report of a school shooting threat at Piper High School was false, according to Kansas City, Kan., police, who said a witness partially fabricated the information. The accused student had been taken into custody.
Daniel A. Meridy, of New Orleans, arrested on several charges of rape, has been linked to a series of sexual assaults in Kansas City. Police used DNA to connect the cases.
Police are investigating Kansas City’s latest homicide after a man was found shot to death inside a vehicle in southeast Kansas City. The man’s death is the city’s 124th homicide for the year.
A federal appeals court has dismissed the appeal of a woman sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzling from Garmin International in Olathe and Black & Veatch in Overland Park.
A 20-year-old Leawood man has been charged with animal cruelty for allegedly abusing or neglecting a dog that later had to be euthanized. The man is charged with a misdemeanor in Johnson County District Court.
Overland Park police have released a photo of a man suspected of stealing items from a department store and then trying to hit a security guard with his vehicle. The incident happened Nov. 27 in the 6700 block of W. 135th Street.
A Stilwell man who stole large amounts of fentanyl while employed as a pharmacy technician at the University of Kansas Hospital was placed on probation for three years and ordered to pay $4,300 in restitution.
In 2013, Kansas City recorded 100 people killed in homicides. Five years later, 40 remain unsolved, highlighting a problem shared with cities across the country — for many, getting away with murder is easy.
U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison announced Wednesday that Derron D. Nevels, 18, was charged with robbery and using a firearm in a crime of violence. The victim, a 62-year-old grandmother, was shot 20 times on Dec. 4.
A Kansas City man, Daniel Wilson, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder during his trial Tuesday in Jackson County Circuit Court, the prosecutor’s office said.
A male student at Piper High School is in custody Tuesday morning after allegedly threatening to bring a gun to school to shoot others. Kansas City, Kan. Police took the student into custody without incident.
In 2013, Kansas City recorded 100 people killed in homicides. Five years later, 40 remain unsolved, highlighting a problem shared with cities across the country — for many, getting away with murder is easy.
