CRIME & SAFETY
Overland Park parents charged with murder after death of malnourished toddler
Johnson County prosecutors have alleged the child, who weighed under 12 pounds when she died, was malnourished and died due to neglect, according to recently released court documents.
Family of Olathe man killed by police files lawsuit against Olathe PD
OLATHE, Kan. (KCTV) - The family of an Olathe man killed by police on New Year’s Eve in 2022 filed a lawsuit Friday against the City of Olathe and Olathe Police Department. The lawsuit was filed by Brandon Lynch’s mother Maria Varnas. Lynch was killed after police were called to a family residence on Dec. 31, 2022, when Lynch “became agitated, irritable and paranoid about getting the plague,” the lawsuit claims.
Missing Olathe man feared to harm himself is found safe
OLATHE, Kan. (KCTV) - UPDATE: Jason Wilbert has been found and is safe. Police in Olathe have started to search for a man reported missing who may have intentions of harming himself. The Olathe Police Department says that it needs the community’s help to locate Jason Wilbert, 34, who was...
Man accused of intentional food contamination makes first court appearance
LEAWOOD, Kan. (KCTV) - The man fired after intentionally contaminating food before customers fell ill at a Leawood restaurant made his first appearance in front of a judge. Court records indicate that Jace C. Hanson, 21, a former employee of the Leawood Hereford House, appeared before a judge on Thursday, May 2, after he was accused of intentionally contaminating food.
Chicken joint closes Waldo location due to burglaries, threats, and other crimes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - On Thursday, Strip’s Chicken closed its Waldo location due to multiple incidents over the last three years in the restaurant’s neighborhood. Strip’s Chicken has been open in Olathe since 2016 and Owner Todd Johnson said they’ve never had an issue there.
‘I owe the world to them.’ KS dad grateful to cops after sentencing in daughter’s death
“They could easily just gave up (the) cold case, and be like, ‘eh, we can’t do anything, we’re done.’ DEA could have. The officer could have been like, ‘I’m not going down this road anymore.’ But they did this for Olivia and for her family.”
Son mourns former Overland Park officer shot in North Carolina. ‘I hope to be just like him’
William Alden Elliott, 46, was killed along with 3 other officers in a Charlotte, North Carolina shootout Monday. In an obituary poem shared Thursday, Elliott’s son reflected on the hobbies and mentorship his father passed down.
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