A Kansas City teenager has been charged with five counts of robbery and five counts of armed criminal action after a series of heists in the Northland.
Achebe T. Arome, 18, is charged with four counts each in Clay County. Similar charges were filed in Platte County on Oct. 24 against the senior at Staley High School.
A warrant has been issued for his arrest in Platte County but he is currently being held in Clay County on a $100,000 bond.
Arome was apprehended on Thursday, Oct. 17 as he was approaching a Shell gas station at 8401 North Oak Trafficway.
Achebe Arome
He had a cloth around his face as he approached the business. He pulled a gun from his waistband but when he saw officers from the Kansas City Police Department he threw his gun and ran.
After a short pursuit he was taken into custody after midnight.
Arome allegedly robbed the Red Wok restaurant at 9322 North Oak Trafficway and Worlds Liquors at 9351 North Oak Trafficway on Wednesday, Oct. 16.
He used a gun to rob the liquor store, while using a knife at Red Wok, where he took money from a tip jar and ran from the business.
Arome is accused of robbing three gas stations on Sunday, Oct. 13. Two in Clay County: Casey’s General Store at 10751 North Oak Trafficway and Quiktrip at 1251 NW Barry Road and Temp Stop at 4411 NW Barry Road in Platte County.
He used a knife during those robberies according to videos provided to KCPD.
Arome returns to court in Clay County on Nov. 5.
TWO SOUGHT IN ROBBERY
The North American Savings Bank at 7012 NW Barry Road was robbed on Monday, Oct. 28.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for two people who robbed the bank just after 5 p.m.
The suspects wore masks and were armed with handguns. They demanded money from a teller before leaving.
This is the second time this year and third time in the past two years this branch has been robbed. Previous robberies happened in April 2018 and March 2019. In the latter case, Nicholas Lehman, 38, of Maitland, was arrested in connection with the robbery.
ONE DEAD IN ACCIDENT
The Kansas City Police Department reported that one person died in a wrong-way crash on Sunday, Oct. 27 in Platte County.
A driver in a passenger car was going the wrong-way from Interstate 29 onto Interstate 635 and crashed head-on with a pick-up.
The passenger in the car died and both drivers were transported to a local hospital.
The name of the deceased hasn’t been released.
FOX4 said KCPD is trying to determine if the driver of the car was impaired at the time of the accident.
HORSING AROUND
Last week the Kansas City Police and the Missouri Department of Transportation shut down the eastbound lanes of Highway 152 in Platte County.
The reason?
There were about a dozen horses on the roadway near Highway 152 and Amity Road on Wednesday, Oct. 23, slowing down the morning commute for some.
It took crews more than two hours to clear the scene. The owner of the horses arrived to help corral the wayward horses.
It was unclear how the horses got onto the highway.
The Kansas City Police Department’s Twitter page tweeted, ‘We should really just start teaching roping and wrangling in the academy.’
ACCIDENT KILLS ONE
A Savannah man died in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Highway 92/Highway 45 on Tuesday, Oct. 22.
The Platte County Sheriff’s Office released information on the accident on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
Jeffrey R. Swan, 59, of Agency, was driving a 1985 Ford Mustang eastbound on Highway 92. He was waiting in traffic at the intersection of Highway 45 to make a left-hand turn when his vehicle was struck in the rear by 2015 Ford F550 driven by Thomas O. Kennedy, 52, of Leavenworth, Kan.
Randy P. Dudley, 42, of Savannah, was the front seat passenger in the Mustang and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Swan was transported to North Kansas City Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and Kennedy refused treatment at the scene.
All occupants were wearing a seat belt.