Kansas City Metro Crime Roundup

A look at top local crime links to start the week . . .


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Five charged in robbery conspiracy across metro

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - UPDATE 6 p.m. 11/27/2018: Federal prosecutors have charged three of five men suspected in a series of armed robberies across the Kansas City, Missouri and Independence, Missouri area. Kansas City police said the group was arrested around 2:30 a.m.

Rock Chalk Police Action

KCK police working barricade situation inside hotel

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department is working a barricade situation Monday morning. According to KCK Police Chief Terry Zeigler, officers are working at barricade near 39 th Street and Rainbow Avenue at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites at KU Medical Center. Police were originally called to the area on a wellness check around 3 a.m.

Legal Showdown

2010 Kansas City police shooting lawsuit goes to trial | The Kansas City Star

The family of a 40-year-old Grandview man fatally shot by Kansas City police in 2010 has filed suit and the trial is set to begin Monday in U.S. District Court. Kenny Gurley was shot by a police officer outside an abandoned house.

Morning Shoot Out

One person shot in disturbance following car crash near East 67th and Woodland

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City, Missouri police are trying to determine what led up to a car crash then a shooting early Monday. It happened around 3:20 a.m. near East 67th and Woodland. According to police, the victim and three witnesses were inside of a home when they heard a loud crash.

Have You Seen This Car???

Police looking for white SUV in OP road rage incident

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Police are on the look-out the owner or driver of a white SUV wanted in a road rage incident in November along 69 Highway in Overland Park. Overland Park police said around 10 p.m. on Nov.

EPIC Kansas Weed Crackdown

Man sentenced after driving 471 pounds of marijuana to Kansas

KANSAS CITY, KS (AP) - A Minnesota man was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for driving a load of 471 pounds of marijuana to Kansas. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said 40-year-old Mark Anthony Berg, of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, was sentenced Monday for one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

Justice After Tragedy

Mother accused of driving car into Kansas River pleads not guilty

LAWRENCE, KS (AP) - A 26-year-old Missouri woman accused of driving her car into the Kansas River has pleaded not guilty in her daughter's drowning. Scharron Dingledine, of Columbia, Missouri, pleaded not guilty Monday to first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Dingledine is accused of driving into the river near downtown Lawrence on Aug.

Royal Run-In

Royals star outfielder Alex Gordon hits deer in KCK but walks away without injuries

Kansas City Royals star outfielder Alex Gordon did not suffer any injuries when he struck a deer Sunday night along Interstate 635 and Kansas Highway 5. Kansas City Kansas Police Chief Terry Zeigler tweeted that an officer "was dispatched on an accident involving a deer (635 and K5) on 12/2/18 & the driver of the wrecked vehicle turned out to be Alex Gordon.

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