This week was a busy one in Shawnee. We have been looking for a gentleman wanted for an aggravation robbery of a liquor store a couple of weeks ago. Robbery is a crime where one individual takes something from another individual by the use of force. The crime becomes aggravated when a weapon is used. Anyway…a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper kicked this guy’s car up on Friday midday and tried to stop him as he drove west on Shawnee Mission Parkway, but he got away…briefly. The robber ditched his car and took off on foot into a heavily wooded section of western Shawnee. A large-scaled manhunt ensued and lasted for several hours through 100° heat, but it was closed down several hours later after we failed to find him. But…because of some great police work earlier in the week, sources led us to him that evening where he was taken into custody without incident. Chalk one up for the good guys.
Speaking of good guys, Johnson County law enforcement has a ton of them. Unlike several other metropolitan areas in the Country, Johnson County police officers work very well together. Officers from Lenexa, Olathe, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, KHP, and even the FBI’s Fugitive Task Force were working alongside Shawnee officers searching for this guy in the woods. This type of cooperation goes on behind the scenes every day between the uniformed officers, detectives, commanders, police chiefs and the Sheriff.
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