Category: Kansas City Missouri

Missouri man sentenced to more than 12 years for Overland Park bank robbery

A Missouri man was sentenced Tuesday to about 12 years and nine months in federal prison for robbing a bank in Overland Park, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

Allen J. Williams, 25, Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., to one count of armed robbery and one count of using a firearm during a robbery.

In his plea, he admitted that on Feb. 27, 2014, he and two co-defendants robbed Inter-State Federal Savings at 8620 Metcalf in Overland Park. They entered the bank about noon and held employees at gunpoint before fleeing with stolen money.

Co-defendant Randy A. Cornelius, 22, Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced to 4.75 years, and Williams’ twin brother, Alvin J. Williams, 25, Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced to 9.5 years.

Grissom commended the Overland Park Police Department, the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department, the FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney Tris Hunt for their work on the case.

MoDOT postpones bridge work on U.S. 69 over Missouri River

Work scheduled on the U.S. 69 bridge over the Missouri River on Saturday, Nov. 21, has now been postponed, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.

MoDOT officials had planned to close the northbound and southbound lanes of U.S. 69 over the river from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday for concrete placement work, but that plan has been changed, according to officials.

All work is weather-dependent, according to MoDOT, and a new date for the work will be announced later.

The U.S. 69 bridge over the Missouri River, which connects Wyandotte and Platte counties, is being replaced. A new structure will be constructed in its place, and will include multiple lanes and bike and pedestrian access, MoDOT officials said. It will be open to traffic in December 2016.

For more information, see MoDOT’s website at www.modot.mo.gov/kansascity.

Kansas City, Mo., man indicted in Prairie Village credit union robbery

A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kan., Thursday indicted a Kansas City, Mo., man on a charge of robbing a credit union in Prairie Village, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

Tarone Hollins, also known as Tarone Shipp, 41, Kansas City, Mo., is charged with one count of bank robbery.

The indictment alleges that on Oct. 22, 2015, Hollins robbed the Community America Credit Union, 7620 State Line Road in Prairie Village, Kan. An affidavit filed in the case alleges that after photos from the robbery were made public the FBI received 11 tips via the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers identifying Hollins as the robber.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The FBI investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tris Hunt is prosecuting.