CRIME & SAFETY
Lithium battery fire causes fiery emergency on Johnson County street
OLATHE, Kan. (KCTV) - A battery someone tossed in the trash caused an emergency in an Olathe neighborhood last week. City leaders said someone tossed a lithium battery into the trash. A trash truck unknowingly started hauling it to the landfill. On the way the lithium battery caught fire and started burning the rest of the trash in the truck.
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.
Ohio man sentenced to 11 years in a Missouri prison for meth trafficking
A Cincinnati, Ohio, man was sentenced in federal court for carrying thousands of methamphetamine pills aboard a bus traveling through Kansas City, Mo. Antuan McClendon, 43, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to 11 years and three months in federal prison without parole. On Dec. 21, 2023,...
Homicide: Police ID victim found in KC airport area hotel room
KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a homicide near Kansas City International Airport. Just before 11:30 p.m. Monday, police were dispatched to a hotel in the 11800 block of NW Plaza Circle, according to Sheriff Daryl Forte'. First responders found a man later identified as 38-year-old Jeremy Hills with...
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.
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