Posted on: November 14, 2022
For Immediate ReleaseNov. 14, 2022
Two former Kansas City Police Department officers pleaded guilty today to a felony assault involving the use of excessive force in arresting a citizen on a Kansas City sidewalk in May 2019, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean ...
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Posted on: December 2, 2022
For Immediate ReleaseDec. 2, 2022
A 24-year-old Kansas City man pleaded guilty today to fatally shooting 4-year-old Legend M. Taliferro, who was asleep the morning of June 29, 2020, when the fired bullet went into his residence and struck him, Jackson Coun...
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Posted on: February 21, 2023
For Immediate Release Feb. 21, 2023
A Kansas City firefighter -- who in December 2021 killed three persons by driving a Kansas City Fire Department pumper truck into a Westport Road intersection against a red light without braking or ens...
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Posted on: April 13, 2023
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April 13, 2023
A Jackson County judge on Thursday sentenced Gene Birdsong to life in prison without the possibility of parole -- plus 17 years more -- for Birdsong's fatal stabbing in November 2018 of his wife Tabitha, Jackson County P...
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Posted on: October 9, 2019
For Immediate Response
Oct. 9, 2019
A Jackson County sheriff's deputy faces felony assault and another charge after she shot a woman in the back in Midtown Kansas City in August 2019 following the deputy's attempt to arrest her, Jackson County Prosecutor Je...
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Posted on: September 20, 2019
For Immediate Relase
Sept. 20, 2019
A Jackson County judge today sentenced Jerry Bausby to consecutive life sentences in prison for the murder of his 18-year-old daughter, Daizsa Bausby, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced.
In July, a Jacks...
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Posted on: September 13, 2019
For Immediate Release
Sept. 13, 2019
The following is a statement from Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker about her office's decision regarding Ricky Kidd's criminal case from 1996. A dismissal memo filed with the Jackson County Circuit Court is at...
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Posted on: July 26, 2019
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July 26, 2019
A now-former Kansas City police officer who crashed into a vehicle outside the Truman Sports Complex before the Oct. 18, 2018, Kansas City Chiefs' Sunday night NFL game, killing one passenger in the car and injuring two o...
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Posted on: May 23, 2019
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May 23, 2019
A Jackson County judge today sentenced Brandon Howell to five consecutive life sentences for the fatal beating and shooting of five persons in their south Kansas City neighborhood in September 2014, Jackson County Prosecut...
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Posted on: January 24, 2019
For Immediate Release
Jan. 24, 2019
A Kansas City man, 26, has pleaded guilty in the murder of three persons, including a 1-year-old child, in a Kansas City residence in September 2015, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
J...
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Posted on: December 7, 2018
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Dec. 7, 2018
A Jackson County Judge sentenced Dominique Marchbanks today to 165 years plus a life sentence in the Missouri Department of Corrections for the 2015 murder of 3-year-old Amorian Hale.
Prosecutors argued for sentencing in t...
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Posted on: September 21, 2018
For Immediate Release
Sept. 21, 2018
A Jackson County judge on Friday sentenced Thu Hong Nguyen to 74 years in prison for setting a disastrous fire in 2015 that resulted in the deaths of two firefighters -- Larry Leggio and John Mesh -- and the injuring of ...
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Posted on: June 8, 2018
For Immediate Release
June 8, 2018
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today that after a diligent review of evidence, she is declining to file further charges in the Eric Greitens case referred to her office last month.
Baker’s office rece...
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Posted on: April 11, 2018
For Immediate Release
April 11, 2018
David Jungerman has been charged in the October 2017 fatal shooting of Kansas City lawyer Thomas Pickert on his front walk, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
David G. Jungerman, dob: 3...
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