November 24, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: crime

Man Robs KCK Bank to Flee Wife, Sentenced to House Arrest

As the British newspaper The Independent reported, Lawrence John Ripple, 70, told his wife he would “rather be in jail than…

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Northland Man on Scalise Shooter: “He Couldn’t Handle Trump”

A Northland man who grew up with James Hodgkinson, the shooter of Rep. Steve Scalise and four others, told Fox4kc that…

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Kansas City Neighborhood Makes America’s “5 Most Dangerous” List

Although Kansas City did not gain the top spot, it did earn an impressive fourth place in a feature titled,…

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Feds Bust 35 Missouri Convenience Store Owners for Cigarette Smuggling

With the lowest cigarette tax on the nation, Missouri has become something of a Mecca for cigarette smugglers, all puns…

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Breaking: Fifth South KC Walking Trail Homicide Victim Also White

Credit goes to the Hays Post for answering the obvious question that Kansas City media were reluctant to ask: what…

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Missourian: “Peace Activist Cited for Disturbing the Peace”

Although not known for its sense of humor, the Columbia Missourian wins the Sentinel’s best Memorial Day headline award for…

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Update: Police Identify the Fifth South KC Hiking Trail Victim

Kansas City police have identified the fifth man found on or near a South Kansas City hiking trail as 31-year-old…

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Darwin Award Awaits Man Who Burgled Home of Acting KCPD Chief

When Thomas Savage, 19, snatched those commemorative badges and KCPD anniversary rings, he may have sensed that he picked the wrong…

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Homicide Cop: Steer Clear of Indian Creek “Until Police Have Made an Arrest”

The murder of four middle-aged white men along Kansas City’s Indian Creek Trail System has gotten the attention of the…

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City Resists Homicide Trend, Second South KC Dog Walker Murdered

Police are investigating the death of popular sports bar owner Mike Darby as a homicide. Darby had been walking his dogs…

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Northland Teens Go Gangster in Wild Shoot-Out

In one of the wildest Northland shoot-outs since Bonnie and Clyde burst out of their Platte City motor court, two…

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KU Police Wrap Up Investigation of Rape at Basketball Dorm, Refer to DA

As reported in the Daily Kansan, the University’s Public Safety Office has wrapped up its investigation into the alleged rape of…

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Somali Immigrant Suspected of “Jihadist Activities” Charged in KC

Last week federal prosecutors in Kansas City charged Isse Aweis Mohamud, suspected of jihadist activities by his own family, with passport…

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Planned Parenthood Bringing Its Abortion Services to a Neighborhood Near You

A 91-year-old federal judge, Howard Sachs, has granted a temporary injunction barring the State of Missouri from enforcing its abortion laws,…

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Man With AK-47 Carjacks Grandma in Northeast KC

A thug bearing an AK-47 ambushed a Kansas City grandmother and her friend when they honored a stop sign at…

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Prosecutors Charge North KC Teacher With Sodomy

Jackson County prosecutors charged James Green Jr., 52, currently a teacher and coach at Northgate Middle School in the North Kansas…

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Sedgwick County Claims to Have Responded to Trump Sanctuary EO

In an article posted this morning, the Sentinel shared the results of a recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) list of so-called “sanctuary”…

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Finney County Convincingly Protests “Sanctuary” Label

In an article posted this morning, the Sentinel shared the results of a recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) list…

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Star on Susan Rice Scandal: “Trump Steps Up Effort to Dispute and Distract on Russia”

If the reader needed just one headline to document the Kansas City Star’s unrelenting bias it would be the one…

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Five Kansas Counties Go “Sanctuary,” None in Missouri

UPDATE: Finney County has protested its inclusion on the list and Sedgwick County claims it has begun to cooperate. In…

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Sessions: Missouri Murder Spike Not a “Blip,” Cites Heroin, Opioids

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session spoke Friday in St. Louis to state and community leaders and members of law enforcement.…

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Two Charged in Independence Cop Shooting

On Thursday Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker charged two more suspects for a home invasion and subsequent assault of Independence…

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California AG Charges KFL Speaker with 15 Felonies

In California, as David Daleiden has learned, it is perfectly acceptable to kill healthy unborn babies, dismember them, and traffic…

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FBI Analyst Slams Star Coverage of UMKC Rape

Frustrated by the failure of the local media to cover the rape of an unconscious co-ed in her UMKC dorm…

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