Category: Overland Park

Yoder family welcomes new daughter

There’s a new Yoder in the 3rd District.

U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-3rd Dist., and his wife Brooke have announced that they welcomed a new member of their family, Eloise Jane, into the world on Monday morning.

The baby’s name was inspired by two of her great-grandmothers, according to an announcement. She was born at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. The new baby was 21 and ¼ inches long and weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces.

Both mother and baby are healthy and resting at home in Overland Park. On Wednesday, Rep. Yoder issued this statement:

“Brooke and I could not be happier to announce the addition of Eloise Jane to our family and Caroline is thrilled to be a big sister. We want to thank all of the great health care providers at Shawnee Mission Medical Center who helped deliver her in good health. Our own little slugger is truly a blessing and we were thrilled she was brought into a world where the Royals are World Champions.”

Congressman Yoder and Brooke now have two daughters, Caroline Lucille and Eloise Jane.

Kansas City, Mo., man pleads guilty to armed bank robbery

A Kansas City, Mo., man who pointed a gun in the face of a bank employee during a robbery in Overland Park pleaded guilty in federal court in Kansas City, Kan., on Monday, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

Landein Craddock, 33, Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty to one count of armed bank robbery. In his plea, he admitted that on Jan. 20, 2015, he displayed a revolver when he and another man robbed the Bank of the West at 9400 Antioch in Overland Park, Kan.

Both robbers wore masks and gloves. Craddock shouted at employees and customers to get on the ground and he pointed a gun in the face of one of the bank employees, while the other man jumped the counter and collected money from tellers.

Shortly after the robbery, police spotted Craddock and the other man in a black Honda and pursued them until the driver crashed his car in Kansas City, Mo. Craddock fled on foot and was arrested about a block from the scene of the accident.

Sentencing will be set for a later time. Both parties have agreed to recommend a sentence of 20 years or less. Co-defendant Jerome Davis, 32, Kansas City, Mo., is scheduled for jury trial Dec. 7.

Grissom commended the Overland Park Police Department, the FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Rask.

Truck company owner indicted on tax charge

Clifford C. Copp, 58, Overland Park, Kan., who owned Copp Trucking Co. in Kansas City, Kan., has been indicted on a federal tax evasion charge. The company closed in 2001.

The indictment alleges that while Copp Trucking was in business the defendant was responsible for paying quarterly employment taxes for the company. In 2001, he filed reports to the IRS indicating the company owed approximately $939,408 in employment taxes for that year, the U.S. attorney’s office stated. However, the company did not pay the employment taxes due, the U.S. attorney’s office stated.

In February 2004 he was assessed trust fund recovery penalties of $669,037, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Since then he has provided false information to the IRS the U.S. attorney’s office stated. He failed to accurately disclose his monthly income, concealed assets, and placed funds and property in the names of nominees, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The Internal Revenue Service investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Oakley is prosecuting.