The Kansas City Midweek Crime Round-Up



On the topic of lady drama and a tragic reminder that all good things must eventually come to an end:

Deadline: ‘Orange Is The New Black’ To End With Season 7 On Netflix

Closer to home, here's a peek at all of the Kansas City crime news links worth a peek:

Kansas City Dumpers Stay Winning
Community volunteers frustrated after illegal dumping occurs hours after neighborhood cleanup wraps up
Double Trouble In Kansas

First trial in Schlitterbahn water slide death centers around a brake pad on Verruckt

The prosecution and the defense have both rested their case in the Schlitterbahn trial regarding the death of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab in August 2016. Two workers are charged with lying to investigators. The two maintenance workers in question are David Hughes and John Zalsman, who have worked at the park since 2009.


Country Club Consequences

KC man faces charges after hiding gun following Country Club Plaza shooting

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An 18-year-old Kansas City man is facing charges after trying to hide evidence following a shooting at the Country Club Plaza. Quinton Shelby faces tampering with physical evidence in felony prosecution, according to the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office.


Highway Gun Play Today

Man in custody after he points gun at trucker in Platte County

The Platte County Sheriff's Department has one man in custody after he pointed a gun at a trucker Wednesday afternoon.


Have You Seen This Meth Town Creep???

Independence police looking for man who threw lit firework at girl

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- The Independence Police Department is asking for help finding a man who threw a lit firework at a girl. Police said a silver Chevy Impala with three or white men inside pulled up beside a girl while she was on the sidewalk in front of her home near East Truman Road and North Rogers Street.


JoCo Rapist Confrontation

Rape victims testify at sentencing for man who kidnapped, raped Johnson County deputy

OLATHE, KS (KCTV) -- A Johnson County deputy faced the man who raped her and described the night he and another man kidnapped and attacked her. The devastating testimony came at the sentencing for Brady Newman-Caddell. And she was not the only rape victim who told her story in court on Wednesday.


Local Testimony: Opioid Crisis Worsening

Recovering Addicts Say Rural Missouri's Meth 'Explosion' Is A Warning To The Country

The sharp rise in opioid abuse and fatal overdoses has overshadowed another mounting drug problem: Methamphetamine use is rising across the country. "Usage of methamphetamine nationally is at an all-time high," says Erik Smith, assistant special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Kansas City office.


And this is the OPEN THREAD for right now . . .

Comments

  1. The opioid crises is still going?

    Trump promises that was going to end.

    Yet another Trump failure? Go figure.

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  2. What's with all the concern about "Drug Overdose Deaths"?
    Isn't that a improvement for Society as a whole?
    Maybe we should try putting more potent illegal drugs on the streets.

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  3. It's mostly rural, old, white dudes who are addicted and dying -Trump voters. So no big deal. We can lose a ton of them. No loss.

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  4. You might be on to something.

    The deep state needed to thin the herd in LA during the 1980s, so the CIA introduced crack in the inner cities.

    Pushing opioids could their plot to even the score.

    I am glad Roseanne Conner was the latest victim. Trump supporters ODing on pills is pretty funny.

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