Subject: Robbery

• Midtown Miscreant takes on sympathy for armed robbers

  September 24, 2008

• Columbia police chief wants Jayhawks arrested

  Crime Scene KC is right. This mock press release from interim Columbia Chief of Police Tom Dresner is a pretty great follow up to his hometown Missouri Tigers falling to the Kansas Jayhawks. Dresner wrote the note to Lawrence Chief of Police W. Ronald Olin, saying he was issuing warrants for first-degree robbery against the entire Jayhawk football team. "Not since the horrendous 'Fifth Down' robbery committed against us by the Colorado Buffalos on October 6, 1990 have the citizens of our fair ci

  December 1, 2008

• Stealing Time: Midtown Miscreant wants to slap a smarmy street racer

  This mugshot is of wannabe street racer Edward Tseona. Independence Police charged the 18-year-old with first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the I-70 crash that killed Greg Hawley Saturday. Tseona lost control of his BMW while racing another car and slammed into Hawley's pickup truck. Midtown Miscreant lists Tseona's many, many prior driving offenses ... and isn't impressed with his clothing choices. Clip: "Best I can tell he is a self entitled little prick who robbed the Hawleys of a loved

  January 13, 2009

• Soulja Boy's Alleged Robbers Make Video

  According to various Web sites, Soulja Boy celebrated the holidays with some uninvited guests. On the night of December 30, would-be robbers allegedly followed the upstart rapper and his crew back to his Atlanta home after an album release party. At the house, the gunmen allegedly jacked Soulja for several Gs in cash and perhaps some of Soulja's favorite canary-yellow bling. Soulja's camp confirms the robbery, but has yet to release full details. This video, containing testimony from men who c

  January 14, 2009

• Killa City: Gun beats taser

  The owner of Grow Your Own Hydroponics shot a would-be robber Sunday evening after being threatened with a taser. Kansas City Police say the store's owner told them that a man had a taser and was threatening to rob his store at 3615 St. John Avenue when he grabbed a gun and shot the guy at least once. View Larger Map The wounded robber fled.Later, police received a call saying a SUV matching the description of the suspect's vehicle had flipped at St. John Avenue and Benton Boulevard. A man ma

  February 16, 2009

• Killa City: Man charged with hydroponics store robbery and murder

  Nikkolas MataRobbing a hydroponics store for grow lights isn't a great plan for a heist. Robbing it with a stun gun when the shopkeeper is packing a revolver -- even worse. The story gets much worse for 17-year-old Nikkolas Mata, who Jackson County prosecutors are charging him second-degree murder, attempted robbery and armed criminal action.Court documents allege that Mata and Christopher Kubic tried to rob Grow Your Own Hydroponics, 3615 St. John Ave., but the store's owner fought back after K

  February 18, 2009

• Best "Daily Show"-like Humor in the Star

  October 7, 2004

• Sorry, your check -- and maybe your identity -- was stolen. Please send another check.

  A couple of weeks ago I got this letter from the Missouri Department of Revenue. What do they mean my check was stolen? How does a check get stolen from the Kansas City license office? And what's this oh-by-the-way shit about my identity possibly being stolen, too? I wanted answers, but they were hard to come by.

  March 13, 2009

• Downtown UMB Bank robbed!

  When we heard that the UMB Bank at 1010 Grand Boulevard had been robbed -- thanks Chris Packham! -- we assembled The Pitch Action News team. Cops were still scanning the scene when we arrived. We talked with an officer who filled us in on what went down. The officer said they they were looking for a fat white guy in his late 40s or mid-50s wearing a bomber jacket and a rolled up stocking hat. The guy went into the bank with a gun wrapped in a newspaper. He placed the concealed weapon on the

  March 6, 2009

• Cold War Kids

  October 12, 2006

• The Download

  January 25, 2007

• Villa Steala

  April 12, 2007

• For Civil War re-enactors, the Border War ain’t no football game

  November 27, 2008

• Reckless Kelly

  May 8, 2008

• KCK-Style Pride

  An accordion maker pitches KCK's toughness.

  January 24, 2008

• Strictly Reggae Happy Hour and Bassline Pressure

  June 21, 2007

• Jesse Malin

  June 7, 2007

• Late-Breaking Sushi News

  April 26, 2007

• Deep Doo-doo

  A modern-day Bonnie and Clyde are after your money again.

  June 22, 2006

• It's a Crime

  March 23, 2006

• Requiem for a Mac

  Mac Dre's embodiment of the gangsta lifestyle ended the only way it could.

  November 25, 2004

• The Queers

  Monday, September 6, at El Torreon.

  September 2, 2004

• Lucinda Williams

  Saturday, March 13, at the Beaumont Club.

  March 11, 2004

• Reckless Kelly

  Thursday, December 4, at Davey's Uptown.

  December 4, 2003

• Dawn Kinnard

  Thursday, September 4, at the Bottleneck.

  September 4, 2003

• Blueprint

  Wednesday, July 16, at La Tasca.

  July 10, 2003

• Merle Haggard

  Wednesday, April 23, at Ameristar Casino.

  April 17, 2003

• India.Arie

  Saturday, June 29, at Verizon Amphitheater.

  June 27, 2002

• Insanely Rich

  A mentally ill man is found guilty of being scary.

  March 14, 2002

• Nurse Sissi

  The Princess and the Warrior is the best of both worlds.

  October 4, 2001

• Hit Happens

  Sometimes, even a drug dealer can have a really bad day.

  September 6, 2001

• Sinner and saint

  January 13, 2000

• First Watch in Westport robbed, manager pistol-whipped

  A couple of guys in hooded sweatshirts robbed the First Watch on Westport Road around 7 a.m. View Larger Map Not a lot of details right now, but KSHB Channel 41 reports that the suspected robbers "pistol-whipped" the manager (who was taken to a hospital with minor injuries).  If you saw a couple of guys in hooded sweatshirts running near 43rd Street and Westport Road early this morning, give a call to 816-474-8477.

  May 11, 2009

• Breakfast Buffet: Tuesday, 5/12

  Help solve the Westport First Watch robbery. If you saw a couple of guys in hooded sweatshirts running near 43rd Street and Westport Road yesterday morning, call 816-474-8477. [Plog] Milder, young garlic is now at farmers' markets. With young garlic which you can eat the leaves, bulbs and all. [KC With a Russian Accent]Bat Mitzvahs are always an awkward exciting time, especially when kugel is involved! [Simmer Till Done]An ode to the wonderful trout -- fun to catch and delicious to eat. [NPR]

  May 12, 2009

• Is Westport too dangerous for dining?

  "Westport's over," said a friend of mine this morning, after hearing about yesterday morning's 7 a.m. robbery at the First Watch restaurant in Westport. (It was reported on the Plog too). "If you can't feel safe eating a pancake at 7 in the morning," said my friend, "where can you feel safe?" I've been hearing rumors of Westport's demise as a dining location for decades, even back in the 1980s, when The Prospect of Westport and Metropolis were two of the most popular venues in the metro. I'

  May 12, 2009

• Saddest (and most ironic) bank robbery ever

  Sad times in bank robbery. Jeff W. Walser started to rob an Independence Bank of America  branch but just couldn't keep it together. The 51-year-old claimed he had a bomb but refused to run away with the sacks of money. From this morning's Kansas City Star:Finally the employee asked, "Do we need to talk?""Yes," Walser reportedly replied.The two walked to an empty conference room where Walser reportedly opened his briefcase and showed that he didn't really have a bomb.The employee asked whet

  May 14, 2009

• The Ocean's 11 of meth robberies

  U.S. Attorney Matt Whitworth today accused 22 people of cooking up meth (in three separate cases). But this has to be the most interesting of the three. Court records allege that James Robert Everson Jr. (or "Bimbo," as his friends call him), robbed the Sanofi-Aventis U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Kansas City, Missouri, on Super Bowl Sunday in 2007. The 41-year-old Everson allegedly took a security guard hostage and stole a 110-pound drum of pseudophedrine powder. Here's how Whit

  May 21, 2009

• The PT Cruiser is the official car of choice for crime sprees on June 19, 2009

  KMBCMissed the notice that last night was steal a PT Cruiser and go on a crime spree night. The Kansas City Star lists off three armed robberies from the early morning hours. There was the good old fashioned gas station robbery by three guys in bandannas at 945 South 55th Street. That was followed by the theft of a rental car and the robbery of a business at 900 North Fifth Street. Then three cool cats in a PT Cruiser robbed a couple in the 1800 block of North 76th Drive. No word on whether they

  June 19, 2009

• Reginald Clemons gets to live a little longer

  Reginald ClemonsMissouri just pushed the "pause" button on executing any more prisoners, which is all too late for Dennis Skillicorn. The Missouri Supreme Court isn't booking any more executions since the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals slapped a federal stay on Reginald Clemons' date with the needle (Clemons' attorneys challenged Missouri's legal injection procedures to be sure executions are pain-free)."We're back on hold," incoming Chief Justice William Price Jr. told the Associated Press.

  June 24, 2009

• Someone with an ax robbed a Comfort Inn this morning

  A man with an ax robbed a Comfort Inn (7300 N.E. Parvin Road) near Worlds of Fun early Tuesday morning. The robber was described as ripped with muscles but having blue skin with a skeleton face. He was wearing a loin cloth and escaped on a giant battle panther. Here's the police sketch.Or he was a white guy with gray hair and glasses. One of the two.

  July 21, 2009

• Serial robber may be nursing grudge against mini soap, rainbows

  Kansas City, Missouri, police detectives are chasing a robber who wields a sharp edge and has an apparent fondness for hotel desks and gift stores.Recent knife-point robberies of a flower shop in Westport and a Hallmark store in Independence are believed to be connected. Then, on Tuesday, a white man fitting the broad description of the Secretaries Day Slicer used an ax to boost cash from a Comfort Inn on Parvin Road. On Wednesday, a guy with a knife demanded money from a clerk at a hotel near t

  July 23, 2009

• This is the (alleged) 'Hatchet Man' robber

  Vincent W. Williams​OK, here's a mea culpa. The crazy ax-wielding guy apparently wasn't ripped with blue skin and a skeleton face (or wearing a loin cloth and riding a giant panther). Independence police say this is the guy, Vincent W. Williams, and Jackson County prosecutors have charged the 54-year-old with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. According to court records, Williams went in an Independence Subway (10910 E. 40 Highway) on July 20, grabbed a bottle of milk, paid with a

  July 28, 2009

• The worst blowjobs of these guys' lives

  Krystal Myers​This is the worst thought out robbery that I have ever heard of. Imagine the pitch: OK, ladies, you're going to give these guys blowjobs to distract these two guys. Then we'll come up from behind and rob these guys -- or shoot them (while you're blowing them) and then rob them. Then we'll take the money and drugs and run.That's the story alleged in court records about a shooting early Wednesday morning at 2713 Cleveland. Police found two men shot several times in an alley. One of

  July 30, 2009

• Killa City: KCMO homicide No. 74, man shot and killed while working at Tina's Hair Salon

  A man was fatally shot inside Tina's Hair Salon Monday evening. Kansas City police say three men robbed the salon and shot a Hispanic man in his mid-30s who was working at the salon in the 900 block of West 24th Street around 6:45 p.m. View Larger Map The man was taken to a local hospital where he later died. Police say they are still looking for the suspects. If you have any info about this shooting, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

  August 11, 2009

• Killa City: KCMO homicide No. 74, Mauro Brito-Pacheco killed at Tina's Hair Salon

  Mauro Brito-Pacheco died for $20 (thanks to KMBC 9 for the detail). Kansas City police identified 38-year-old Brito-Pacheco as the victim of a homicide at Tina's Hair Salon. View Larger Map Police say three men robbed the salon in 900 block of West 24th Street.If you have a tip, call 816-474-8477.

  August 12, 2009

• Cash hidden in sock again fails to escape police notice

  ​An attempt at nonchalance by a man suspected of robbing a Church's Chicken was no match for the trained eyes of a Kansas City police officer, according to prosecutors.Police apprehended the suspect a block from the restaurant minutes after the robbery took place Wednesday night. An officer observed a man matching the description of the robber attempt to discard an object -- a gun, upon closer inspection -- behind a tree, prosecutors say. Keenan A. Moore, 27, faces robbery, assault and weapons

  September 4, 2009

• Killa City: Elbert J. Holly charged with killing Montague K. Ashline

  Elbert J. Holly​Diamond Blair​A palm print and a cell phone call led police to make an arrest in the death of Montague K. Ashline, who was fatally shot near 36th and Main back in June. Jackson County prosecutors charged 45-year-old Elbert J. Holly today with second-degree murder and first-degree robbery. Police found Ashline suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest near 10 W. 36th Street around 12:13 a.m. on June 24. Ashline was pronounced dead at the scene. Court records say a palm print

  September 10, 2009

• Killa City: Irvan L. Nunnally charged with murder in the death of Cedric J. Dent

  Irvan L. Nunnally​Cedric J. Dent​A botched robbery led to the death of Cedric J. Dent and murder charges against 21-year-old Irvan L. Nunnally. Jackson County prosecutors charged Nunnally today with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action first-degree robbery in connection with Dent's death. Dent's lifeless body was found in the front passenger seat of a PT Cruiser at 305 Maple on March 2. Dent had been shot several times. Court records give this account: Cedric Dent picked

  September 15, 2009

• Bronson

  October 8, 2009

• A DECADE PAST

  October 8, 2009