Close Calls in Cass County: Three Mailboxes Planted with Explosives

CASS COUNTY, MO - The Cass County Sheriff’s Department is trying to find out who has been putting homemade explosives inside mailboxes in Raymore. So far, three homes have been targeted.

In one of those instances, the victim says the explosive had so much power that it blew the mailbox off its post and twisted the metal like aluminum foil.
Understandably shaken by the July 27 explosion, Jimmy Long now gets his mail from a P.O. box, just to be safe.

“It’s a little inconvenience for sure, but it will give us a little peace of mind actually by having it in there”, said Long.

Unfortunately, Long is not alone. Kenneth Morrison’s mailbox was also blown up. He doesn’t allow his wife to get the mail anymore.

“They don’t realize the dangers of people going out to check their mail and be surprised with something like that,” says Morrison.

The U.S. Postal Service is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the person or people responsible for putting the explosive devices inside the mailboxes.


(courtesy Bates County Live)

Crash Friday Afternoon Causes I-49 to Temporarily Close

Around 4:30pm Friday afternoon Missouri State Highway Patrol along with Cass County Sheriff's Department responded to a 1 vehicle accident on Northbound I-49 at Mile Marker 171.4 in Cass County.

The accident occurred when the Toyota driven by Luke Sibert 18, of Peculiar Missouri was traveling Northbound on I-49 swerved into the right lane traveling into the median and striking the cable which made the car overturn.

Kelly D. Klinksick 33 of, Rockville Missouri was traveling in the Southbound Lanes of I-49 at the time of this wreck and debris from Mr. Sibert's vehicle stuck Klinksick's vehicle as it passed. She was not injured and her vehicle received minor damages

UPDATE: Boy 17, Drowns in Cass County Lake

HARRISONVILLE, Mo - The Cass County Sheriff's Department said a 17-year-old Kingsville boy drowned in a private lake Sunday afternoon.

Deputies said Kalen Littlefield was on a personal watercraft with a man at a party being held at a private lake south of Harrisonville.

Both of them fell off the watercraft, but the other passenger was the only one able to make it to shore.

Members of the Lee's Summit Underwater Rescue Team pulled Littlefield's body out of the water. Detectives said Littlefield was not a strong swimmer. Neither rider had a life jacket on.

Investigators said they believe Littlefield was taking part in a Father's Day celebration just before the accident happened.

The drowning was the third at a lake in the Kansas City region in the past eight days. A Raytown teenager drowned while swimming at a private lake in Lee's Summit last weekend. On Saturday, Brent Baselee, 26, drowned while swimming with friends at Longview Lake.

(Courtesy KMBC)