Man Charged with Murder in Hit-and-Run

0:00A 46-year-old Kansas City man named Anthony Maddox just got hit with a second-degree murder charge over a deadly hit and run back on July 17th, 2024. He also faces a stealing count after allegedly jacking a guy's truck and running him over during the chaos, leaving the victim dead right therein. Jackson County. Dash cam footage from a nearby witness captured the whole mess. They were unloading a motorcycle from a trailer hooked to a black Chevy truck. Maddox jumped into the victim's white Ford and pealed out. The victim tried to fight back, fell off the side, and got crushed by the rear tires as Maddox sped off. Both trucks vanished from the scene that afternoon, around 1pm. Cops tracked down the stolen Ford abandoned the next day, then found the Chevy parked at a house two days later. Turns out it was borrowed from a woman, whose boyfriend knew Maddox, and she even told detectives he wanted her to dip out while they handled the bike. Turns down the line on October 9th, that same woman looped back to Cops, saying Maddox

1:00planned to swipe the motorcycle all along and later, confessed to her that he ran the guy over. They sealed it with his DNA on the Ford steering wheel. Maddox has locked up in Jackson County detention on a $100,000 cash-only bond, with a bond review hearing coming up on May. Sixth case still unfolding as the details keep dropping. That's your update from Kansas News Today, powered by AI.