Month: May 2016
KCK man charged with assault on LEO after Sunday incident
District Attorney Jerome A. Gorman has charged Thomas Lee Torrence, 38, of Kansas City, Kan., with seven counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, one count of aggravated assault and one count of criminal damage to property after an incident on Sunday.
According to a news release from the district attorney’s office, police were called to a home in the 8500 block of Troup in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 15.
Torrence was shot in the leg by a police officer after he aimed a shotgun at officers, according to information from the district attorney’s office. Residents reported hearing several shots.
Bond was set at $50,000. Court dates have not yet been set.
Kansas City, Kan., police investigated the case.
Crash on I-635 results in injuries
A crash at 5:45 a.m. May 14 on I-635 northbound near I-70 in Kansas City, Kan., resulted in injuries.
According to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report, a Dodge Dakota and Toyota Camry was northbound on I-635 when the Dakota did not observe the Camry slowing and hit it in the rear.
The driver of the Dakota, a 49-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man, had a possible injury, according to the report.
The driver of the Camry, a 74-year-old Kansas City, Kan., man, was taken to the University of Kansas Hospital with a possible injury, the trooper’s report stated.