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Trustees of the building on the northern banks of the Missouri River called it a "painful decision" to close because they don't have the $500,000 needed to restore it after a devastating fire.

Mia Lee Jamison, 70, faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to soliciting someone to destroy the building by arson and lying to ATF. Her plan was to torch the building that housed Bob Wasabi Kitchen, 39th World of Spirits and a hookah lounge.

Bryan Sheppard, who won a lawsuit to obtain Department of Justice records, said the government knew more than a decade ago that other individuals may have been involved. On Tuesday, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said her office would review the evidence for possible charges.

Wandale J. Fulton was charged with running a ring that also included ID theft and car title fraud. He will spend at least ten years in federal prison.

Bryan Sheppard spent nearly 22 years in prison before he was released in 2017.

An alleged Kansas City crime ring leader named Wandale J. Fulton faces charges of identity theft, arson for profit. It took years for local, state and federal investigators to build their case. Plus, how 20-somethings in the city are coping with yet another round of COVID closures.

It took local, state and federal investigators years to put together the case against Wandale J. Fulton. Now the alleged ring leader is set for trial in federal court in Kansas City next month.

Darlene Edwards, now 66, has been in prison for 23 years. She says she is obese, diabetic and requires assistance walking.

A motion filed in federal court in Kansas City on Tuesday says that Darlene Edwards suffers from a variety of chronic ailments, putting at her high risk for death or serious illness if she is exposed to the coronavirus.

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