KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City woman is telling her story of being part of a child sex-trafficking ring and how she finally escaped that lifestyle.Caroline Germann said she had not started kindergarten when she was molested by a neighbor.“Growing up, I always thought that was the type of relationship I was supposed to [...]
A Kansas City woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to her role in a sex-trafficking incident that also involved a Columbia man.Brandy Key, also known as Brandy Wheeler, 39, of Kansas City pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gary Fenner, admitting she operated a prostitution ring that profited from the coerced sex trafficking of [...]
KANSAS CITY, MO—Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo ., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to selling a child victim into prostitution.…Co-defendant Eric Gathings, also known as “Pulu,” 37, of Columbia, Mo ., pleaded guilty on October 12, 2011. Gathings admitted that in [...]
KANSAS CITY, MO—Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to selling a child victim into prostitution.…After discharging a sawed-off shotgun in his front yard, Gathings was incarcerated in state custody. During this time of incarceration, he continued to [...]
In May a protest led to 53 arrests after opponents blocked the gate to the construction site. That same month an activist organization, the Kansas City Peace Planters, gather over 4,300 signatures for a petition in favor of a November voter initiative to halt construction of the facility.The Kansas City Council refused to include the [...]
If there were any doubt left, I think it evaporated on Sunday when Obama had the audacity to proclaim at the MLK monument dedication: “Dr King would want us to challenge the excesses of Wall Street without demonizing those who work there.” Demonize? Is he referring to sweet men like Lloyd Bankfiend who have been [...]
Pieces of razed buildings find new life at ‘clean fill’ siteOn a dead-end street in a not-so-nice neighborhood of Kansas City, Kan., a makeshift open air showroom has been set up with neat rows of asphalt pieces, concrete slabs and rocks on display. Next to them are piles of rebar and PCP piping.They are all [...]
Taylor said the cuts prevented his staff from having the time or resources to evaluate and prosecute all misdemeanor charges within the Topeka city limits. But his office continued to prosecute misdemeanors cases, including domestic battery, in the wider county.Though the city has its own prosecutor’s office, the municipal system was inadequate to handle such [...]
Arriving on the scene, Clark applied GacoFlex S-20 over the entire roof. The team laboriously cleaned off all the pollutants, areas of rotting plywood deck were replaced, the roof was primed with Gaco Western E-5320 primer and GacoFlex S-20 silicone was applied.Signature Flight chose S-20 in white not only to reflect sunlight, but to also [...]
