For Immediate Release
June 25, 2019
A 20-year-old Kansas City man has been charged with the serious beating of another man who just had stepped off a Downtown bus near 12th and Grand, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
Dorian T. Miller, dob: 12/29/1998, faces Assault 1st Degree and Stealing.*
According to court records, the victim had not long before stepped off an ATA bus near 12th and Grand when suspects assaulted him. They then ran south toward Truman Road. The victim told police his mobile phone was missing after the assault. A witness saw the two suspects run toward the victim after he observed the victim get off the bus. Officers observed the suspects board a bus at 16th and Grand. Both the defendant and a juvenile were taken into custody. A cell phone matching the one taken from the victim was found in the defendant's pocket.The victim's injuries, according to Truman Medical Center staff, included a broken facial bone, jawbone, shoulder and nose and a brain bleed.
Prosecutors requested a $75,000 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.