by admin | Mar 9, 2006 | News
The Senate has given final approval to legislation cracking down on child sex offenders. The bill, sponsored by Senator Matt Bartle of Lee’s Summit, calls for minimum 25 year prison sentences for those convicted of forcible sex or sodomy with a child. And, the...
by admin | Mar 7, 2006 | News
The Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill that would crack down on child sexual predators. Senator Matt Bartle of Lee’s Summit, the sponsor, says the legislation has a provision related to lifetime supervision and electronic monitoring of sex...
by admin | Aug 20, 2005 | Crime / Courts
A Claycomo man has been sent to prison for 97 years for sexually and physically abusing four children to whom he was a foster parent. 47-year-old Jacob Sipes had earlier been convicted on eight counts of sodomy, child molestation, and felony child abuse. Sipes...
by admin | Jul 20, 2005 | Politics / Govt
Former House Speaker Catherine Hanaway has been sworn in as acting federal prosecutor for the eastern half of the state. Hanaway replaces James Martin, who became the acting US Attorney in St. Louis after Ray Gruender was appointed as a judge on the 8th US Circuit...
by admin | Jul 14, 2005 | Crime / Courts
A youth minister in Kansas City is charged with violating his position and violating a girl who was only 13 when their affair apparently began. Assistant Jackson County Prosecutor Julie Hamilton says 24-year-old Phillip Boleyn is charged with nine counts for having...
