Posts Tagged Overland Park

**UPDATED** Father/Son Fraud Team; but they lived on Deer Creek!

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Grant Wilms, 44

The Johnson County DA came out on Friday (8-28-09) with a story regarding three men, two of which are these guys and they happen to be Father and Son. Grant Wilms, 44, and Hermann Wilms, 74, along with Kenneth Opstein, 83, of Sioux City, Iowa, were arrested Thursday.

  District Attorney Steve Howe said that the scam, which hooked people seeking a discount on prescription drugs, claimed many thousands of victims across the country. -KC Star

Both of these men are being held on $1,000,000 bonds. Mapping their addresses shows they were close proximity neighbors and fronted the fairways of Deer Creek. I have probably put a ball OB into one of their yards at some point in my life. But then just went back to my humble home that I didn’t acquire from fraulant actions against the elderly. 

They are charged with 13 counts of ”Making a False Writing“  14 counts of “Theft” and 1 count of “Computer Crime

Last Name First Name Middle Name Race Sex DOB Address City State Zip
WILMS GRANT GODWIN W M 03/01/65   OVERLAND PARK KS 66209
CFN Booking Number Booking Officer Booking Date Booking Time Agency Arresting Officer Arrest Date Arrest Time
156825 09011874 1348 08/27/09 19:59 KS0460000 BRIDGES/OPPD 08/27/09 19:40
Charge Charge Desc Charge Type Charge Level Dispo Bond Warrant
21-3711 MAKING A FALSE WRITING F 8 P $1000000.00 09CR02201
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**PC WARRANT** ABOVE CHRG(X13), THEFT(X14), COMP CRIME(X1)
 
Hermann Wilms, 74
Hermann Wilms, 74
  
I bet they sent the old man in to make friends with our Parents and Grandparents so they could scam them to be able to drive luxury cars and live on the golf course.
 
Last Name First Name Middle Name Race Sex DOB Address City State Zip
WILMS HERMANN PAEPCKE W M 12/29/34   OVERLAND PARK KS 66209
CFN Booking Number Booking Officer Booking Date Booking Time Agency Arresting Officer Arrest Date Arrest Time
156823 09011872 1297 08/27/09 19:47 KS0460000 BRIDGES/OPPD 08/27/09 19:15
Charge Charge Desc Charge Type Charge Level Dispo Bond Warrant
21-3711 MAKING A FALSE WRITING F 8 P $1000000.00 09CR02200
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**PC WARR** MAKE FALSE(X13) THEFT(X14) AND COMP CRIME(X1)
***UPDATE***
Looks like the old man & his kid struck a plea deal on 11-16-09. Jury trial was cancelled and sentencing is scheduled for 1-06-10. Apparently the plea resulted in 4 Counts of ”Making a False Writing“; 3 charges of “Theft <$1000″; 1 charge of “Criminal Use of a Credit Card < $1000″
 
Only the Making a False Writing is a Felony albeit a Non-Person as well. I am guessing time served and probation. We’ll see what happens, shall we?
I would also expect to see a bond modification in the near future. $1,000,000 is a little high I would think for a level 8 non-person felony and some misdemeanors. I mean that’s like murder and kidnapping ransom bond.
 
Original Publish Date: Aug 31, 2009

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Jill Conaghan

Jill Conaghan

Jill Conaghan

Long story short is a woman at the beginning of her life allegedly hit and killed a women who had lived a long life. The story is riddled with tragedy. I don’t know how much it plays into it, but I will tell you that it seems OP Public Works knew they had a problem in this area and I can guarantee if that is true, the knowledge of this as a hazardous road will come up in trial. Full story on KCTV 5 here. It also seems that Ms. Conaghan has a history of driving and alcohol related incidents on Overland Park records as well. See the tables below.

Ms. Conaghan has only been charged, and is presumed innocent of all charges. KC Mugshots again following our standard proceedure of publishing names only because of the media publicity already in other outlets.

She has been charged with Involuntary Manslaughter-DUI, Failure to Stop at an Accident Resulting in Death, Improper Driving – Laned Road, Driving on Sidewalk, Consumption of Liquor

Bond has been set at $100,000

 

 

  Section Date Title ACS Drug PL Finding TP LVL PN Sent Date
Count 1 21-3442 07/18/09 INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER-DUI         F 4 P  
Count 2 8-1602.F9 07/18/09 FAIL STOP AT ACC RESULT DEATH         F 9 P  
Count 3 8-1522 07/18/09 IMPROPER DRIVING-LANED ROAD         I      
Count 4 8-1575 07/18/09 DRIVING ON SIDEWALK         I      
Count 5 41-0727.CR 07/18/09 CONSUMPTION LIQUOR-CR         M U    
Count 6 41-0727.CR 07/18/09 CONSUMPTION LIQUOR-CR         M U    
Count 7 41-0727.CR 07/18/09 CONSUMPTION LIQUOR-CR         M U  

 

It seems that Ms. Conaghan has a history of driving and alcohol related incidents on Overland Park record as well.

Search Result for Jill T Conaghan (DOB: Jan 23, 1990)

Case Information Status
CASE NUMBER: CR-2006-0188692
Fines/Fees Assessed: Case Closed
Citation Number: 206567
Violation: FOLLOW TOO CLOSE/ACCIDENT
Closed
CASE NUMBER: CR-2006-0201339
Fines/Fees Assessed: Case Closed
Citation Number: 224836
Violation: Speed more than 15 miles over speed limit
Closed
 
CASE NUMBER: CR-2009-0286411
Fines/Fees Assessed: Case Closed
Citation Number: E00004069
Violation: Inattentive Driving
Closed
CASE NUMBER: CR-2009-0297584
Fines/Fees Assessed: Case Closed
Citation Number: 316435
Violation: Minor possessing, consuming, obtaining, purchasing intoxicating liquor or attempting same
Closed
CASE NUMBER: CR-2009-0302592
Fines/Fees Assessed: Case Closed
Citation Number: 321862
Violation: Minor possessing, consuming, obtaining, purchasing intoxicating liquor or attempting same
Closed

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Edwin R. Hall

Hall, Edwin R - Front

Hall, Edwin R - Front

Edwin Roy “Jack” Hall is hopefully getting his in El Dorado CF-Central Prison. You may recall him as the indigent that kidnapped a young teenager girl from the Overland Park Target by Oak Park Mall. The story going around was Hall abducted Kelsey Smith as she was walking to her car after purchasing a 6-month anniversary present for her boyfriend. Target surveillance video caught some of the abduction in and out of frame. Kelsey, who was known to answer her cell wasn’t. Her car was found in the Macy’s parking lot around 9 pm June 2, 2007 with her purse and wallet but without Kelsey.

June 6, 2007 Kelsey’s body was found near Longview Lake in southern Jackson County. Searchers were aided by a cell phone ping that hit a nearby tower on June 2. Later that evening, Hall was arrested and charged on June 7, 2007 with premeditated first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping. Hall was arraigned via video link and bond was set at $5,000,000. Further investigation led to strangulation as cause of death. Kelsey’s missing persons story was featured on America’s Most Wanted.

Because Hall is a pussy and couldn’t see going through what he put Kelsey through, on July 23rd, 2008 at 1:30 PM, he plead guilty to all four charges brought against him as part of a plea agreement. For all you law non-majors, a plea agreement usually means no death penalty.

On September 16, 2008 Johnson County District Judge Peter V. Ruddick sentenced Hall to life in prison without parole for the kidnapping, rape and murder.

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