A third juvenile has been charged by the Office of the Juvenile Officer

A third juvenile has been charged by the Office of the Juvenile Officer

admin March 21, 2024

For Immediate Release: by Valerie HartmanMarch 21, 2024 A third juvenile has been charged by the Office of the Juvenile Officer in the events that took place after the Chiefs rally and parade on February 14, 2024. A 15-year-old teen was charged…

A third adult charged in Union Station shootings after Feb. 14 Super Bowl celebration

admin March 21, 2024

For Immediate Release March 21, 2024 A third adult has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Lisa Lopez-Galvan on Feb. 14 and the wounding of at least 25 others outside Union Station in Kansas City after the celebration of…

Office of the Juvenile Officer – Amended charges – Chiefs rally

admin March 19, 2024

March 19, 2024 The Office of the Juvenile Officer amended the charges on March 19, 2024, upon receiving additional evidence, on a 16-year-old juvenile who has been held in the Juvenile Detention Center since the day of the Chiefs rally on February…

One Injured in Afternoon Shooting at Sutherlands

admin March 14, 2024

Released by: Officer Haley VanBibber Release Date: 03/14/2024 Raytown, MO – On March 14th, at 6:10 PM, Raytown Police were dispatched to Sutherlands at 6709 Blue Ridge Boulevard for reports of a party armed with a gun inside of the business. Prior…

Two Injured in Weekend Shooting

admin March 12, 2024

Released by: Officer Haley VanBibber Release Date: 03/12/2024 Raytown, MO – On March 11th, at 1:48 AM, Raytown Police were dispatched to the Dirty Bird Bar and Grill at 6600 Blue Ridge Boulevard for reports of shots fired. It was determined the…

Overnight Fire Damages Greenwood Home

admin March 12, 2024

Assistant Chief Jim EdenLee’s Summit Fire Department On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at 2:59 a.m., the Lee’s Summit Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire in the 1300 Block of Willow Drive in the City of Greenwood. The caller stated that…

Statement on Gov. Parson’s commutation of Britt Reid’s prison sentence

admin March 2, 2024

March 2, 2024 Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker issued the following statement today: I believed that the court’s sentence of 3 years imprisonment for Britt Reid was a just sentence. Leaving the courtroom, I believed that the interests of justice were…

Jackson County Prosecutor’s statement regarding today’s tragedy in eastern Jackson County

admin February 29, 2024

Feb. 29, 2024 Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker issued the following statement this evening: Our deepest condolences go to families of the 16th Circuit Court process server and the Independence Police Department officer who died from fatal gunfire today in the course…

Two metro-area men charged in Crown Center shooting injured six

admin February 28, 2024

or Immediate Release Feb. 28, 2024 Two area men have been charged in connection with the late-afternoon Jan. 17, 2024, shootings inside Crown Center, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today. Joel Olivas, 23, and Brian Favela, 22, collectively face 26…

Statement from Lisa Lopez-Galvan’s family

admin February 20, 2024

On behalf of the Lopez-Galvan family, we are grateful to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office led by Jean Peters Baker and her amazing team of highly experienced and dedicated prosecutors. We also want to thank the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department…