CRIME & SAFETY
KC man sentenced to 11 years after bragging to FBI informant about cocaine connections
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - One man will spend the next 11 years in federal prison after he bragged about his cocaine connections at Kansas City bars to a confidential informant for the FBI. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri Teresa Moore announced on Thursday, March 28, that...
Police find KC area teen after 2nd missing persons advisory within one month
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Police have found a 14-year-old boy from the Kansas City area after his second missing persons advisory within one month was issued earlier in the eveni. Around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department announced that Julien Paulson, 14, had...
Kansas City man charged in fatal Midtown shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City man has been charged following a fatal shooting in the early morning hours of March 20. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday that 60-year-old Tyron Lee Sims is charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Court records filed over...
Convicted murderer found dead at Lansing Correctional Facility, officials say
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man serving life in prison for murder among other convictions was found dead in his cell at the Lansing Correctional Facility, officials at the prison said. On Monday, Charles Homer Roberson, 58, was found unresponsive in his cell. Staff tried life-saving measures but were...
Officers seize 59 firearms including machine guns from KC home
KANSAS CITY – A Kansas City man was charged in federal court Friday after law enforcement officers found 59 firearms, including machine guns, along with illegal drugs during a search of his residence. Roberto Rosales Gonzales, 23, was charged in a three-count criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District...
Officer-involved shooting takes place in Platte County
A Kansas City Police Department officer-involved shooting took place last Tuesday, March 19 in Platte County. The shooting happened around 10 a.m. near Polo and Ambassador Drives, Kansas City in Platte County, east of I-29 near a hotel in the KCI corridor. Two KCPD officers were responding to a call...
KCPD IDs man who died when car traveled up over center median
KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a fatal 2-vehicle crash in Kansas City have identified the man who died as 37-year-old Justen Vannatta, according to Officer Alayna Gonzalez. Just after 7:30p.m. Friday, a Mazda Protégé driven by Vannatta was eastbound on 63rd Street in Kansas City at a high...
Police search for man last seen near KC hospital in urgent need of care
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Police are searching for a missing man last seen near Kansas City’s Truman Medical Center who urgently requires medical assistance. The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department asked the community on Thursday afternoon, March 28, to be extra vigilant for Marcus Engesser, 53, who has been reported missing and is in need of immediate medical attention.
‘Help me look for my grandson!’: Grandmother still searching for 19-year-old T’Montez Hurt, two months later
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Almost two months after Missouri Western State University freshman T’Montez Hurt went missing from a Kansas City Greyhound station on Feb. 1, his grandmother is still searching for answers. “My heart says T’Montez is still with us but because I haven’t saw him, my...
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