Kansas City security guard blamed for multiple thefts from non-profit
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Aug 11, 2022
A Kansas City Missouri security officer who was supposed to be on duty protecting a business is accused of leaving that property to steal from another business nearby.
Police said that not only did he steal once but that he returned several times with additional people to burglarize and steal property.
Kalenjin Community in Kansas City said that surveillance cameras caught the whole thing on video.
“We are pretty new,” Member Manoah Korir said. “We got this property before COVID hit.”
Buying a 16,000 square-foot building was a dream come true for the nonprofit.
“It’s for our children,” Korir said. “We want to do academic programs, stem programs.”
KCKC is a nonprofit empowering Kenyan people and families.
Right when everything was coming together the organization said someone stole almost everything it worked for.
“We lost children’s play equipment, and we lost HVAC equipment and water pipes were damaged,” Korir said.
The theft and damage has left us with no AC or TVs to help with learning. These were all things this non-profit had to raise money to buy.
“How does a company that is supposed to be giving a service that we benefit from actually take something away from us,” member Faith Langat said.
The organization claims an employee working as security for a nearby business is to culprit.
They said surveillance shows he came by one night and then days later returned with other thieves.
“We’re trying to make people believe that the spirit of our togetherness is not broken,” Langat said.
Kansas City, Missouri Police said the investigation is still going on and once complete the department will share the results with the prosecutor’s office for charges.
Kalenjin community said even if the crooks are caught, they’re still left starting over.
“To walk into our property and rampage through and bring other people, it’s scary,” Korir said.
A gofundme has been created to help the nonprofit.
