For Immediate Release
Oct. 24, 2018
A Kansas City 18-year-old has been charged in connection with a Raytown robbery on Oct. 23, 2018, of a Family Dollar store, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
Ja'Juan M. Burnett, dob: 6/4/2000, faces Robbery 1st Degree and Armed Criminal Action.*
According to court records filed today, Raytown police responded on Tuesday to a Family Dollar store on Blue Ridge Blvd in Raytown on a reported robbery. They were informed that the store manager was chasing the suspect toward the north. Employees described how a man in a black hoodie drawn tight over his head displayed a handgun fron his front pocket. Then he demanded money. When the suspect left a store manager, after calling 911, chased the suspect. The manager later identified the defendant as the suspect. Police recovered the hoodie with some cash in a pocket and a silver pistol.
Prosecutors requested a $50,000 bond.
For more information, contact:
Michael Mansur
Director of Communication
Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office
Jean Peters Baker, Prosecutor
Work : (816) 881-3812
Mobile: (816) 674-3954
mmansur@jacksongov.org
http://jacksoncountyprosecutor.com
*Charges are only accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until the defendant is either found guilty or has pleaded.