Police need help in Midtown jewelry store robbery

Oct 10th, 2013 – by 0
Kansas City police are asking for help identifying suspects who robbed a Midtown jewelry store. The robbery took place on Oct. 6 at about 3:30 p.m., when two  black male suspects entered the Vinca jewelry store at 4801 Jefferson St. Here’s ...

Police invite your input Saturday, Oct. 5

Oct 3rd, 2013 – by 0
The Kansas City Police Department is hosting an open forum Saturday morning  where community members can share concerns and ideas. Here are details  from the department: The session will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Mohart Multipurpose ...

Kansas City man charged in hit-and-run death of horse

Oct 3rd, 2013 – by 0
Tips, vehicle parts and a rider’s boot broke the case involving a killed horse and  injured rider, according to court records. Jackson County prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against a Kansas City man. Don P. Jackson, 26, is charged ...

Aim4Peace gets $1.2 million grant

Oct 1st, 2013 – by 0
The city said today its Aim4Peace program has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to expand its violence prevention programs within the east patrol district of the Kansas City Police Department. The three-year grant from the U.S. Department of ...

Tips can help uncover human trafficking

Sep 26th, 2013 – by 0
Mattresses on a business floor and workers unable to provide identity papers can signal modern slavery. Federal authorities team with police to combat human trafficking in Missouri and Kansas but the crime is often well hidden and tips can help ...

Business owners, look out for this new scam

Sep 23rd, 2013 – by 0
The police department wants business owners to be alert for a scam taking place in Kansas City and other parts of the country. Thieves have been covering satellite dishes used to process credit card information with foil. Owners and managers ...

U.S. even with nations in common crimes, except homicide

Sep 19th, 2013 – by 0
  “The weapon of mass destruction in our society is the 17-year-old boy, ” Harold Pollack of the University of Chicago crime lab told the urban crime summit this week. By Joe Lambe In numbers of muggings, stolen cars and sex crimes, ...

NoVA anti-violence effort expanding its new approach

Sep 18th, 2013 – by 1
  Representatives of NoVA KC including U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker; NoVA manager Joe McHale; and UMKC criminology professor Andrew Fox. They made a presentation at the Urban Crime Summit. By ...

Gun courts in play, but first effort misfires

Sep 18th, 2013 – by 0
  Panel members at the Urban Crime Summit included Sam Dotson, police chief of St. Louis; St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay; Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Forte; and Kansas City Major Sly James. By Joe Lambe The Kansas City mayor, the Jackson ...

NoVA KC gets $1 million to reduce violent crime

Sep 17th, 2013 – by 0
A $1 million crime-fight grant will allow KC NoVA to focus on an area bounded roughly by25th Street on the north, 39th on the south and between Paseo andBenton boulevards. The area has one of the higher crime rates in thecity. Kansas City’s ...