A Raytown man accused of fatally shooting Kansas City attorney Thomas Pickert is asking for a court order to ensure the preservation of all police notes and 911 recordings tied to Pickert’s death. David Jungerman, 80, appeared in court Monday ...
Read More »Kansas City bus agency refuses to disclose settlement amount
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority has refused to disclose how much it paid to settle a whistleblower lawsuit, citing a new policy that exempts it from open records laws in Kansas and Missouri. The Kansas City Star says the ...
Read More »Greitens enacts law against his alleged actions
Missouri’s outgoing Gov. Eric Greitens signed a bill Friday to make it a crime to threaten to share sexual photos of people without their consent — something Greitens has been accused of doing. The Republican was scheduled to resign Friday ...
Read More »Gardner drops computer-tampering charge against Greitens
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner dismissed Wednesday the felony computer-tampering charges against outgoing Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. “It is time for us to move on and help the state of Missouri get back to the business of governing,” Gardner ...
Read More »St. Louis prosecutor will seek more summonses over warrants
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday it will now seek summonses instead of arrest warrants for lower-level felonies in order to reduce the amount of defendants in custody. Chief Trial Assistant Robert H. Dierker, a former circuit judge, ...
Read More »Court upholds economic damages for unborn child’s death
The Western District Court of Appeals has upheld $125,000 in economic damages a Clay County jury entered against a North Kansas City Hospital doctor and emergency medical practice for the death a woman’s unborn son. In the order Tuesday, a ...
Read More »FBI briefed on allegations against Missouri governor
Allegations of sexual misconduct and campaign finance violations against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens have been shared with federal authorities by a private attorney and a key lawmaker, according to testimony Thursday during a legislative hearing. The hearing by a special ...
Read More »Pickert’s family sues alleged killer
The family of a Kansas City attorney who was shot to death in his front yard is suing the man charged with killing him. The parents and widow of Tom Pickert claim in the wrongful-death lawsuit that David Jungerman, 80, ...
Read More »Court says age doesn’t begin at conception
The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled Tuesday that a man can’t dodge his child-molestation convictions by calculating his victim’s age from the date of conception. In November 2016, Eric Ryan Crider was convicted in a Callaway County bench ...
Read More »US government sues regarding KC-area Teamsters election
The U.S. Labor Department has filed a rare lawsuit seeking to overturn a Kansas City-area Teamsters election and force a new vote under federal supervision. The lawsuit raises concerns about how ballots were collected from members of Teamsters Local 41 ...
Read More »Woman reiterates her account of sexual misconduct by Greitens
A woman who had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is defending her account that he coerced her into unwanted sexual activity during an encounter at Greitens’ home several years ago. The woman who has been identified in court ...
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