Jackson County Prosecutors Demand Hard Time Against Convicted Former KCPD Detective

The local manslaughter case has sparked activist outcry and pro-police outrage . . . An upcoming decision will likely continue to anger locals on both sides of the debate.

With an appeal bond already decided, here's the latest . . .

In an eleven-page memo, prosecutors asked Judge J. Dale Youngs to sentence former Det. Eric DeValkenaere to four years in prison on his involuntary manslaughter conviction and nine years for armed criminal action. Prosecutors asked the sentences to run concurrently.

Sentencing is scheduled for Friday.

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Prosecutors ask judge to sentence former Kansas City detective to 9 years

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jackson County prosecutors have weighed in on the upcoming sentence of a former Kansas City detective. In an 11-page memo, prosecutors asked Judge J. Dale Youngs to sentence former detective Eric DeValkenaere to four years in prison on his involuntary manslaughter conviction and nine years for armed criminal action.


Prosecutors recommend former KCPD Det. Eric DeValkenaere serve 9 years in prison

A sentencing memorandum from the Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney's Office recommends a nine-year prison sentence for a former Kansas City, Missouri, police detective, Eric DeValkenaere who was convicted of two felonies last year in the shooting death of Cameron Lamb in December 2019.

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