Kansas City Crime Scene: Rashee Rice Trial, Indictments & Helping Hands

There's a lot of news to catch up on right now and so we share more than a few resources regarding cowtown charges, ongoing investigations and continued community outreach amid rising crime.

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Trial date set for Kansas City Chiefs Rashee Rice for role in Dallas crash

Two people injured in the multi-vehicle crash on 75 are seeking up to $11 million in damages. The lawsuit is set fort June of next year.


Lender behind stalled KC hotel projects faces federal fraud charges - Kansas City Business Journal

Two high-profile Kansas City-area hotel projects are at the heart of two federal indictments of a purported Florida lender who promised big bucks - but never delivered.


Federal indictment accuses Independence man of distributing, receiving, possessing child pornography

Law officers arrested a man Wednesday after a federal indictment was unsealed charging him in a child pornography case.


Shawnee County dispatchers raise the alarm over staffing issues

Dispatchers in Shawnee County are voicing concerns over what they call alarmingly low staffing levels and the potential threat it poses to public safety.


1 injured in shooting Tuesday afternoon in Raytown, police say

One person suffered serious injuries in a shooting Tuesday afternoon near East 87th Street and Raytown Road, police said.


Federal indictment: Man sold fentanyl, illegally possessed firearms

A federal grand jury handed up an indictment Tuesday that accuses an Independence man of selling fentanyl and illegally possessing firearms.


A judge heard the case of a death row inmate who claims innocence, weeks before he's scheduled to be executed | CNN

A Missouri judge is holding held an evidentiary hearing Wednesday over the innocence claim of death row inmate Marcellus Williams, whose quest to prove he did not murder a woman in 1998 has been complicated by contaminated DNA evidence.


Kansas Man Exonerated After Saying He Was Framed for Murder By Woman Who Took Care of His Elderly Dad | Oxygen Official Site

Find out what really happened to Kathleen and Carl Schroll and how Pete Coones, the son of an elderly man Kathleen had taken care of, was wrongfully convicted.


Atchison, Kansas woman charged with murder in chase that killed 1-year-old

A Kansas woman has been charged with multiple offenses, including murder, after a 1-year-old child was killed in a police pursuit.


Court docs: Lee's Summit woman uses child to shoplift more than $1k in clothes

A Lee's Summit woman is charged, accused of using an 11-year-old boy to shoplift more than $1,200 worth of clothes from a Kohl's store.


Olathe police identify 77-year-old woman killed in crash over weekend

Police identified a woman killed in a crash Saturday evening in Olathe. Judith E. Smith, 77, of Gardner, died from injuries suffered in the crash near east Old 56 Highway and South Lone Elm Road.


John Manard, who escaped Lansing Correctional Facility in dog crate, dies in prison

A Kansas man who escaped the Lansing Correctional Facility in a dog crate died in prison over the weekend.


Reward up to $150,000 for information on Grandview USPS robbery

"What happened to one of our letter carriers is very unfortunate, and it really shouldn't happen," said Anthony Ealy, letter carrier. "I don't want it to happen anymore."


Celebrating with gunfire in Missouri? Think again, because Blair's Law is now in effect

The law was finally passed after one family fought for years for legislative change following the death of their loved one, Blair Shanahan Lane, from Kansas City, who was killed in 2011 by a stray bullet during the 4th of July.


She gives everything to Kansas City victims of violence. We can help her do more | Opinion

Rosilyn Temple founded KC Mothers in Charge after her son was shot and killed. Today, she works to keep other families from experiencing that tragedy. | Opinion

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