Crime & Courts

A 21-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man is facing charges for an alleged rolling disturbance along Interstate 35 in Johnson County on Sunday evening that included gunshots fired. Merriam Police say it happened at about 7:54 p.m. on I-35 near 67th...

The owner of an Olathe massage parlor has been charged with rape after a customer alleged he touched her inappropriately. On Monday in Johnson County District County, Somkiat Taweeruksakul, the owner of Thai Massage KC, made an appearance with his...

Updated: Friday, Jan. 2, 5:30 p.m. A 34-year-old man has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder in connection to a fatal stabbing in Gardner on New Year's morning. The Johnson County District Attorney’s Office has charged Kavin Bryan Moreno, 34, with...

Overland Park Police say gunshots were fired at a vehicle during a road rage incident on Tuesday morning. In a news release on Wednesday afternoon, Officer John Lacy said the incident happened between 7:05 and 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday. “The incident...

Updated: Saturday, Dec. 13 The man charged with attacking an 85-year-old woman with a hammer outside an Olathe Whole Foods earlier this month now faces a more severe charge. On Wednesday, prosecutors amended their complaint against Christopher Adam Brewer, 50, and...

An Overland Park man faces a potential 25-year sentence after pleading guilty in federal court to possessing a machine gun. On Thursday in the U.S. District Court of Western Missouri in Kansas City, Verdell D. Mays, 30, pleaded guilty to...

The same day that the Prairie Village City Council moved forward with financing for its $30 million municipal complex project, a city resident appealed a federal court’s Nov. 3 decision to dismiss his lawsuit trying to stop the project. On...

Two Overland Park men face a federal indictment in connection with an alleged $4 million retail sales investment scheme. On Nov. 24, in the U.S. District Court of Kansas in Kansas City, Kansas, Baha Ibrahim, 21, and Jawad Albadawi, 21,...

A jury trial is scheduled for a Mission Hill attorney for allegedly causing a fatal DUI crash in Missouri last year. On Oct. 28 in Johnson County, Missouri, District Court, Peter E. Goss, represented by James Hobbs, and Prosecuting Attorney...

A Lenexa man faces a new charge related to indecent liberties with a child while awaiting trial for an unrelated fatal hit-and-run accident. On Nov. 7 in Johnson County District Court, Matthew Bray, 49, of Lenexa, was charged with one...

When a majority on the Johnson County Commission decided last spring to ask voters to continue the quarter-cent public safety sales tax beyond 2027, their hope was that revenue would reduce the reliance on property taxes for increasing ambulance,...

A former Lexington Trails Middle School paraprofessional will spend three years on probation for having sex with a student. On Wednesday in Johnson County District Court, Kassidy Alexander was sentenced to 36 months of probation and having to register as...