Lee’s Summit Police Investigating Homicide Along I-470

Lee’s Summit Police Investigating Homicide Along I-470

admin April 1, 2022

***UPDATED SUNDAY, 4/3/2022 @ 11:00 A.M.***The deceased in the investigation has been identified as TreVez F. Johnson; 17 years of age from Kansas City, MO. Two other persons that we also in the vehicle were taken to a local hospital by a…

Lee’s Summit Basement Apartment Fire Displaces Three Families

admin March 12, 2022

By Assistant Chief Jim Eden LEE’S SUMMIT, MO— On Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 1:11 pm, the Lee’s Summit Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire in the 100 Block of NE 1st Street. A resident of one of the apartments…

Raytown Police Seek Public’s Help in Locating Missing Woman

admin March 8, 2022

Raytown, MO – On 03-08-22, at approximately 5:15 p.m., Raytown police officers were advised that Nisbeth Garay-Correa, a 26-year-old Hispanic woman left a residence days ago and had not returned. Ms. Garay-Correa was last seen walking away from a residence in the 9500…

Belton man charged in child kidnapping that prompted an Amber Alert on Monday

admin March 8, 2022

A 34-year-old Belton man has been charged with child kidnapping after he got into an idling vehicle parked at a Raytown gas station and drove off with the vehicle with a child inside it, setting up an Amber Alert on Monday, Jackson…

Lee’s Summit Police Investigating Overnight Homicide

admin March 8, 2022

****************UPDATED 3/9/2022 @ 4:30 P.M.***************** The deceased in the investigation has been identified as Zavion Miles, 22 years of age from Raytown, MO. The preliminary investigation into the incident indicates that the deceased came to the residence that night and allegedly fired…

Independence, MO, Man Arrested For Possession Of Child Pornography

admin February 25, 2022

February 25, 2022 The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of Andrew Blackmon, 26, of Independence, Missouri, on Thursday, February 24, 2022, for possession of child pornography. The arrest was the result of an investigation…

Mother charged with Murder 1st Degree in death of her own child

admin February 16, 2022

Feb. 16, 2021 A 35-year-old Kansas City woman has been charged in the homicide of her 6-year-old son and is being held in Jackson County on no bond, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today. Tasha Haefs, dob: 1/7/1987, faces Murder…

“It takes our breath away”

admin February 16, 2022

Feb. 16, 2022 Statement from Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker The community now knows some of the terrible details of the death of this 6-year-old child. It takes our breath away. My office, as it always has, pledges to do everything…

Chicken Coop Fire Spreads to House

admin February 16, 2022

By Assistant Chief Jim Eden LEE’S SUMMIT, MO– On Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at 9:25 p.m., the Lee’s Summit Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire in the 1500 Block of NE Whitestone Drive. The occupant reported a fire on the back of…

Man who took vehicle from Lee’s Summit with two young children inside charged in kidnapping

admin February 14, 2022

February 14, 2022 A man who took a running vehicle from a Lee’s Summit driveway with two young children inside the vehicle has been charged with felonies, including kidnapping, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today. Mitchell S. Green, dob: 7/15/1980,…