by Alisa Nelson | Dec 23, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced today the results of Operation Legend, a federal anti-crime program named after a Kansas City boy who was shot and killed earlier this year. He launched the operation as an initiative in which federal law enforcement...
by Alisa Nelson | Oct 15, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
U.S. Attorney General William Barr has announced today in St. Louis that a federal operation has led to the arrests of more than 650 suspects – 34 of which are accused of murder. The federal effort, called Operation Legend, is named after a four-year-old Kansas City...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 20, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Office has filed felony charges today against a couple who pointed guns at protesters walking by their Central West End mansion last month. Mark and Patricia McCloskey have each been charged with a felony count of unlawful use...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 16, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, wants a federal investigation launched in the case about a St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters last month. He has sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr accusing St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner of...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 16, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
In a matter of days, 225 federal agents will be on the ground in Kansas City ramping up investigations into unsolved murders – not to patrol the streets. The city has reached at least 101 homicides so far this year and it is on track to be the most violent year in...
