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Kansas man pleads guilty to attempting to entice minor for sex
KANSAS CITY- A Shawnee, Kan., man pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. Keith D. McGeorge, 46, of Shawnee, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to charges contained in a Feb. 25, 2004, grand jury indictment.
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Notice to Victims of Miracle Cars Fraud:
If you purchased vehicles in the Miracle Cars fraud, but did not receive a refund, we need the documentation relating to your purchases to complete our victim database.
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We have just mailed out letters to victims for whom we did not have documentation relating to vehicle purchases. If you receive such a letter but have already submitted your documentation, you do not need to do anything further. If there are any questions about what you should do, please contact us by e-mail at estate.cars@usdoj.gov or leaving a telephone message at (800) 733-6558, extension 4231.

Project Safe Neighborhoods
Project Ceasefire

Click here to view current Project Ceasefire Statistics for the Kansas City, Mo. metropolitan area, or to learn more about Project Ceasefire. Click here to view News Releases reporting on individual Project Ceasefire cases
in the Kansas City, Mo. metropolitan area.

NITRO: Northwest Missouri Interagency Team Response Operation
Task force targets northwest MO
Todd P. Graves, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, and Mark S. James, Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas City Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, announce the creation of NITRO: a new law enforcement task force in northwest Missouri.
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2004 Annual Report

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Crystal Kipper & Ali Kemp
Memorial Award

Platte County Sheriff Richard Anderson and the Platte County Sheriff's Department are the first recipients of the new award, presented during National Crime Victims' Rights Week in recognition of an extra step taken to stop those who harm or exploit children.
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USA Patriot Act
What is the Patriot Act, and how
effective has it been in defending
American life and liberty from
terrorist threats since
Sept. 11, 2001?
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Identity Theft
Don't be a victim
Identity theft has been called the fastest-growing crime in America.
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Phantom Cattle
'Phantom Cattle' fraud
costs victims $160 million

Two defendants have been sentenced for working together in the largest financial fraud ever prosecuted in the Western District of Missouri. The $160 million "Phantom Cattle Scheme" involved victims in several Midwestern states.
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‘Miracle Cars' scheme targeted churches,
religious groups

Four defendants have been sentenced in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud hundreds of buyers from across the nation.
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Ashcroft visits KC to launch
new initiative targeting
Internet crimes against children

U.S. Attorney Todd Graves welcomed U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft to Kansas City to
announce the launch of a new
initiative that targets Internet
crimes against children, such as
child pornography, and other
cyber crimes
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