Kansas City Crime Scene: Meth Lab Silo, Golden Ghetto Gunman & Ward Parkway Capture

Lots of news to catch up on this evening as we want to share a glimpse of holiday season crime, court cases, police action & ALLEGED misdeeds . . .

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Proactive surveillance leads to arrests of 5 shoplifters at Ward Parkway Mall

Property Crimes detectives with the Kansas City Missouri Police Department have been busy during the holiday season.

KCPD asks for public's help to find vehicle involved in hit-and-run crash

The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department wants the public's help to find a car involved in a life-threatening hit-and-run crash.

Man accused of robbing Johnson County child at gunpoint arrested in Missouri

The 19-year-old who stole an 11-year-old child's backpack at gunpoint in Overland Park in early December was found and arrested in Kansas City.

'We will find who did this': Mother pleads for answers in 17-year-old son's unsolved murder

It has been four and a half months since Amber O'Connell was last told, "I love you," by her 17-year-old son. He was killed in a drive-by shooting in Avondale in Clay County on July 30.

Man charged with breaking into cars, using stolen credit cards at Lenexa stores

Franchot P. Moore is charged with burglary, theft, criminal damage and identity theft in Johnson County.

Biden commutes sentence of man who ran LSD lab out of old nuclear missile silo in Kansas

Clyde Apperson, along with William Picket, was busted for running the largest LSD lab ever discovered by the DEA out of an abandoned nuclear missile silo outside of Topeka, Kansas.

Raytown man indicted after raid leads agents to fentanyl, meth, heroin stash

A 30-year-old Raytown man has been charged on multiple drug trafficking and firearmcharges.

Former rural Kansas prosecutor charged with felony perjury and witness intimidation * Kansas Reflector

Former Neosho County Attorney Linus Thuston, who was jailed for misdemeanor convictions earlier this year, now faces six felony charges of perjury and witness intimidation.

Raytown BMX Track broken into four times in 2024, lose $20,000 of gear

Multiple times this year, Raytown BMX Track volunteers have unlocked the gate and walked the course toward the shipping container storage to find items gone.

Man charged with involuntary manslaughter in June DWI crash: Court documents

Jordan Asher, 25, faces involuntary manslaughter charges following a June accident that killed a woman and left another rider with several broken bones.

Billboard on KCMO's eastside asks for tips in 2003 homicide of Larry Riley

A billboard towers over Kansas City, Missouri's, east side for the 21st anniversary of Larry Riley's murder.

Missouri State Highway Patrol: Have a safe Christmas season - Kirksville Daily Express

The Missouri State Highway Patrol wishes everyone a merry and safe Christmas. One way for it to be merry is for everyone to arrive at their holiday celebrations safely. Wear your seat belt, obey all traffic laws, pay attention, and please, don't drive impaired. Remember: Missouri is now a hands-free state.

Kansas law enforcement receives $1.9m in federal grant

Governor Laura Kelly announced that $1.9 million will go to various criminal justice organizations in Kansas on Thursday.

A new Kansas City program steers residents to mental health or drug care rather than custody

The KC REACH program aims to address mental health, substance abuse and homelessness by providing care instead of police intervention for nonviolent crises.

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