Crime

IHOP waitress says teens dined and dashed before assaulting her in Grandview

Grandview police released a surveillance video three teens, including a male who knocked a waitress unconscious after they left the restaurant without paying their bill.

The incident happened just after midnight Friday at the IHOP restaurant located in the 12100 block of South 71 Hwy. The video shows the teens leaving without paying. The waitress followed them to the parking lot, where police report the male teen knocked her to the ground.

The teens drove away in a Chevy sedan.

The woman suffered a concussion and a laceration to the back of her head that required several staples to close the wound.

The teens are described as an African-American male and female and a white female.

Anyone with information should call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

Glenn E. Rice
The Kansas City Star
Glenn E. Rice is an investigative reporter who focuses on law enforcement and the legal system. He has been with The Star since 1988. In 2020 Rice helped investigate discrimination and structural racism that went unchecked for decades inside the Kansas City Fire Department.
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