3 law enforcement officers charged in hit-and-run crash
January 13, 2021 GMT
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A Kansas sheriff’s office investigator has been charged in a hit-and-run crash and two other law enforcement officers have been charged with interfering with the investigation.
Wyandotte County Prosecutor Mark Dupree announced Wednesday that sheriff’s office Det. Michael Simmons Jr. is charged with a misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of the Dec. 13, 2019, crash on Interstate 70 in which he allegedly was driving a county-owned vehicle. The other vehicle was damaged in the collision.
Two others former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Sarah Panjada and Wyandotte Sheriff’s Office Maj. Andrew Carver were charged with one count each of official misconduct and interference, both misdemeanors.
3 WyCo law enforcement officers charged following December 2019 crash
3 WyCo officers charged following December 2019 crash
Posted at 4:13 PM, Jan 13, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-13 23:43:10-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Three Wyandotte County law enforcement officers are facing charges stemming from a December 2019 crash.
Wyandotte County Sheriffâs Office Investigator Michael Simmons Jr. is charged with leaving the scene of a crash, Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree announced during a news conference Wednesday. Simmons has been with the sheriffâs office since 2008. Our law enforcement agencies are no longer willing to stand quiet and silently by as the few destroys the trust of so many, Dupree said.
DA announces charges against former law enforcement officers
Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark A. Dupree Sr. announced misdemeanor charges against former law enforcement officers on Wednesday.
Dupree said three individuals were charged in connection with one case. Another was charged in connection with a separate case.
One case involved a hit-and-run case on I-70 on Dec. 14, 2019, according to Dupree.
A Unified Government vehicle assigned to the Sheriff’s Department was involved in the case, he said. In that case, there was an effort to withhold information about the location and identity of the driver, he said.
Michael D. Simmons Jr., formerly an investigator with the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department, was charged with leaving the scene of a crash, a misdemeanor which is punishable by up to a year in the county jail and a fine, he said. Simmons had been with the Sheriff’s Department since 2008.