The St. Joseph Police Department has identified the man killed in a shooting early Saturday morning.
As previously reported, shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday, in the 700 block of North 23rd Street in St. Joseph, a man in his mid-20s was shot. The man was transported to Mosaic Life Care where he later died as a result of his injuries.
Police identified the man as 26-year-old Donovan L. Smith.
According to Capt. Jeff Wilson the investigation is ongoing and there are no further updates at this time.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Advocates against sexual violence say Missouri’s lack of evidence testing in some sexual assault cases make it harder to link repeat offenders to more than one victim.
Law enforcement officials say many agencies don’t send evidence for testing unless the victim wants to go forward with potential charges. They say testing every evidence kit would also add to Missouri’s already extensive backlog.
The Columbia Missourian reports Missouri hasn’t done a statewide audit on the number of untested evidence kits.
Advocates say the inaction makes it more difficult to identify repeat offenders. The advocacy group Joyful Heart Foundation says that even if a survivor knows the attacker and chooses not to pursue charges, the attacker’s DNA can still be matched to other victims if the evidence is tested.
RILEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities continue the investigating of battery involving high school students in Manhattan.
The Riley County Police Department learned of the incident involving members of the Manhattan High School football team on Thursday evening in the 3300 block of Robinson Drive in Manhattan, according to a media release from police.
Officers reported multiple teenage suspects kicked and hit two victims, a 15-year-old and 16-year-old boys.
On Monday, USD 383 spokesperson Michelle Jones confirmed members of the Manhattan High School football team were involved and the school district is working with law enforcement on the investigation.
Officers are in the process of filing a battery report and did not release additional details on Monday. The
Manhattan football team defeated Wichita East 21-0 the night after the incident. The team is schedule to host Derby on October 3. The football coach has not issued a formal statement on any disciplinary action for players involved.
A Ridgeway man died in a crash Friday afternoon in Harrison County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 2:40 p.m., 65-year-old Mike A. Sherer was driving a Dodge Ram 2500 north on East 312 Lane about nine miles east of Bethany. Sherer’s vehicle went off the east side of the road and hit a fence and a tree. The vehicle was fully engulfed in flames.
Sherer was pronounced dead at the scene by Harrison County Coroner Zach Wilson at 3:31 p.m.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is being honored this week at the U.S. university where he earned degrees in business and economics.
Santos will be at the University of Kansas on Tuesday to receive an honorary degree and speak at a public event.
BREAKING NEWS The 2016 #NobelPrize #Peace is awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos pic.twitter.com/7OhiCruc1o
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 7, 2016
Santos won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end his country’s civil war after five decades of bloodshed. The conflict left more than 200,000 dead.
University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod described Santos as an “inspirational leader.”
Santos was born in Bogota, Colombia, and arrived at the University of Kansas in 1969. After graduating, he studied at the London School of Economics and Harvard University. He last visited the University of Kansas in 2012, when he received a distinguished alumni award.
Platte County authorities are searching for two suspects after an armed robbery at a Trex Mart in Dearborn Sunday night.
According to Maj. Erik Holland with the Platte County Sheriff’s Office, a call came in at 11:15 p.m. Sunday in reference to an armed robbery at the Trex Mart.
Holland said two white male suspects entered the store, one had a firearm and discharged two rounds. Holland said no one was injured in the incident. The two suspects left with a case of beer and a bottle of Gatorade and drove off in a white minivan.
Holland said anyone with information is asked to call the Platte County Sheriff’s Office at (816) 858-3521 or the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS.
There could be a few light showers around early this morning however beyond that conditions should remain dry until Friday/Friday night. Temperatures today will be in the upper 40s and lower 50s however, it looks like the coldest day of the week will arrive just in time for the trick-or-treaters with highs in the low to mid 40s for Halloween. Temperatures then look to warm through Thursday when highs warm into the 60s to near 70. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: Isolated sprinkles before 10 a.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Northwest wind 6 to 13 mph.
Tuesday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 43. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. South wind 5 to 9 mph.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 55. South wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.
Friday Night: A chance of showers after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71.
STONE COUNTY — A Missouri man died in an accident just before 3p.m. Sunday in Stone County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1973 Honda motorcycle driven by Kevin L. Shepherd, 40, Marionville, was traveling on Barnett Hills Drive four miles north of Hurley. The motorcycle left the road, stuck a ditch and ejected the occupants.
Shepherd was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger Tonya A. Shepherd, 39, Marionville, was treated at the scene and released to family.
Kevin Shepherd was not wearing a helmet, according to the MSHP.
KANSAS CITY (AP) – Authorities are investigating after someone defaced a Missouri church with racist graffiti and set a small fire inside the building.
The Kansas City Star reports an ethnic slur and the letters “KKK” were painted on the windows of the predominantly black Concord Fortress of Hope Church in Kansas City. The vandalism and break-in happened early Sunday.
Officials say someone lit a chair on fire inside the church’s financial office, but it was quickly extinguished by sprinklers. A vending machine also was broken into.
The incident is being investigated by Kansas City authorities and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Worship services continued as scheduled Sunday.
Kansas City Councilman Quinton Lucas attends the church. He says the incident is heartbreaking but it won’t define the church.
KANSAS CITY— A Kansas City tax preparer pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to filing false tax returns, according to Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri.
Quashanda King, 36, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to assisting in the preparation and filing of a false and fraudulent tax return.
King was a long-time employee of Instant Tax Service as a tax preparer, and managed its office at 11134 Blue Ridge Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. The typical client who had their return prepared at Instant Tax Service was a very low wage earner, typically with under $3,000 in W-2 wages. The clients were unsophisticated in tax or financial matters. When they walked into one of the two offices, they were assigned a preparer, who input their W-2 wages, dependents, and other identifying information into the appropriate field of their electronically filed returns.
King admitted that preparers would insert a completely fabricated Schedule C activity showing the client carried out a business at a modest profit, often inflating the gross receipts of activities such as “doing hair” or “babysitting” in order to maximize the refundable credits available to the client. The evidence suggests that in most of these cases the clients were not really earning any income from braiding hair or from babysitting.
King admitted that she assisted in the filing of seven fraudulent tax returns, resulting in a loss to the government of $26,187.
Under federal statutes, King is subject to a sentence of up to three years in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes, as the sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
