Tagged: arson

Cops & Crime
10:39 pm
Tue October 23, 2012

Video Evidence Is Seen As A Key In Kansas City Federal Arson Trial

Credit Dan Verbeck / KCUR
Kansas City, MO. U.S. District Courthouse, scene of trial for three men accused in fraud/arson of former landmark restaurant.

As prosecutors  work to bolster their case to a Kansas City federal court jury, it's apparent  the State is on a path leading events directly to the fiery 2008 arsonists' explosion at Hereford House Restaurant.

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Cops & Crime
10:01 pm
Mon October 22, 2012

Arson And Fraud Trial Begins In Kansas City After 2008 Blaze

Credit Dan Verbeck / KCUR
Security cams outside arson scene captured suspicious movements. Facade of Hereford House after 2008 blast.

Testimony and evidence have started to flow out of the arson and fraud trial stemming from the 2008 fire that destroyed a well known Kansas City restaurant.

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Cops & Crime
4:35 am
Wed July 4, 2012

Child's Fireworks Death Leaves Lesson Of Vulnerability

The death of a child from fireworks has slipped into recent history, yet it lives on among some who were there in Kansas City, Kansas.

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KCUR News
5:30 pm
Tue June 22, 2010

Indicted: Unsolved Arson Case Lingers No Longer

Credit kcur photos by dan verbeck
Surveillance cameras ( L), Exterior damage, Hereford House October,2008

Kansas City, MO – The former owner of the Hereford House Restaurant in Kansas City has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that include arson and mail fraud.

57-year-old Rod Anderson allegedly gave an unidentified co conspirator a key and alarm code to the restaurant at 20th and Main. The Hereford house restaurant burned in October 2008.

Damage was set at more than a million dollars.

The indictment contends Anderson told the insurance company the loss was close to $2.4 million.

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