CRIME & SAFETY
Jail inmate faces felony charge after assaulting another inmate in Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail
A Daviess DeKalb Regional Jail inmate faces a felony charge in Daviess County after he allegedly assaulted another individual multiple times on April 14. Thirty-two-year-old Jaccob Spencer of Raytown has been charged with second-degree attempted assault. His bond was denied. Spencer is accused of attempting to inflict physical injury by...
Police: 2 in custody for double murder at Kansas City Park
KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a double-homicide at a park in the Kansas City area have captured two suspects identified as 19-year-old Marquis Earl Lee Savannah and a 17-year-old. Just after 10:30p.m. April 13, police were dispatched to a shooting at Wilbur Young Park, 1100 SE Adams Dairy...
KCPD: Man found with fatal gunshot wound in the street
KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating another homicide in Kansas City. Just after 4:00p.m. Monday, police responded to a shooting in the 2700 block of Quincy, according to Sheriff Daryl Forte'. First responders located a victim in his late teens or early 20s in the street suffering from...
Kansas man sentenced to 10 years for crash that killed officer, pedestrian and K-9 last February
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man who sped through a red light in Kansas City and crashed into a patrol car has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of an officer and a bystander. Jerron Lightfoot, 20, of Tonganoxie, Kansas, said he was “truly sorry and never intended to hurt anyone” before he was sentenced Wednesday. The Feb. 15, 2023, crash killed Officer James Muhlbauer, who was 42, Jesse Eckes, who was 52, and Muhlbauer’s police dog, Champ. Police determined that Lightfoot sped up to nearly 90 mph just two seconds before hitting Muhlbauer’s car on the driver’s side. The impact sent the car crashing into Eckes, who was sitting on a concrete barrier.
Police ID driver who ignored crossing arm, struck and killed by train
KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement authorities investigating a fatal crash in Kansas City have identified the driver as 40-year-old Richard T. Buford. Just before 8a.m. Friday, a Jaguar S-type driven by Buford was northbound on Holmes at 133rd where it traveled around the lowered train warning arms, ignoring the warning lights and audible signals, according to KCPD Officer Alayna Gonzalez.
Anesthesiologist pleads guilty to taking fentanyl from Lakewood Medical Center
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Roman Peplinski, of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday for illegally taking fentanyl from a Lee’s Summit, Mo hospital, for his own personal use. Peplinski, 37, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to federal information that charges him with one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, forgery and deception.
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