Robberies

The Wichita Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying several suspects involved in recent robberies at Dollar General stores. The first happened Monday night, officers responded to an armed robbery call at the Dollar General in the 1600 block of south Rock Road. Employees...

A Missouri man was sentenced to 25 years in prison without parole for participating in a conspiracy involving at least 27 armed robberies, which ended when police fatally shot one suspect. Deonte Collins-Abbott, 24, of Grandview, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court. He admitted to committing...

Two men have been charged in a string of suburban Kansas City robberies that led to one of the suspects exchanging gunfire with an officer. Pedro Antonio Torres, 23, and Mario Jimenez, 18, were charged Wednesday with five counts of aggravated robbery. Jimenez also was charged with aggravated...

A western Missouri man is expected to spend 25 years in federal prison for a series of armed robberies that ended when another suspect was fatally shot by police. Federal prosecutors in Kansas City say 23-year-old Deonte Collins-Abbott of Grandview pleaded guilty Thursday to robbery and firearms...

A Wichita woman pleaded guilty Friday to robbing three local businesses, according to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall. 26-year-old Christina Messerschmidt appeared in federal court in Wichita to enter her plea. She admitted to the following robberies: ·June 14, 2017: Kwik Shop at 2809 E. Douglas in Wichita...