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Quinton Lucas condemns recent restaurant break-ins, illegal street racing in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Several area restaurants and businesses were broken into in recent weeks, leaving business owners scrambling and asking what the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is doing about it.
At the same time, illegal street racing and side shows have taken over downtown Kansas City, with drivers performing illegal maneuvers on city streets every night of the week.
Mayor Quinton Lucas addressed the issues on social media on Saturday, saying he wants businesses and people to feel like they can safely operate in Kansas City.
“There is no such thing as ‘petty crime’ for victims,” Lucas told KCTV5 on Saturday. “Robberies, break-ins, vandalism, and beyond is something we will never accept in Kansas City.”
Lucas says the rash of crimes in the city needs to stop.
“Prevention, accountability, and making sure the people of Kansas City know all of us care is something I will work with the police department on to ensure we are not hearing some of the same stories we saw earlier this week.”
Another issue the mayor wants to tackle is street racing and illegal sideshows. Lucas says the city is considering legislation that will allow them to take people’s vehicles should they be caught racing, doing donuts or other similar illegal activity often seen in downtown KC.
“We’re very close on that,” Lucas said. “I find that remedy to be legal in Missouri. I think that is something we need to do more of. I think we need to make it clear to people who are causing nuisances and frankly acting a fool all around this city that it is totally unacceptable.”
Lucas emphasized that all crime, regardless of size or severity, is a concern for him and KCPD. He says he has heard the calls from the community for something to change.
“I think most Kansas Citians say, ‘We’ve heard enough. We’ve seen enough, and we’re tired of people’s nights being disrupted, businesses being disrupted, and the violent crime that comes with it.’ We’ll make a change on it here.”
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Bates County Circuit Court judge Friday sentenced a Linn County, Kansas, man in connection with the December 2025 death of Airen Andula, 13.
Damon Leonard, 47, was sentenced to four years in prison for abandonment of a corpse, according to court records.
He pleaded guilty to the charge of abandoning a corpse on May 22.
Andula disappeared from his Pleasanton, Kansas, home on Dec. 21, 2025. A day later, law enforcement found the boy’s body in a ravine in Bates County, Missouri. He had died from multiple dog bite injuries.
Police were led to the boy’s body after a phone call from Leonard.
Court documents said Leonard “admitted that he transported the deceased child from Kansas to Missouri and left the body in the bottom of the creek” before he returned home.
KSHB 41 reporter Fernanda Silva spoke with Andula’s family earlier this week — after the guilty plea and ahead of Friday’s sentencing.
His family shared that the guilty plea brought a small sense of justice, but it didn’t do much to ease the pain of their loss.
READ MORE | Family of Airen Andula speaks out ahead of sentencing
“We’re missing our kid every day of our lives,” the boy’s father Charles Andula told Silva.
Leonard received credit for time served of 158 days in his sentence, per court records.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – It may not seem like a lot of relief, but gas and diesel prices have declined over the past week.
Friday morning’s national average for a gallon of unleaded gas was $4.39, according to the Automobile Association of America.
That’s down three cents from $4.42 on Thursday; down 16 cents from a week ago; but was up 17 cents from $4.22 a month ago and up $.23 from $3.16 a year ago.
In Kansas, AAA says, unleaded gas on Friday was averaging $3.96 a gallon — down four cents from $4.00 on Thursday; down 13 cents from $3.96 a week ago; but up 26 cents from $3.70 a month ago; and up $1.07 over $2.89 a year ago.
Diesel fuel also was dropping in price. AAA says Friday’s national average for a gallon of diesel was $5.52 a gallon — down three cents from $5.55 on Thursday; down 12 cents from $5.64 a week a go; but up six cents from $5.46 a month ago and up $1.98 from $3.54 a year ago.
Kansas diesel fuel prices, according to AAA, checked in at an average of $4.98 on Friday. That’s five cents below $5.03 on Thursday; down 16 cents from $5.14 a week ago; but up 24 cents over $4.74 a month ago; and up $1.72 from $3.26 a year ago.
In Topeka, GasBuddy.com on Friday morning showed unleaded gas prices ranging between $3.77 and $4.09 in Topeka, with diesel fuel going for between $4.94 and $5.29 a gallon.
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