An active-duty soldier reportedly stopped Wednesday’s shooting incident on a Kansas bridge by using his car to run over the armed suspect. According to the Leavenworth Times, the 34-year-old man intervened as multiple law enforcement agencies handled an active shooter situation on Centennial Bridge, which connects Kansas with Platte County, Missouri. Police said the 37-year-old …
Police officials in Kansas announced on Monday that an officer has been fired for fabricating a story about a McDonald’s employee writing “f**king pig” on his coffee cup on Saturday morning. Herington police chief Brian Hornaday said the 23-year-old officer’s actions left all of law enforcement with a “black eye.” WIBW reported that the officer …
Authorities in Kansas are investigating Sunday’s death of a 2-year-old boy who was reportedly found dead inside a hot car. KMBC reported that Lawrence police responded to a call about an incident at the 3300 block of Iowa Street at around 5:37 p.m., where a boy was found dead inside the parked vehicle. Police said they’re …
A Kansas teacher who was fired in March after reportedly being filmed kicking a 5-year-old girl could face criminal charges months after the recorded incident. Though Crystal Smith was fired from her job at Bluejacket-Flint Elementary School, the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office told NBC News they’re currently investigating the February 21 complaint. A lawyer representing …
A Kansas college football player who was drafted to the New York Giants on Saturday was reportedly wounded hours later in a shooting that killed his former teammate. According to ESPN, Washburn University defensive back Dwane Simmons, 23, was killed while his teammate, Corey Ballentine, 23, a cornerback drafted to the New York Giants in the …
A Kansas man learned his fate after his conviction in connection with the 2017 death of his father-in-law. According to Fox News, 35-year-old Justin Jones appeared in court on Friday where he was sentenced to four years behind bars. The victim, identified as 47-year-old Eric Everts, was reportedly enlisted to help his son-in-law evade detection …
Authorities in Kansas confirmed one of their own has been arrested on suspicion of raping a young victim. According to the New York Post, 52-year-old Michael Edward Mastel had been a deputy with the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office for more than a decade at the time of his arrest. In a statement on the matter …
When a bullet pierced through the home of 70-year-old Constance Effie, the Kansas woman did not know what happened. In the aftermath, however, she said she realized not only what happened but that it was stopped in what some see as a case of divine intervention. According to WDAF, Effie was with her husband at …
Authorities alleged the father bound the girl with rope and shocked the tops of her feet with a stun gun, leaving scars.
A Kansas judge has come under fire after reportedly suggesting that two underage girls were “more of an aggressor” than the 67-year-old man who paid to have sex with them. From The Kansas City Star, Judge Michael Gibbens reduced Raymond Soden’s prison sentence from 13 years to five years and 10 months, saying the two victims—ages 13 and …
A Kansas woman was convicted Friday of abusing a 4-month-old boy to the point he was left blind and with serious brain injuries. Paige Hatfield, 27, was found guilty of aggravated battery for abuse she inflicted on infant Kingston Gilbert in January 2017. Gilbert had been in Hatfield’s care for 11 days when the incident occurred, according to WDAF. On January …
A Kansas teen is suing the high school she previously attended, alleging repeated discrimination which entailed her being told that she couldn’t perform with her dance team because her skin was “too dark.” Per The Kansas City Star, Camille Sturdivant alleged she was one of two African-American students on the 14-member Dazzler’s dance team at Blue Valley Northwest …
