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KCMO Mayor, Police Chief Agree KCPD’s High Settlement Payouts Are ‘Something We Need to Address’
Caitlin Knute

Sept. 17, 2023

The KSHB 41 I-Team collected information from KCPD as well as other departments in similar-sized cities. Caitlin Knute breaks down what

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Kansas City Man Reportedly Thrown to Ground by KCPD Settles Lawsuit for $500,000
Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga

July 17, 2023

The Kansas City Police Department and Mack Nelson have reached an agreement to resolve litigation over

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Charges Dropped Against Kansas City Security-Firm Owner Who Claimed Self-Defense in Shooting
Tod Palmer

Jan. 19, 2023

Criminal charges have been dropped against the owner of a Kansas City, Missouri-based security

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KCPD Trying to Identify Man Following Homicide Near 57th & Troost
JP Law

Oct. 28, 2022

Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department detectives are trying to identify a man

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MBC 9 Investigates: A Drug Overdose, a Jail Restraint Chair, Detox, Duct Tape, Then Death
Matt Flener 

Nov. 22, 2021

Two sheriff’s deputies stood over a man they had just brought into the Newton County jail’s detox cell 10 minutes

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Donahue Receives 10-Year Sentence on Manslaughter Charge
Sue Sterling

Nov. 15, 2021

Jema Donahue received a 10-year prison sentence Monday, Jan. 28, on charges related to the shooting

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Newton County, Neosho Officials to Pay $630,000 to Mother, Children of Joplin Man Who Died in County Jail
JPLaw

Oct. 18, 2021

The mother and children of a former Joplin resident who died June 29, 2018 in the Newton County Jail will receive a

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Former KCFD Captain Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Selling Dozens of Guns
Luke Nozicka

Jan. 25, 2021

A former Kansas City Fire Department captain was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for illegally

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Security Guard Convicted of Murder in 2018 Shooting Outside Kansas City Bar
Katie Bernard 

Dec. 13, 2019

Christopher L. Jones, 37, was charged in July 2018 with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and tampering

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Pleasant Hill Man Convicted of Killing a Witness in Another Murder Case
Katie Bernard

Nov. 16, 2019

A Pleasant Hill man was convicted Friday of shooting and killing a witness for another murder he was charged with

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