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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

PHOTOS: Minor injuries reported in I-435 crossover crash

Posted: December 30, 2014 - 9:35am
Updated: December 30, 2014 - 12:19pm


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The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating a two car crash that ended with a guard rail piercing through one car.

Shawnee Police dispatched officers to the area of Interstate 435 and Midland just before 7:30 Tuesday morning, after dispatchers received multiple 911 calls reporting an accident. At least one of the callers reported that a vehicle had crossed through the median and struck a guard rail.

Officers located the crash on Interstate 435 between Shawnee Mission Parkway and Midland Drive.

At the scene, one car came to rest on the inside shoulder of northbound I-435 with a guard rail entering the passenger compartment through the engine bay. The end of the guard rail could be seen sticking out of the rear windshield of the car. The second vehicle came to rest in the southbound lanes on I-435.

Both vehicles involved in the crash
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Johnson County Med-Act reported three minor injuries at the scene. Only one of those injured people was transported by Med-Act to an area hospital.

Troopers say a 2007 Toyota Corolla was southbound in the outside lane, trying to make a lane change, when it was cutoff by an unknown vehicle. The driver of the Toyota swerved to avoid a collision, lost control, and struck a 2007 Cadillac STS, which was also southbound.

The collision forced the Cadillac into the median and the guard rail on the northbound side of the Interstate.

Troopers have identified the driver of the Toyota as a 30-year-old Lenexa woman. There was also a 7-year-old in the Toyota. Both sustained minor injuries, but were not transported by ambulance.

The driver of the Cadillac has been identified as a 64-year-old Topeka man. He was transported to an area hospital for treatment of his minor injuries.

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The car with a guard rail through it
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The second car involved came to rest in the southbound lanes of I-435
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Monday, December 29, 2014

PHOTOS: Late-night duplex fire under investigation

Posted: December 29, 2014 - 1:17am
Updated: December 29, 2014 - 8:33am


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The Shawnee Fire Department is investigating what caused a late-night duplex fire.

Firefighters were called to 12510 West 62nd Street around 11 Sunday night. The address is just northwest of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Long Avenue.

Arriving firefighters reported fire showing from a lower-level window.

Fire Marshal Corey Sands says, "No one was home at the time of the fire."

"Fire damaged one bedroom, but there is smoke damage throughout the home," according to Fire Marshal Sands.

The fire was under control in about 15 minutes and the cause remains under investigation.

Firefighters from the Overland Park Fire Department's station in Merriam assisted at the scene.

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Sunday, December 21, 2014

PHOTOS & VIDEO - Overland Park man killed after attempting to elude police, crashing

Posted: December 21, 2014 - 3:08am
Updated: December 21, 2014 - 12:16pm

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Fairway Police are investigating after a driver was killed in a crash with a tree early Sunday morning.

A Westwood officer reported a vehicle failing to yield to him in the area of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Norwood Road around 2:20 a.m. The officer reported the vehicle was "in excess of 100 miles-per-hour."

The Westwood officer discontinued the pursuit, but continued to drive in the direction where the vehicle was headed.

The car was found crashed and on fire in the 5600 block of Norwood Road seconds later.

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Fairway Police Chief Mike Fleming says the Westwood officer attempted to stop the vehicle for traffic charges on Shawnee Mission Parkway near Belinder. The driver pulled into a parking lot and then immediately back onto the street striking another vehicle on Shawnee Mission Parkway.

The driver then accelerated across Shawnee Mission Parkway and went south of Norwood Street at a very high rate of speed.

"In the 5600 block of Norwood the vehicle struck two parked cars and two trees before coming to a rest in the driveway of 5612 Norwood," according to Chief Fleming.

The driver was the only occupant of the vehicle and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Chief Fleming has identified the driver as Grant Oliver McClure, 26, of Overland Park, Kansas.

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The Shawnee Police Department's traffic safety unit is handling the crash investigation.

Anyone with information that may assist officers is asked to call the Fairway Police Department at 913-262-2364.

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Operation 100 News broke this story as it unfolded, at 2:20 a.m. No other media reported any details of the crash until after 7 a.m. Operation 100 News was the first and only media on scene before daybreak.

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Monday, December 15, 2014

PHOTOS/VIDEO: Suspect charged in Sunday stabbing

Posted: December 15, 2014 - 6:28am
Updated: December 17, 2014 - 3:01am


Update:

Melissa De La Garza
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The Johnson County District Attorney's Office has charged Melissa De La Garza, 20, with aggravated battery with intentional harm. De La Garza appeared in court on Monday and her bond was set at $5000 cash or surety.

De La Garza made bond and was released to house arrest with GPS monitoring on Tuesday after being served with a no contact order. Her next court appearance is scheduled for December 24th.


Original report:



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Shawnee Police are investigating after a man was stabbed during a domestic dispute Sunday evening.

Officers were called to an apartment in the 6300 block of Cottonwood Street in the Cottonwood Park Apartments at 8:26 p.m. following a neighbor's report of a disturbance. The neighbor reported hearing a man and woman arguing inside an upstairs apartment.

Major Dan Tennis says officers arrived and contacted two, 20-year-old, residents of the apartment who were boyfriend and girlfriend.

"They discovered the male victim had a laceration on his arm," according to Major Tennis.

The police department's press summaries website states, "subjects became involved in a physical disturbance resulting in the victim being stabbed."

Johnson County Med-Act transported the man to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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Police arrested a 20-year-old woman at the scene. She has been booked into the Johnson County Adult Detention Center and faces one felony count of aggravated battery with intentional harm. She has not been formally charged.

Tennis says detectives are still working on the case.


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Friday, December 5, 2014

KCMO woman killed in I-35 crash in JoCo

Posted: December 5, 2014 - 9:22am
Updated: December 6, 2014 - 12:43am


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The Kansas Highway Patrol and Merriam Police are investigating after one person was ejected from their vehicle in a crash on Interstate 35.

The crash occurred in the southbound lanes of the Interstate, south of Antioch Road shortly before 9 a.m. Friday.

Troopers say a 1995 Jeep Wrangler and a 2008 Mercedes-Benz E350 were both traveling southbound on Interstate 35. The Jeep was in the left lane when the driver lost control and veered to the right.

The Jeep's passenger door struck the front corner of the Mercedes-Benz, which was traveling in the next lane. The collision caused the Mercedes-Benz to spin and sent the Jeep into a guard rail off of the right shoulder. The Jeep's driver was ejected when the vehicle struck the guard rail. Both vehicles ended up on the left shoulder of the Interstate.

Troopers have identified the Jeep's driver as Dalainya D. Dauster, 44, of Kansas City, Missouri. She was pronounced dead at the scene. She was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

The driver of the Mercedes-Benz was wearing a seat belt and was not injured in the crash.

Troopers continue to investigate.

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Bonner Springs man killed in single-vehicle crash on K-10

Posted: December 5, 2014 - 4:19am
Updated: December 6, 2014 - 12:56am


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The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that killed one person in Lenexa Friday morning.

Lenexa Police were called to the area of westbound Interstate 435 near Kansas Highway 10 around 4 a.m. Friday on reports of an overturned vehicle off of the highway.

Firefighters reported the vehicle, a silver Mitsubishi Eclipse, sustained major damage in the crash and the driver was found deceased inside.

Troopers have identified the driver as Arnulfo V. Ramirez, 32, of Bonner Springs, Kansas. He was wearing his seat belt.

Troopers say Ramirez was driving a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse on the ramp from westbound Interstate 435 to westbound Kansas Highway 10 when he lost control in the rain. The vehicle spun to the right, left the roadway and struck a bridge pillar.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Lawrence Police investigating early-morning shooting

Posted: December 3, 2014 - 3:42am
Updated: December 3, 2014 - 3:11pm


Update:

Lawrence Police now say that 33-year-old, Demetris Reese of Lawrence accidentally shot himself early Wednesday.

Sergeant Trent McKinley tells Operation 100 News reporting partners at the Journal-World that, "Reese was arrested on suspicion of criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon Wednesday after showing up at Lawrence Memorial Hospital around 3 a.m. with a gunshot wound to his leg."

Lawrence Journal-World report.

Original report:

Lawrence Police are investigating after a man with a gunshot wound showed up at Lawrence Memorial Hospital this morning.

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Police were called to LMH by hospital staff at 3 a.m. after a man with a single gunshot wound to the leg arrived in the emergency room.

The victim told officers that the shooting occurred in the parking lot of Allstars Gentlemen's Club, 913 North 2nd Street in North Lawrence, around 1:45 a.m.

Lawrence Police are investigating the incident and are still trying to determine where the shooting occurred.

No suspect information or any other details have been released.

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KCK man killed after trying to outrun police in JoCo

Posted: December 3, 2014 - 12:38am
Updated: December 6, 2014 - 1:07am


Gardner Police and the Johnson County Sheriff's Office are investigating after a police pursuit ended in a fatal accident Wednesday morning.

Gardner Police were called to a gas station near 188th and Gardner Road just after midnight on reports of an intoxicated person driving an SUV. There was a second report of a possibly intoxicated driver in a dark-colored SUV that was traveling southbound on Gardner Road.

Officers spotted a dark-colored SUV getting on northbound Interstate 35 from Gardner Road. The driver did not stop when officers attempted a traffic stop. Gardner officers began to pursue the vehicle.

The driver turned around near 175th Street and sped off southbound on Interstate 35 around 12:10 Wednesday morning. Officers reported the SUV was driving erratically with speeds between 60 and 70 miles-per-hour as they continued in pursuit.

Master Deputy Jill Koch of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office says, "Gardner officers observed continuous erratic behavior that posed a great risk to public safety. Repeated attempts to stop the vehicle were unsuccessful."

The driver of the 1996 Toyota 4Runner then exited at Homestead Lane and continued northbound onto the property of BNSF Railway's Logistics Park Kansas City Intermodal Facility at 32880 West 191st Street.

The pursuit then left the Intermodal Facility, returned southbound on Homestead Lane and then westbound on 199th Street.

Gardner Police continued in pursuit as Sheriff's Deputies tried to get in front of the pursuit from the west side of Edgerton. Deputies were trying to get into position to use spike strips on the suspect vehicle's tires.

The suspect vehicle crashed near Mildale Farms at 35250 West 199th Street just after 12:15 a.m.. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

Gardner officers reported the driver had been ejected from the vehicle and immediately requested Med-Act to respond.

Johnson County Fire District No. 1 and Johnson County Med-Act were dispatched and arrived in less than five minutes. The first fire unit to arrive at the crash scene reported the car was off of the road and on its side.

Master Deputy Koch confirmed in a news release on Wednesday, that the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

A news release on Friday identified the driver as Arthur Lee Wright, 65, of Kansas City, Kansas.

The pursuit covered about 10 miles in just under 10 minutes.

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Monday, November 24, 2014

Police remain reluctant to release any information regarding recent string of business burglaries

Posted: November 24, 2014 - 6:47am
Updated: December 2, 2014 - 2:11pm


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Update:

Lenexa Police remain tight-lipped as they continue to investigate a string of early-morning burglaries all involving the same Lenexa business.

Master Police Officer Dan Friesen says, "we've had four business burglaries at Sonic, 8610 Pflumm, since September 25, 2014. The others were, October 25, October 27, and November 24."

Friesen says, "detectives are following leads, but no arrests have been made to this date."

"There are no surveillance images or suspect descriptions," according to Friesen.

The only detail that MPO Friesen would confirm is that cash has been taken in each of the four burglaries.

Operation 100 News remains the only media reporting any news of these burglaries and I will continue to follow up with police as their investigation continues.


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Original report:

Lenexa Police are investigating after the Sonic Drive In, 8610 Pflumm Road, was burglarized this morning.

The same Sonic location, located just off of Pflumm Road near 87th Street Parkway, has been burglarized four times since late September. Each time officers have set up a large perimeter around the area and then searched for suspects with a K-9.

The first burglary occurred on September 25th. Following that burglary, Master Police Officer Dan Friesen told Operation 100 News that the Sonic, "experienced a small loss of money."

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Other burglaries have been reported at the same location on October 25th 27th and this morning, November 24th. Attempts to reach Lenexa Police regarding the October burglaries were not returned.

This morning officers were dispatched at 3:45 am and arrived within seconds. Arriving officers found glass in one door had been shattered and someone had forced their way into the building.

Again, a large perimeter was set up and a K-9 unit was called in from off-duty. The K-9 officer searched the area but was unable to locate any suspects.

Officers at the scene would not give any details about what, if anything, was taken. Attempts to reach a PIO on Monday were not returned.

Operation 100 News was the only media on scene as a manager arrived to assess the damage.

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Shawnee Wendy's robbed late Tuesday

Posted: November 19, 2014 - 10:25am

Shawnee Police say they are investigating the armed robbery of the Wendy's restaurant at 11450 Shawnee Mission Parkway.

Major Dan Tennis says officers were called at approximately 11:13 Tuesday night, after a man entered and demanded cash.

"He was armed with a small black handgun," says Maj. Tennis.

Employees complied with the man's demands, handing over an undisclosed amount of cash.

Operation 100 News has learned that the store employees were then locked inside an office, before the man left the business.

Major Tennis says, "a police K-9 searched the area but the suspect was not located."

The suspect was described as a white or Hispanic male, about 6ft tall, 160-200lbs, with black hair. He was last seen wearing a navy blue or black hoodie, black sweat pants, and a navy blue mask.

Employees told police that a black 2003-2010 Chevrolet Impala with dark tinted windows was seen circling the parking lot prior to the robbery.

No injuries were reported.

Anyone with information regarding the robbery is urged to call the Shawnee Police Department at 913-631-2150 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Home invasion suspects run from Shawnee officers

Posted: November 15, 2014 - 11:20am
Updated: November 15, 2014 - 11:32am


Shawnee Police spent nearly six hours searching for suspects involved in a home invasion, which occurred in Independence, Missouri overnight. A vehicle taken during the home invasion was found in a Shawnee backyard.

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Major Dan Tennis says Shawnee Police located the stolen vehicle in the 5200 block of Halsey Street around 4 a.m.

"While getting additional units to the scene, another vehicle left the area and two of the three occupants ran on foot from the vehicle," Tennis said in a news release late Saturday morning.

Operation 100 News was monitoring radio traffic and documented that officers called out a felony car stop at 4:50 a.m. near the intersection of 51st Street and Halsey Street. Seconds later an officer could be heard reporting a black male running eastbound behind the houses. See the tweet below this report.

By 5 a.m., officers had surrounded the neighborhood, in order to search for the suspects. Officers involved in the search were instructed to switch their radios to a county-wide tactical channel which utilizes full encryption and can only be monitored by police and fire personnel.

Tennis says, "a perimeter was established to try and locate the two that ran."

At least seven Shawnee police officers, four Lenexa officers, and two officers from Overland Park held a perimeter in the neighborhood for more than two hours. One of the Overland Park units was a K-9 unit, which conducted a search of the area, but was unable to locate anyone.

At 8:40 a.m., Major Tennis told Operation 100 News in an email that officers had contacted one person and were trying to find two more who may have left in another vehicle.

Shawnee Police also called out their Special Tactics And Response team, otherwise known as the STAR Team and a Shawnee K-9 unit. "They were called and then told to disregard. We called them until we figured out we did not have a couple of felons running from the car," Tennis told Operation 100 News.

The final officers returned to service shortly before 10 a.m. Saturday, as a tow truck was removing the stolen vehicle.

Tennis says, "Independence, Mo Police recovered the stolen auto for their case."

Shawnee Police have not released any other information.

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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Leavenworth man killed when his SUV struck a bridge in Shawnee

Posted: November 6, 2014 - 8:39am
Updated: November 6, 2014 - 11:56am



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A Leavenworth man died in a fatal crash on northbound Interstate 435 at Johnson Drive Thursday morning.

The wreck happened about 6:45 a.m. when Gregory Sifferman, 51, of Leavenworth swerved off the roadway and struck the bridge pillar for northbound I-435 at Johnson Drive, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. He was driving a black 2000 Dodge Durango.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

Traffic was limited to one lane as Troopers investigated the scene Thursday morning. All lanes were open shortly after 8 a.m.

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COURT UPDATE: Suspects in November 2014 carjacking in Shawnee

Posted: November 6, 2014 - 2:32am
Updated: February 16, 2016 - 12:31am

Court update:

Johnson County court records show the now 18-year-old lived in the Cottonwood Park Apartments in Shawnee and was a suspect passenger in a November 2014 carjacking. In January 2015, he pled guilty to a reduced charge of felony burglary and received a two and a half year sentence for his role in the November 2014 carjacking. According to court records prosecutors dropped the charge of attempted kidnapping against him. Operation 100 News does not release the names of juvenile offenders.

The second suspect, a now 18-year-old Olathe resident, Madio Torrence Bayha remains in custody at the Johnson County Sheriff's Office Adult Detention Center. Court records show Bayha is being tried as an adult. He faces charges of aggravated robbery, kidnapping, recklessly fleeing a law enforcement officer, and battery of a corrections/detention officer. His next court appearance is scheduled for March 9, 2016.

Accident report: November 16, 2014

Operation 100 News has obtained a copy of the Shawnee Police Department's accident report from the November 6th vehicle pursuit and suspect vehicle crash near Shawnee Mission Parkway and Kansas Highway 7.

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The report identifies the driver as a 17-year-old from Olathe, and the passenger as a 17-year-old Shawnee resident. The passenger is listed as resident of an apartment complex two blocks from the Hy-Vee store where the carjacking occurred.

Operation 100 News has chosen to withhold the names of the two juveniles alleged in this case.

Included in the accident report is an illustration (shown below) of the vehicle's path and estimated speeds.

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The crash narrative states that the vehicle was traveling westbound, at high speed, on 67th Street, where the driver began braking towards the west end of the Kansas Highway 7 bridge.

"The vehicle skidded several hundred feet before going off road left," the report says.

After leaving the road the car struck a KDOT owned exit sign, a ditch and then went airborne. While airborne, the car struck the top of a KDOT owned fence and rolled over twice, coming back to land on its wheels on the Nachbar Automotive property, 6801 Hedge Lane Terrace.

Officers say all of the vehicle's airbags had deployed.

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"It is unknown where [passenger name] was in the vehicle when the crash occurred. He was found in the back seat when [officer name] approached the vehicle," according to the accident report.

The owner of Nachbar Automotive estimates damage done to his property to be $2,000. This includes damage to landscaping and damage to vehicles from crash debris that landed on vehicles in his parking lot.

The report concludes with a list of seven suggested charges, related to only the crash. Those charges do not include the initial carjacking incident at Hy-Vee. Suggested charges include: felony fleeing and eluding, reckless driving, no driver's license, speed too fast for conditions, improper driving, violations of traffic control signals, and reckless criminal damage to property.

Johnson County court records show both juveniles have been charged with aggravated robbery and attempted kidnapping. The driver has also been charged with fleeing a law enforcement officer.

Check back with this report for updates as additional information is confirmed.

Original Report: November 6, 2014


Shawnee Police are investigating an armed carjacking that occurred in the parking lot of the Shawnee Hy-Vee late Wednesday, November 5th.

Officers were called to the Hy-Vee store, 13550 West 63rd Street, at 11:55 p.m. Wednesday. The victim, a 64-year-old man from Shawnee, told officers that his gray 2010 Honda Accord was stolen by two, younger black men wearing hooded sweatshirts.

The victim said one of the men had a weapon, according to Maj. Dan Tennis of the Shawnee Police Department, but wasn't sure what it was. Tennis said the victim had been shopping at the Hy-Vee, had loaded his groceries into his car and was putting his shopping cart away when he was approached by the suspects. Tennis said the two suspects are 17-years-old.

"They demanded his vehicle keys, phone, wallet and told him to get in the car as well," Tennis said

Tennis said the victim instead ran inside the Hy-Vee where he asked for help and dialed 911. He was not injured.

A Shawnee officer then spotted the stolen Accord, westbound on Shawnee Mission Parkway near Barker Road. The officer attempted to stop the suspects and after initially slowing, the suspects accelerated to nearly 100 miles-per-hour and sped through red lights at Monticello Road and Hilltop Road with officers in pursuit, according to Tennis.

"Due to the high speeds, the car driving without headlights and running red lights, our officer stopped the chase," Tennis said.

Officers lost sight of the car near Kansas Highway 7, according to police. The officer that was leading the pursuit reported that they might have gone south on Kansas Highway 7. The pursuit was called off at 12:06 Thursday morning.

About 20 minutes later, Tennis said, the vehicle was located, wrecked, with the two juvenile suspects still inside.

The crash scene was on the property of Nachbar Automotive, 6801 Hedge Lane Terrace, just west of Kansas Highway 7. The vehicle crashed through a ditch, and a barbed wire highway fence.

Johnson County Med-Act transported both suspects from the crash scene, one with serious injuries. The crash scene was six-and-a-half miles from the Hy-Vee store where the carjacking occurred.

Johnson County Med-Act transporting one of the injured suspects
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Shawnee Fire and Police on the scene
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Tennis said the Shawnee Police Department's Traffic Safety Unit was called out to investigate the crash. One of the juveniles was released from the hospital at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday and was transported by Shawnee Police to the Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center in Olathe.

Part of the wooden support that holds up the exit sign was thrown onto the property of Nachbar Automotive
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Skid marks and debris from the exit sign show where the car crossed the eastbound lanes and into a ditch.
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A Ford Mustang was sprayed with fluids from the suspect vehicle as it crashed
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Orange spray paint marks where the suspect vehicle came to rest after smashing through the exit sign and through a barbed wire fence
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The crashing car tore a path through the grass as it skidded out of control
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At least eight vehicles in the Nachbar Automotive used car lot had dirt and other debris thrown on them by the crashing car
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Operation 100 News was the only media at the scene as the injured suspects were transported away from the scene by ambulance and police processed the stolen car.

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