Two high-profile inmates will be spending the holidays outside of prison walls. Gov. Mike Parson has commuted the prison sentences today for ex-KCPD detective Eric DeValkenaere and Patty Prewitt. DeValkenaere has been in jail since October 2023. He was convicted of...
A former Kansas City police detective will have to serve a six-year prison sentence for shooting an unarmed Black man. The ruling was released Tuesday by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District. Eric DeValkenaere, who’s white, was found guilty two years ago of...
A former Kansas City police detective remains a convicted felon. Governor Mike Parson announced Friday that he’d issued 18 pardons for the month of June, but that list did not include former Kansas City police detective Eric Devalkenaere. He was convicted of...
