burglaries

As the Kansas City Irish Fest begins today, the Irish community is in mourning after the killing of chef and festival organizer Shaun Brady during a possible car burglary. Outgoing Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker says she's seeing a trend of rising property crimes that end in tragedy.

Dozens of windows were smashed and items taken from cars in the Corbin Park area early Wednesday morning, one day after a similar string of break-ins in Grandview.

In the South part of Kansas City there have been more burglaries committed in daytime than in darker hours the first months of this year. Police are using…