Multiple people arrested in connection with Kansas City theft ring

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City law enforcement made eight arrests this week involving a theft ring in Kansas City.

According to a Facebook post from KCPD , detectives recovered 34 cars, $10,000 worth of stolen medical equipment, 10 stolen BMX bikes, a golf cart, ski equipment, and numerous stolen license plates linked to several stolen cars.

KCPD did not release the identities of the people arrested or any details on the items found. They also did not say the location of where the items were recovered.

KCPD Property Crimes detectives worked with the City of Kansas City along with the Missouri Highway Patrol on a month-long investigation into the local theft ring.

“You’re not allowed to be here, and we showed that you can’t just take over someone’s property and bring stolen stuff there” Det. William Richter with KCPD said.

The criminals managed to take over someone else’s land over the course of more than a year.

“It was a pretty big operation for us in property crimes,” he said.

8 people were arrested, many of which had outstanding warrants to begin with. The ones that didn’t have warrants were charged with trespassing while detectives put together a case for the prosecutor’s office.

“If they hit a neighborhood and say well I’m not coming back here but if they hit a neighborhood and they have a good score that day – or that night of course they are going to keep coming back,” Richter said.

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