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Third time: DOJ charges Comey with national defense leak(The Daily Signal) – The Justice Department has charged former FBI Director James Comey with unlawfully communicating national defense information and conspiring to disclose such information. The… Read More
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Man charged with fatally shooting visiting girlfriend at Kansas City hospitalA Kansas City man has been charged with shooting and killing his girlfriend inside an area hospital. James F. Lawson, a convicted Missouri felon, is accused of… Read More
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Criminal executions halted in Tennessee after death row inmate survives lethal injectionTennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has survived a lethal injection attempt, causing the governor to halt all executions in the state for the rest of… Read More
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Missouri crime: Man charged in multimillion-dollar crypto scam; guilty plea in KC Cybertruck arson; anti-trafficking council formedA Vietnamese national has been charged with defrauding a Missouri victim of millions of dollars in a “pig butchering” scam, and a Missouri man has pleaded guilty to setting… Read More
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19 sex crime suspects arrested in Kansas during joint operationThe Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) arrested 19 sex crime suspects during a two-day sting operation. The bureau partnered with other law enforcement agencies to target people buying… Read More
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Suspect charged in fatal shooting of Kansas City-area teenA minor suspect has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting of a Raytown High School student Wednesday afternoon. Joshua Lewis, a 16-year-old student athlete, was… Read More
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Mexican illegal immigrant intercepted in Missouri, sentenced for child exploitationAn illegal immigrant who was caught in the Kansas City metro area has been sentenced for sexually exploiting children and illegally reentering the United States… Read More
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Missouri online extremist charged with child pornography crimesAn online extremist group member from Missouri was charged Wednesday for receiving and possessing child pornography. Jordan Porter, 23, of Independence, Missouri, has been… Read More
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Missouri prosecutor accused of relationship with criminal illegal immigrant, helping him evade arrestA Missouri county prosecutor is accused of multiple inappropriate intimate relationships that allegedly interfered with criminal cases, including one with an illegal immigrant who was prosecuted by her office… Read More
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Former Kansas child crime investigator sentenced for child porn; several Missourians plead guilty, sentenced for sex crimesA former Kansas law enforcement officer who was promoted to investigate online crimes against children has been sentenced to prison for enticing a minor to produce child pornography. Read More
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Illegal immigrants sentenced for sex trafficking minors in NebraskaTwo illegal immigrants from South America were sentenced to prison Monday for sex trafficking minors in Nebraska. Michel Daiana Martinez-Gonzalez, 29, of Colombia, and Alfredo Manuel Zambrano-Hurtado,… Read More
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Kansas City man pleads guilty after 16 dogs rescued from dogfighting ringA Kansas City man pleaded guilty Tuesday to multiple dogfighting charges after Kansas City law enforcement rescued 16 dogs – four of which were pregnant – from his possession… Read More
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3 Missouri men charged with child pornography crimes, 2 sentencedTwo Missouri men have been sentenced to over 16 years in prison for child pornography crimes, and a former Scouting America troop leader has been charged with creating child… Read More
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Karmelo Anthony defense witness fumbles after damning prosecution testimony; jury deliberations begin(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Karmelo Anthony’s claims that he stabbed a Texas teen in self-defense may be falling apart after a witness called by his own lawyers changed… Read More
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Kansas City-area man receives 110-year sentence for child sex crimesA Kansas City-area man was sentenced Wednesday to 110 years in prison after a jury convicted him of sex crimes against multiple children. Billy Gene Burney III sexually assaulted three sisters between… Read More
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Already-convicted killer charged with shooting, carjacking rampage(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A man convicted of murder decades ago is now charged in a shooting and robbery spree in Maryland that injured two people, according to… Read More
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Arsonist of Kansas City warehouse pleads guilty, awaits sentenceThe woman who set fire to a proposed ICE facility in Kansas City in February has accepted a plea agreement. Dara O’Connor, 30, tried to destroy a… Read More