Kansas City Crime Scene: Gunfire, COMBAT & Mass Surveillance

Right now we share more than a few things for late night & early morning readers to consider by way of public safety taxation, court cases, police action and, as always, community outreach.

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Jackson County voters to decide fate of COMBAT anti-crime sales tax funding lab, victim support

The tax, known as COMBAT, or Community-Backed Anti-Crime Tax, is a quarter-cent sales tax that generates between $30 million and $35 million a year.

Kansas City Shooting Leads to Felony Charges

Kansas City police say a man opened fire on a home in a drive-by shooting earlier this month. He's now facing felony charges.

Blue Springs neighbors continue to call for transparency on Flock camera usage

Communities in the Kansas City metro continue to call for transparency on automatic license plate readers (ALPR's), commonly referred to as Flock cameras.

Host/producer Joe Sexton of HBO's A Killer Story on Kansas' legal loopholes and citizen investigators

Courtesy HBO For decades, Joe Sexton has faced the challenge of deciding whether an email most people might ignore is spam or the kind of tip that helped him earn Pulitzers and other accolades for The New York Times and ProPublica.

Kansas businessman sentenced for criminally selling aircraft parts to Russia - Heartlander News

A Kansas business owner has been sentenced to over a year in prison for illegally selling advanced aviation technology to be used on Russian-built aircraft. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the U.S. government tightened export controls on Russia, and exporting goods to the country since then requires a special license from the U.S.

Lenexa man sentenced for deadly crash, child sex crimes in separate cases

A Johnson County man has been sentenced for his role in multiple criminal cases.

Man charged in deadly shooting at Independence apartment

A 25-year-old man is facing charges in connection with a deadly shooting in Independence, Missouri, last week.

Drive-by shooting in Kansas City results in charges against man

Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced Monday that charges have been filed against 22-year-old Marques Harris following a shooting on Sept. 1.

Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper back home after being struck by car

A Missouri State Highway Patrol corporal is home after seriously injured in an August car crash involving two women who face various charges

Unanswered questions in Eric Zahnd's death fuel speculation and a 'strange' silence

"I cannot imagine Eric Zahnd doing anything knowingly that's illegal. He respected the law too much," said friend David Fulk.