A woman was robbed at gun-point last night on the 1300 Block of Central Avenue.

A thief used a handgun to rob the woman at around 7:30 p.m. last night. No one was seriously injured in the case. A witness was on the scene as well.

A case of aggravated assault and aggravated robbery were reported.

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Secundino Aria-Garcia and Sergio Mosqueda-Hernandez were sentenced today for their involvement in a drug trafficking ring that resulted in the sell of over $1 million in methamphetamine.

Both pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Aria-Garcia also admitted to purchasing the drug in large quantities and later sold it to dealers in the Kansas City area.

Aria-Garcia was sentenced to 210 months in prison, while Mosqueda-Hernandez was senteced to 121 months. Both will serve the time in federal prison.

Additional defendants involved in the ring:

• Guadalupe Ruiz, sentenced to 120 months in federal prison.

• Robyn Woods, sentenced to 60 months.

• Marcicela Naranjo, sentenced to 70 months.

• Marisela Ruiz, sentenced to 108 months.

• Francisco Armondo Lopez-Montejano, sentenced to 70 months.

• Baltazar Quiroz, set for sentencing March 23, 2010.

• Betty Sue Marcos, set for sentencing March 30, 2010.

• Vincent Ray Marez, set for sentencing March 18, 2010.

• Baynard Jack Sitlington, set for sentencing 6, 2010.

• Hector Eduardo Garcia-Gallardo, set for sentencing May  4, 2010.

• Jesus Munoz, set for sentencing April 27, 2010.

• Araceli Lozano-Miranda, set for sentencing April 27, 2010.

• Carlos Dozal-Alvarez, set for sentencing April 27, 2010.

• Javier Dozal, set for sentencing April 27, 2010.

• Fabiola Uribe, set for sentencing April 27, 2010.

• Steven Luttrell, set for sentencing April 27, 2010.

• Hugo Chavez-Cadenas, set for sentencing April 13, 2010.

• Luis Lozano-Miranda, set for sentencing April 27, 2010.

• Jose Jimenez-Alvarez, set for sentencing April 27, 2010.

• Francisco Javier Ruiz-Najera, set for sentencing April 13, 2010.

• Uriel Lopez-Montejano, set for sentencing April 13, 2010.

• Jorge Carrillo-Chavez, set for sentencing April 6, 2010.

• Kurtis Wall, set for sentencing April 6,2010. 

A home on the 2800 Block of Cissna Street was burglarized of three TVs and $1,500 in cash.

The home was broken into on March 12 in the late morning hours. The three TVs were valued at $4,000 and 15 $100 bills were also stolen from the home.

The burglar used force to enter the home, as a window was shattered to make way into the house.

No one was injured and the home was empty of occupants when the burglary occurred.

Sonny Julian Guirmo Chavarria-Gonzalez has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years in connection with last summer's death of Carol Thomas.

Thomas was found dead on the 1200 Block of Central Avenue last July 28. He was arrested by the FBI in Chicago last August.

He was also sentenced to 24 months for aggravated robbery.

Meanwhile, Felix Lamar Izquierdo was sentenced last week to 152 months in prison after being convicted of ggravated robbery, kidnapping, aggravated burglary, and endangering a child.

Teenager Michael James Lea was convicted in a companion case and sentenced to 66 months in prison. He was convicted of of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Izquierdo and Lea pretended to be immigration officials on June 25, 2009 and entered a home on Central and Boeke. They demanded money and later tied up several occupants inside the home.

ASSAULT

• 2800 Block of S. 47th Street
• 1900 Block of S. 53rd Street
• 1300 Block of S. 29th Street

BATTERY

• 4300 Block of Brenner
• 3000 Block of N. 11th Street
• Hilltop and Cornado Road

BURGLARY/ROBBERY/THEFTS

• 8000 Block of Savage Drive: 60 drug tablets taken from home
• 5000 Block of Woodend Avenue: License plate stolen from car
• 7600 Block of State Avenue: Purse snatched at store
• 1500 Block of N. 74th Street: Nintendo Wii, camera stolen
• 7700 Block of State Avenue: Chain stolen (CD)
• 7800 Block of State Avenue: Shoplifting
• 2800 Block of N. 81st Street: Keys stolen (CD)
• 2300 Block of S. 47th Terrace: Samsung TV stolen
• 300 Block of N. 18th Street
• 2800 Block of Roe Lane: $200 in currency stolen (CD)
• 4200 Block of Adams: Apple computer, HDTV stolen
• 700 Block of Shawnee Avenue Alumacract boat stolen
• 2800 Block of State Avenue: Shoplifting
• 700 Block of N. 7th Street: Currency theft attempted
• 2900 Block of N. 67th Street: Two TVs, computer stolen
• 800 Block of Shawnee Road: Debit card stolen
• 400 Block of S. 62nd Street: Four Lincoln welders stolen (CD)
• 700 Block of Minnesota Avenue: Wallet, $150 stolen (AGG ROBBERY)
• 2400 Block of Steele Road: Projector stolen
• 7300 Block of Leavenworth Road: Laptop stolen
• 1000 Block of Webster: Furnace, hot water tank and AC window unit stolen
• 1700 Block of N. 38th Street: $220 in cash stolen
• 10000 Block of Parallel Parkway: $500 in cash stolen
• 2400 Block of Steele Road: $200 radio face plate stolen
• 10000 Block of Cabela Road: Gun, ammo stolen
• 47th and Parallel Parkway: 30-day license plate stolen
• 4900 Block of Welborn Lane: AC unit, washer, refrigerator and dryer stolen
• 2500 Block of Orville Avenue: Criminal damage
• 1900 Block of S. 21st Court: Watches, laptop and X-Box stolen
• 500 Block of S. 70th Street: Fence pipes, metal chain stolen
• 7500 Block of Armstrong: Camera, cash stolen (Aggravated robbery)
• 5100 Block of Dodson Avenue: Jeans, belt and cellphone stolen
• 2600 Block of Farrow Avenue: Flat-screen TVs stolen (CD)
• 800 Block of Vermont: Tool box, CDs stolen, then recovered (CD)
• 1600 Block of Washington Boulevard: Electricity stolen

CAR THEFTS

• 3100 Block of N. 68th Street
• 18th Street and Steele Road
• 4100 Block of S. Thompson
• 4500 Block of Maggie Lane
• 4000 Block of Coleman Court
• 1100 Block of Merriam Lane
• 1100 Block of Sunshine Road

CRIMINAL DAMAGE

• 5200 Block of Edith Avenue
• 3200 Block of Tauromee Avenue
• 3200 Block of Barnett
• 2800 Block of N. 73rd Street
• 7400 Block of Everett
• 8100 Block of State Avenue
• 1900 Block of Prairie Crossing
• 2400 Block of N. 64th Terrace
• 3000 Block of N. 12th Street
• 7300 Block of Leavenworth Road
• 7100 Block of Griffin Road
• 1000 Block of Ella Avenue

DRUGS

• Prairie Crossing and Parallel Parkway: Possession of meth, prescription drugs
• 57th and Sloan Avenue: Possession of marijuana
• I-35 and Southwest Boulevard: Possession of marijuana
• N. 27th and Brown Avenue: Possession of marijuana
• 10000 Block of Troup: Possession of marijuana
• 80 Block of Everett Avenue: Glass pipe, bag of meth and brown wallet seized
• 7300 Block of Leavenworth Road: Possession of marijuana
• Mill Street and Southwest: Possession of marijuana
• 2400 Block of Riverview Avenue: Possession of marijuana
• N. 7th Street and I-70: Possession of marijuana
• 2500 Block of Central Avenue: Possession of drug paraphernalia
• K-5 and I-635: Possession of marijuana, possession of firearm by juvenile
• 11th and Minnesota Avenue: Possession of cocaine, marijuana
• 17th and New Jersey: Possession of cocaine, marijuana

FRAUD

• 1800 Block of Village West Parkway: Forgery
• 1600 Block of Village West Parkway: Forgery
• 2800 Block of State Avenue: Prescription Fraud

GUNS

• N. 59th Street and Parallel Parkway: Possession of a deadly weapon

Kansas City, Kan., police officers discovered over 50 grams of marijuana on someone at N. 27th Street and Brown Avenue.

The bust was made on Monday night in the area at about 5:30 p.m., when police reported to the area. The scene of the crime was cleared an hour later.

(From the U.S. Department of Justice)

Marcella Diane Machado, 46, Olathe, Kan., has pleaded guilty to identity theft charges, U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch said today.

Machado pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft, one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of possessing a check stolen from a mailbox.

In her plea, she admitted that from Dec. 8, 2008, to Jan. 21, 2009, she and co-defendant Robert Leroy Maxwell conspired to defraud the First National Bank of Olathe, First Legends Bank, Intrust Bank, Mid-America Bank and First State Bank & Trust of Perry, Kan., by stealing checks and using stolen identities to cash the checks.

In one instance, Machado used a driver’s license stolen from a woman in Spring Hill, Kan., and a checkbook stolen from a man in Lenexa, Kan., to attempt to cash a $670 check at a grocery store in Lawrence, Kan. In another instance, she used another woman’s stolen driver’s license to attempt to defraud Intrust Bank in Shawnee, Kan.

Machado also admitted aiding and abetting Maxwell in the possession of a check drawn on an excavating company that had been stolen from a mailbox in Oskaloosa, Kan.
Machado is scheduled for sentencing on June 1, 2010.

She faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on the conspiracy charge; a mandatory two years consecutive to other sentences on the identity theft charge; and a maximum penalty of five years and a fine up to $250,000 on the stolen mail charge.

Co-defendant Robert Leroy Maxwell is awaiting trial. Welch commended the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Johnson, Jefferson Douglas and Leavenworth County Sheriffs’ Offices, the Lenexa, Spring Hill, Shawnee and Kansas City, Kan., Police Departments and the Missouri State Highway Patrol for their work on the case.

ASSAULT

• 800 Block of Minnesota Avenue
• 3100 Block of N. 61st Street (AGG)
• 28th and Orville (Shooting into an occupied vehicle)

BATTERY

• 1900 Block of N. 67th Street
• 3200 Block of State Avenue

BURGLARY/ROBBERY/THEFTS

• 700 Block of Lyon Avenue: Car radio and CD player stolen
• 1400 Block of N. 18th Street: Decal sticker stolen
• 1800 Block of Village West Parkway: Cell-phone stolen
• W. 37th State Avenue and Cambridge: Gas cap, decal sticker stolen
• 100 Block of N. 13th Street: Electrical wire, copper pipe stolen
• 40 Block of S. 14th Street: Water heater, paint spray system stolen (CD)
• 200 Block of S. 18th Street: Groceries shoplifted
• 71st Street and Kansas Avenue: License plate stolen
• 2200 Block of Orville Avenue: Electrical blankets and Fuji camera stolen
• 10 Block of S. 10th Street: Money orders stolen
• 5500 Block of Parallel Parkway: DVD player, PS2 and flat screen TV
• 6th and Tauromee Avenue
• 6300 Block of State Avenue: PS3, TV stolen (aggravated robbery)
• 6800 Block of State Avenue: Car stereo stolen (CD)
• 10000 Block of Parallel Parkway: $98 stolen
• 10000 Block of Cabela Drive: Clothing stolen
• 13000 Block of Hollingsworth Road: Laptop computer, flat-screen TV (CD)
• 1600 Block of Village West Parkway
• 7300 Block of Leavenworth Road: Laptop stolen
• 2500 Block of S. 42nd Street: Handgun, bullets stolen
• 2800 Block of S. 47th Street: Cash, cash register drawer stolen (CD)
• 1400 Block of Metropolitan: Trailer-axle stolen
• 2700 Block of Espenlaub Lane: Speakers, VCR stolen
• 7800 Block of State Avenue: Stereo system, amps stolen
• N. 37th Street (AGG ROBBERY)
• 3400 Block of Wood Avenue: TV stolen
• 5700 Block of Yecker Avenue: Gun stolen
• 1700 Block of S. 37th Court: Decal sticker stolen
• 6500 Block of Kaw Drive: Check book stolen
• 1000 Block of Custer Avenue: Two TVs stolen
• 1900 Block of Central Avenue: Identity theft
• 1800 Block of Minnesota Avenue: Gun, pistol stolen
• 7th and Kansas Avenue: Kansas tag stolen
• 3800 Block of N. 60th Street: Air compressor, truck toolbox and pipe wrench set stolen
• 100 Block of N. Ferree Street: CD player stolen (CD)
• 1000 Block of Ford: CD player stolen
• 2700 Block of N. Early Street: DVD players, flat-screen TVs stolen
• 80 Block of Parallel Parkway: Cash stolen
• 10000 Block of Cabela Drive: Shoplifting
• 20 Block of S. Mill Street: Speakers, amplifier and CD player stolen

CAR THEFTS

• 4000 Block of Fisher
• 40 Block of S. 25th Street

CRIMINAL DAMAGE

• 3100 Block of S. 39th Street
• 2400 Block of S. 47th Street
• 3700 Block of Wood Avenue
• 2700 Block of Walker Avenue
• 300 Block of S. 73rd Drive
• 1900 Block of N. 2nd Street
• 1900 Block of N. 3rd Street
• 600 Block of Parallel Parkway
• 30 Block of S. 8th Street
• 800 Block of Lyons
• 50 Block of Broadview Avenue

DRUGS

• 3700 Block of State Avenue: Possession of marijuana
• 18th Street and Cleveland Avenue: Possession of cocaine
• N. 38th Street and Wood Avenue: Possession of drug paraphernalia
• 50th and Metropolitan: Possession of marijuana
• 10th Street and Quindaro: Possession of marijuana
• 30th and Parallel Parkway: Possession of marijuana, weapon
• 47th Street and Shawnee Drive: Possession of marijuana, weapon
• N. 91st Street and Parallel Parkway: Possession of drug paraphernalia, deadly weapon
• 18th and Wilson: Possession of marijuana
• 14th and Central Avenue: Possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia
• 12th and Greeley: Possession of drug paraphernalia
• 7800 Block of Everett Avenue: Possession of a controlled substance

FORGERY

• 1900 Block of N. 77th Street

GUNS

• 35th and Haskell Avenue: Possession of a firearm

A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty this afternoon for his role in a botched bank robbery attempt in Kansas City, Kan., that was thwarted by members of the FBI.

Paul G. Rayford, 33, pleads guilty to the robbery attempt, along with one count of carrying a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

Rayford, along with Kenneth Rayford and Claude White of Kansas City, Mo., were under observation by the FBI when they attempted to rob the Interstate Federal Savings Bank at 1919 N. 78th Street in KCK.

The robbery attempt was made in October 2009. The three men were arrested, as two FBI agents were located in the bank to lock the door.

Paul Rayford's sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 22, 2010. He could face 20 years in federal prison.

A Kansas City, Kan., police officer has been placed on administrative leave pending on an investigation in a shooting incident on the 1900 Block of N. 5th Street.

The officer, described as a 10-year veteran, was conducting a vehicle stop when one of the car's two occupants exited the vehicle with a weapon.

There was a struggle over the weapon between the officer and suspect. Then, the officer used his duty weapon and shot the suspect. The suspect was transported to a local hospital and is listed under critical condition.

Another occupant of the vehicle was arrested without incident and brought into custody.

The police department's Criminal Investigations Bureau and the Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office are investigating the matter.

About $800 in hand tools were stolen from a vehicle on the 400 Block of N. 7th Street on Feb. 27.

Over $300 in hand tools were taken from a vehicle, along with a 158-piece socket set valued at $500.

The owner of the vehicle is employed by a construction company in Missouri. The crime happened between midnight and 6 a.m. on Feb. 27.

ASSAULT

• 9th and Cleveland Avenue (AGG)

BATTERY

• 900 Block of Ridge Avenue
• 2000 Block of Springfield Boulevard
• 4800 Block of Garfield Avenue (AGG)

BURGLARY/ROBBERY/THEFTS

• 300 Block of N. 14th Street: Air conditioning unit stolen
• 4100 Block of Fisher: Wyandotte County decal sticker stolen
• 400 Block of N. 14th Street: Mail stolen
• 5100 Block of Kansas Avenue: Decal sticker stolen from vehicle
• 4900 Block of County Line Road: Decal sticker stolen from vehicle
• 6000 Block of Leavenworth Road: $160 stolen (CD)
• 300 Block of Haskell: Clothing stolen
• 300 Block of N. 14th Street: Car stereo stolen (CD)
• 2900 Block of Parkwood Boulevard: Air conditioning unit
• 2200 Block of N. 7th Street: Tires, car rims stolen (CD)
• 900 Block of Reynolds: Jewelry stolen (CD)
• 2800 Block of W. 47th Street: $700 stolen, personal checks swiped
• 4200 Block of N. 16th Street: $10, coins stolen from car
• 2100 Block of N. 43rd Street: (CD)
• 4700 Block of Kimball: $600 in cash stolen (CD)
• 2600 Block of S. 46th Terrace: Cellphone stolen
• 2500 Block of Minnesota Avenue: Stereo stolen from car (CD)
• 10000 Block of Cabela Drive: Laptop and printer stolen from car (CD)
• 2100 Block of Tremont: License tag stolen from car
• 7300 Block of Leavenworth Road: Laptop stolen
• 920 Block of State Avenue: $143 stolen from Sonic worker

CAR THEFTS

• 6th and Ann
• 1200 Block of Everett Avenue
• 1700 Block of S. 32nd Street
• 3300 Block of N. 61st Street

CRIMINAL DAMAGE

• 100 Block of S. 16th Street
• 600 Block of Washington Boulevard: Vehicle keyed
• 500 Block of Orville Avenue
• 2200 Block of Silver Court
• 30 Block of N. Broadview
• 2000 Block of N. 57th Street

DRUGS

• Valley and Central: Marijuana
• 2200 Block of Russell Avenue: Marijuana
• 1200 Block of N. 10th Street: Drug paraphernalia
• 4700 Block of Parallel Parkway: Marijuana

Gustavo Hernandez-Perez, 28, was stabbed during in an incident in Osage Beach, Mo. on Feb. 28.

Hernandez-Perez turned himself into the hospital after being stabbed. He was with a group of four people who were reportedly highly intoxicated. The knife wound was in Hernandez-Perez' neck.

An unknown female fled the scene and has not been located. All four subjects are from Kansas City, Kan.

The Osage Beach Detective's Bureau is in need of assistance. Here is their full press release on the matter:

On 2/28/2010 at approximately 5:30 a.m. Osage Beach Officers were called to the Lake Regional Hospital Emergency room reference a stabbing victim who had presented himself at the hospital.  Upon arrival officers learned that there had been an altercation between two Hispanic males, Gustavo Hernandez-Perez   age 28 from Kansas City, Ks, Abraham Perez-Santos age 27 of Kansas City, Kansas and two females, Tasha Hernandez w/f age 21 of Kansas City, Ks. and an unknown female also believed to be from the Kansas City, Kansas area. All four subjects were purported to be highly intoxicated and had passed out in their motel room.

Gustavo Hernandez-Perez sustained a moderate stab wound to the neck area and was treated and released from Lake Regional Hospital.  Abraham Perez-Santos fled the area of the hospital before officers arrival, however was located later in the day. 

Hernandez-Perez had also sustained a knife wound to the neck but did not seek medical treatment.  It is believed that the unknown   female fled the area and has not been located.  She has yet to be questioned about the incident.  At this time the victims have no recollection of how they became injured.

A Missouri car chase that trickled into Kansas City, Kan., this morning resulted in one person being arrested.

The man is described as a 27-year-old and two other people were in the car with him.

Story: KMBC Channel 9.

ASSAULT

• 4600 Block of Shawnee Drive
• 6100 Block of Farrow Avenue

BATTERY

• 4300 Block of Brenner Drive
• 7300 Block of Leavenworth Road

BURGLARY/ROBBERY/THEFT

• 800 Block of Hilcrest Drive: Laptop, Playstation 3 system, cash stolen (CD)
• 1300 Block of N. 74th Terrace: TV, Playstation 3 and games stolen
• 1800 Block of N. 33rd Street: Handgun and Nintendo Wii stolen (CD)
• 4300 Block of State Avenue: Money order stolen
• 6100 Block of Nogard Avenue: DVD player, DVDs stolen
• 6100 Block of Nogard Avenue: Flat-screen TV stolen
• 7400 Block of Armstrong Avenue: (CD)

CAR THEFTS

• 1400 Block of S. 42nd Street
• 3900 Block of Mission Road (CD)
• 4100 Block of Strong Avenue
• 7400 Block of Armstrong

DRUGS

• 700 Block of N. 7th Street: Possession of meth
• 1200 Block of Washington Boulevard: Possession of marijuana
• 3400 Block of N. 71st Street: Possession of marijuana
• 7300 Block of State Avenue: Possession of marijuana
• Valley Street and Reynolds Avenue: Possession of meth

FINANCIAL

• 2200 Block of Central Avenue: Criminal use of credit card
• 6800 Block of Kaw Drive: Criminal use of credit card

GUNS

• S. 72nd Street and State Avenue: Possession of a deadly weapon