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Dec. 12, 2023
Missouri’s second-largest county will pay a $1.2 million settlement to the parents of a 21-year-old man with mental health concerns who, according to a lawsuit, screamed “I can’t breathe” as he was subdued by jail staff before dying in a restraint chair.
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Nov. 21, 2023
She took exception to KCPD’s decision to allow one of DeValkenaere’s former supervisors — since-retired Sgt. Richard Sharp, who maintained a close relationship with DeValkenaere — to oversee the investigation. Picerno called such an arrangement “extremely troubling.” He added, “There's an inherent conflict of interest there. It's the main reason why we now have the Missouri State Highway Patrol conduct all the investigations in any kind of an officer-involved incident.”
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Nov. 16, 2023
A 63-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in prison for fatally shooting another man he encountered when a traffic cone was thrown at his SUV in Kansas City’s Midtown. Andrew Harold Bostic, of Kansas City, was handed the sentence during a hearing Tuesday in Jackson County Court. He was convicted in October of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Patrick D. George, 42, in the early hours of Nov. 30, 2022. Police officers discovered George’s body near Armour and Broadway boulevards when a passerby reported seeing him on the sidewalk around 5 a.m. He appeared to have been shot in the neck, according to court documents.
Read MoreJonathan Ketz, Alyssa Mueller
Oct. 19, 2023
A former Kansas City police officer has been booked into jail Tuesday after an appeals court upheld his conviction in the deadly shooting of a Black man.
Read MoreCaitlin 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
Read MoreBill Lukitsch
Aug. 21, 2023
Steven Williams Sr., 64, of Kansas City, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in the Dec. 5 escapes of
Read MoreMelinda Henneberger
Aug. 11, 2023
When the name “Golubski” is mentioned, “Morehead” usually is, too. When the name “Golubski” is mentioned,
Read MoreMatt Flenner
Aug. 1, 2023
An Excelsior Springs rape and kidnapping investigation has new leads after a potential witness in the case was found
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July 23, 2023
Public safety officials are held to a higher standard than your ordinary citizen. And taxpayers are on the hook
Read MoreGlenn E. Rice, Katie Moore
July 20, 2023
A police officer appears to throw a man to the ground at the scene of an Aug. 8 police shooting at East 55th
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