Posted: December 13, 2013 - 1:51am Updated: December 13, 2013 - 9:43am
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Olathe Police are investigating after a man was found stabbed early this morning.
Police say they were called to the 16100 block of S. Cooper Street on reports of several males fighting.
Officers arrived and contacted the occupants of a vehicle which was seen leaving that area. One officer noticed blood on the back of the victim, who police say, did not realize that he had been stabbed.
Johnson County Med-Act responded to the vehicle stop on the ramp from U.S. 169 Highway to 151st Street and reported the man's injury to be serious but, not immediately life-threatening.
He was transported to an area hospital for further treatment.
A 19-year-old male was arrested at the Cooper Street address and a folding knife was recovered by officers.
The case will be forwarded to the Johnson County District Attorney's Office for charging.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the Olathe Police Department at 913-971-6950 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
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Roeland Park Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing woman.
Sandra K. Herron-Burns, 43
Missing from Roeland Park, Kansas
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Police say Sandra K. Herron-Burns, 43, was last seen on Monday at the Price Chopper, 4950 Roe Boulevard. Her cell phone and other belongings were found inside her apartment. Police were called to her apartment at The Boulevard Apartments after she did not show up for an appointment with Johnson County Mental Health.
She is described as a white female, 5ft 4in tall, 150lbs, with long black hair. She is schizophrenic with paranoid tendencies and PTSD. She does not have access to a vehicle and is believed to be on foot. The Kansas Highway Patrol brought in a helicopter with FLIR, or Forward Looking Infared, to assist in searching nearby wooded areas for any signs of body heat. The helicopter search, early Wednesday morning, did not turn up any new leads for police.
Foul play is not suspected in her disappearance. Anyone with information on here whereabouts is asked to contact Roeland Park Police 913-677-3363 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
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Posted: December 7, 2013 - 3:34am Updated: December 7, 2013 - 11:43pm
Lawrence Police and Fire Medical crews responded on a serious car accident in the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street early Saturday morning.
Crews were called about 3:10 a.m. on reports of a vehicle crashed through a storefront near 1029 Massachusetts Street, Pyramid Pizza.
Police arrived quickly and immediately reported injuries at 1025 Massachusetts Street, Strong's Antiques. Fire units arrived to confirm that one person was pinned in the vehicle and would need to be extricated. A second person was ejected from the vehicle.
Both people have serious injuries, including long bone (arms/legs) fractures.
A LifeStar helicopter picked up the driver of the vehicle at the Liberty Memorial Central Middle School landing zone. This person was only described as a 37-year-old male. He was reportedly thrown from the vehicle in the crash and suffered a possible head injury.
The second injured person, said to be a 22-year-old female, was transported by ground after being extricated from the vehicle. Medics reported that she was "extremely combative."
Both injured people were transported to the University of Kansas hospital in Kansas City, Kansas.
Police believe the accident was a "high speed crash." There were no reports of anyone inside the lower level of the building when the crash occurred.
Gary Strong, owner of Strong's Antiques, tells my news partners at the Lawrence Journal-World that the vehicle was traveling north on Massachusetts Street at high speeds when it struck a concrete planter in front of his store.
Strong says the crash damaged his storefront along with glassware and antiques inside. The car's motor flew through the building in the crash and landed on a Steinway piano inside.
The residents of 1025.5 Massachusetts Street reported a smoke odor inside their apartment following the accident. Firefighters responded to that upstairs apartment and were able to determine that there was no fire. The residents were kept out of the building as a precaution, until the structural integrity of the building could be confirmed.
Police report damaged windows and railings at neighboring businesses and significant damage to a concrete planter.
Due to the large response from Lawrence Fire Medical crews, some off-duty personnel were called in to staff reserve units and handle other calls throughout the city. Lawrence Police held over their late swing shift officers to help with the accident and handling other calls for service. Those officers were allowed to go off-duty around 4:30 a.m..
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Posted: December 4, 2013 - 1:06am Updated: December 4, 2013 - 4:14am
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Olathe Police are investigating after a man was found stabbed early Wednesday morning.
Police were called to an address in the 1300 block of E. Loula Street around 12:30 a.m. on reports of a stabbing. Officers arrived to find a 20-year-old man with at least two stab wounds at the address.
The victim told police that he was walking to the QuikTrip at Santa Fe and Ridgeview. A man jumped out of a car and stabbed him.
Johnson County Med-Act reported the victim's injuries to be critical. He was transported to an area trauma center for further treatment.
Police are looking for three suspects who sped away from the area in a silver Chevrolet Monte Carlo with front end damage. All three suspects were described as white males, one was armed with knife and wearing a ski mask. One of the other men was said to be armed with a baseball bat or a wrench. No other descriptions were immediately available.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).
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Posted: December 3, 2013 - 12:23pm Updated: December 4, 2013 - 4:33pm
Update:
Fire officials believe the fire was sparked by a gas line that feeds a fireplace inside one of the apartments. That gas line was turned on Tuesday. Gas from that line somehow escaped and ignited in a furnace in the apartment, causing an explosion and the fire that followed.
Officials also say that the man who was seriously burned and transported from the scene in critical condition has stabilized but, remains in serious condition. The police officer that was transported from the scene was treated and released.
Original report:
Firefighters from four different fire departments battled an apartment fire in northern Overland Park Tuesday afternoon.
At 12:15 p.m. multiple 9-1-1 callers reported a possible explosion and then a large fire from the three story building at 5604 Floyd Street. This is at the Metcalf 56 Apartments, just south of Interstate 35 along Metcalf Road.
Overland Park Police were first to arrive and reported very heavy smoke coming from the building. Officers made their way inside to check for residents inside.
Consolidated Fire District No. 2 arrived on the scene to find heavy smoke and fire from the building. Incident command quickly ordered additional fire crews with a second alarm and a third alarm at 12:44 p.m..
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Johnson County Med-Act evaluated at least eight people at the scene, two of those people have been transported from the scene.
A man was transported to the University of Kansas Hospital in critical condition with second and third degree burns to his upper body, face, and feet.
An Overland Park police officer was transported to Shawnee Mission Medical Center in serious condition with smoke inhalation related symptoms.
Crews worked to keep the fire from extending to the other half of the building.
Overland Park Fire Department Media Manager Jason Rhodes says it took firefighters about two hours to bring the fire under control.
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Consolidated Fire District No. 2 was assisted by crews from Overland Park Fire, Merriam Fire and Shawnee Fire. Johnson County's Medical Director was also on the scene. Various other fire departments filled-in at stations for crews that were involved on the fire call. Shawnee Fire called in off-duty personnel to fill their stations.
The Shawnee Fire Department's heavy rescue was also on the scene to refill air bottles used by firefighters while inside the building.
As of 2:20 p.m., fire investigators have arrived at the University of Kansas hospital to interview the critically injured man. That man was reportedly in the apartment where the fire started.
A damage estimate was not immediately available, the building is likely a complete loss. Fire officials say at least 10 units were damaged by fire and another six units have smoke damage. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The Red Cross is assisting displaced residents.
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