Two former KCPD officers pleaded guilty to assault of Breona Hill in May 2019

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 ...

KC man pleads guilty to the fatal shooting of 4-year-old Legend Taliferro in June 2020

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...

KC firefighter pleads guilty to manslaughter charges in Westport crash case

Jackson County judge sentences Gene Birdsong to life in prison, plus more

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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...

Jackson County sheriff's deputy charged in shooting of woman in KC

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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...

Jerry Bausby sentenced to consecutive life sentences in death of daughter Daizsa

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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...

Media Advisory: Jackson County Prosecutor's statement in Ricky Kidd case

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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...

Now-former KCPD officer charged in fatal vehicular crash just before October Chiefs game

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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...

Judge sentences Brandon Howell to five consecutive life sentences without parole

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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...

Defendant Joseph L. Nelson pleads guilty in triple murder, tampering with a witness

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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...

Defendant sentenced in 2015 murder of 3-year-old Amorian Hale

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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...

Thu Hong Nguyen sentenced in Jackson County to 74 years in prison

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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 ...

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announces decision in Greitens case

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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...

David Jungerman charged in the murder of Kansas City lawyer Thomas Pickert

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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...