Kansas City Crime Scene: Scams, Creepers & Gunfire Aftermath

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Kansas City, Missouri, woman faces up to 30 years in prison for fraud related to Social Security benefits

A Kansas City, Missouri, woman faces a sentence of up to 30 years in prison after being found guilty by a federal jury Tuesday of stealing federal benefits.

Two charged for leaving children in hot car at probation office parking lot in Liberty

Two adults are facing charges for leaving two children in a hot car in the parking lot of a probation office in Liberty, Missouri.

KCK fire captain charged with battery after dispute inside parking garage

A Kansas City, Kansas fire captain is facing multiple charges after allegedly hitting a man with his car inside of a hospital parking garage.

Prosecutor charges former Cass County deputy with rape, sodomy of young girl

A former Cass County sheriff's deputy is facing multiple child sex crime charges.

Convicted murderer of Johnson County social worker found dead in prison cell

Andrew Ellmaker, who was serving a 50-year sentence for the 2004 murder of Johnson County social worker Teri Lea Zenner, was found dead in his cell at the El Dorado Correctional Facility on Tuesday...

New ways to report safety and crime concerns in Missouri

Reports can be filed online or by calling them into officers.

Chiefs' Bieniemy: Wife to make full recovery after being shot

Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy said Tuesday that his wife, Mia, is on track to make a full recovery after she was allegedly shot by the couple's son last month in the family's home in Virginia.

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