Crime & Courts

A former Leawood priest accused of stealing roughly $160,000 from his parish appeared in Johnson County District Court on Thursday over possible violations of his bond conditions. Richard Storey, who was the pastor at Curé of Ars Catholic Church until...

Overland Park Police have ramped up bike patrols around city parks and trails following multiple reported assaults, including a sexual assault. The three reported assaults are at different parks and at different times of day, dating back to early August,...

An Olathe man has been arrested for his alleged role in a Lawrence homicide. According to the Lawrence Police Department, detectives arrested 23-year-old Daileon Maurice Thomas. He was booked into the Douglas County Correctional Facility on a pending charge of...

Updated at 6:44 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20. Lenexa Police have now confirmed that an officer shot a man in the leg during a “physical struggle” on Monday evening. In a news release shared by the department on Tuesday evening, Master Police...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that a Johnson County man has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for running one of the largest telemedicine schemes ever. Brett Blackman, 43, owned and ran HealthSplash as its CEO....

Former Johnson County teacher Keil Hileman, who was on parole for sex crimes against students, is back in prison after he was found in possession of pornography. On Aug. 5, Hileman was incarcerated at the Lansing Correctional Facility in Lansing,...

A recently fired Johnson County Sheriff’s deputy is out on bond after he was arrested and charged with rape last week. According to court records, Justin Patrick Ramirez, 44, of Spring Hill, worked as a Johnson County Sheriff’s deputy for...

A former Johnson County government employee was given jail time and probation for two counts of crimes against a child. On Thursday in Johnson County District Court, Christopher Wehunt was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 60 days of house arrest...

Jackson County, Missouri, prosecutors have charged a Johnson County Community College police officer with two sex crimes stemming from a September 2024 incident. In a news release, Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office Director of Communications Jazzlyn Johnson said Rodrigo Aldofo Sanchez-Flores,...

A Lenexa man was sentenced to about seven years in prison for causing a fatal hit-and-run that killed an Olathe South High School student. On Sept. 17, Matthew Bray, 50, was sentenced Thursday to 52 months for aggravated battery while driving...

A U.S. Postal Service employee in Johnson County has pleaded guilty to stealing mail. The employee worked at the Blue Valley Post Office, 12433 Antioch Road, in Overland Park. According to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office, District...

An Olathe man is facing federal charges after allegedly registering and voting illegally in Kansas. On Wednesday in the U.S. District Court of Kansas, George Olawunmi Johnson, 67, a Nigerian national living in Olathe, made an initial appearance for one...