Tag: Kansas City
Christopher W. Abrams, Possessing an Unregistered Firearm, Missouri 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Kansas City man’s reckless decision to pack a sawed-off shotgun proved costly. Christopher W. Abrams, 52, was caged for 4 1/2 years after being caught with the firearm. On February 10, 2024, police responded to reports of an armed robbery near Independence Avenue and Van Brunt Boulevard. Officers found Abrams…
Idella Gardner, Cocaine Trafficking and Homicide, Missouri 2021
⏱ 2 min read A 37-year-old Kansas City woman has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for her role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy that left a woman dead in 2021. Idella Gardner was convicted of using a communication facility to facilitate a drug trafficking offense and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Between January…
Bryan Fletcher, Assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, Missouri 2022
⏱ 3 min read September 17, 2022, was a day that would change the life of a Missouri biker forever. Bryan Fletcher, a 49-year-old associate of the Los Valerosos support club, and 12 other members of the Pagan’s motorcycle gang, chased down a lone rival gang member in Blue Springs, Missouri. That rival, left with…
Jeffrey S. Hannah, Armed Assault, Missouri 2022
⏱ 2 min read Gunfire ripped through a Blue Springs, Missouri, night on September 17, 2022, when Jeffrey S. Hannah, a 43-year-old Pagan’s Motorcycle Gang member, and his crew ambushed a lone rival biker. Armed with firearms and an axe handle, Hannah and his accomplices chased the victim from the road, forcing him to pull…
Jevon P. Crudup Jr., Bank Fraud, Missouri 2025
⏱ 2 min read A brazen scheme to alter and forge US Treasury checks has landed a Kansas City man 57 months in prison. Jevon P. Crudup Jr., 25, preyed on unsuspecting victims who shared their account info online, then plundered their accounts using ATMs and online payment systems. Related Federal Cases Amgen Inc, Pharmaceutical…
Craig Monks, Felon-in-Possession, Kansas 2024
⏱ 2 min read Kansas City crook Craig Monks got four years in the can after getting caught with a hot gun. The 48-year-old was stopped for expired tags in Independence on October 2, 2024, and a cop spotted a Beretta pistol lodged between the driver’s seat and center console. Monks claimed the gun was…
Charles Anderson, Contempt of Court Order, Missouri 2024
⏱ 3 min read Charles Floyd Anderson, 81, and his attorney Robert Pete Smith, 80, both of Kansas City, have been found guilty of criminal contempt for willfully violating a court order to provide truthful financial disclosures in a civil action brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the State of Missouri. The case…
Steven Michael George, Distributing and Hoarding Child Pornography, California 2023
A Belton, Missouri man will spend the next three decades behind bars after federal prosecutors secured a maximum sentence for his depraved crimes. Steven Michael George, 45, was handed 30 years in federal prison today for distributing and hoarding child pornography, a sentence reflecting not only the horror of his current offenses but a disturbing…
Steven Michael George, Distributed Child Pornography, Missouri 2023
Kansas City, MO – Steven Michael George, 45, of Belton, Missouri, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison today for distributing child pornography. Judge Stephen R. Bough also ordered three decades of supervised release following his incarceration. The sentence reflects a pattern of abuse, with George already carrying Missouri convictions for statutory sodomy, child…
Addison Jones, Creating Child Pornography, Kansas 2023
Kansas City, MO – Addison Jones, a 28-year-old already branded a sex offender, is facing fresh federal charges after allegedly attempting to create child pornography. The FBI, working alongside Kansas City Police, arrested Jones after an investigation revealed he was actively communicating with a 10-year-old boy online, attempting to coax him into participating in sexually…
