Angie Ricono
Investigative Reporter
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Angie Ricono joined the KCTV5 News team as an investigative reporter in October 2015.
Before that, she worked worked in Philadelphia, PA and Lexington, KY.
Angie has won numerous awards for her reporting including a Regional Edward R. Murrow award for investigations. She was also name Associated Press’s Reporter of the Year in New Jersey for her coverage related to the September 11 attacks and the beltway sniper.
At KCTV5, Angie looks into closed cases, legal issues and policies and procedures that don’t make sense.
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Two cousins who claim to be framed in a 1997 Kansas City, Kansas, murder were freed from prison this morning on parole.
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Former Johnson County day care worker Rachel Wilkes faces two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
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The family’s attorney openly questioned how an unarmed man could be shot and killed at a traffic stop.
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Cruz Burris was just 15 years old when he died of an accidental overdose. His parents believe a dealer delivered the fatal pill to their home while they slept, and that he found that dealer via Snapchat.
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He tweeted that when his sister called 911 for their mother Wednesday, she waited on hold for five minutes.
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The latest data from the Mid-America Regional Council, which tracks 911 hold times for all metro area departments, revealed that in April the median wait time for KCPD was 46 seconds.
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The email sent to Chancellor Dr. Kimberly Beatty complains about a lack of cost of living raises for them while pointing out her 13% raise.
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Chris Dunn has served 33 years and has fresh hope now that a prosecutor is asking a judge to vacate his conviction.
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It follows a state survey that looked at videos taken inside the daycare. That revealed a daycare worker slammed a child into a chair and pulled a child by their hair.
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Our Investigative team traveled to Frankfort, Kansas, in Marshall County to reveal the challenges communities face as trains get longer and longer.
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Chris Dunn was convicted in a 1990 Saint Louis murder of teenager Ricco Rogers.
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Sue Masoner gets a prescription delivered by mail, but her issue has been that her mail-order medication requires a signature, and somebody is signing for it—but it’s not her.
The family of a DoorDash driver who was shot and killed by a KCK police officer during a traffic stop spoke out Thursday evening.
Amaree’ya Henderson was shot and killed by a KCKPD officer on April 26 at a traffic stop.
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Kansas City is getting closer to approving settlements in the Westport fire truck crash.
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KCTV5′s I-team has uncovered additional information after studying just-released video and audio recordings from a police crash investigation.
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Before the fatal crash in December 2021, police records reveal the driver of the pumper, 21-year-old Dominic Biscari, crashed an ambulance on a run.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) surveyed Children’s Lighthouse in March, following a complaint by a parent.
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Jae’veon Marquice Mitchell-Locke is charged, along with two others, in a high-profile shooting that injured three Kansas City, Kansas, police officers.
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The age of Ralph Yarl's shooter, 84-year-old Andrew Lester, has sparked a conversation about elderly people and owning firearms.
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It’s been three months since a family released video on social media, questioning if a police officer was high at work. The department is now revealing an Internal Affairs investigation has cleared the officer for duty.
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Missouri has some of the lowest standards for coroners in the nation.
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Reid is currently in prison at Tipton Correctional Center serving a three-year sentence for the crash.
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The crash trapped a Honda CRV under the pumper, killing the driver, Jennifer San Nicholas, passenger, Michael Elwood, and pedestrian Tami Knight.
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A Kansas mother continues to fight the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Department for the death records of her son.
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Our investigative team went inside the Kansas City Police Department crime lab to get a first-hand look at what is being sold on the streets in the Kansas City metro area.
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Attorneys and family members of Tyrea Pryor rallied Thursday at the Jackson County Courthouse.
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The family of a man killed by Independence police in March of last year is demanding justice. They took to the steps of the Jackson Country Courthouse to make their case on Thursday.
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Tyrea Pryor was shot and killed by Independence police on March 11, 2022. Police records show it started with a disturbance call for help.
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A debate is raging nationally regarding prior authorization. You’re probably familiar with it. It’s a common practice in medicine today.
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His family tried to nurse the mini-Labradoodle back to health for a week following the initial emergency surgery.
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KCTV5 continues to report on a dog attack inside an Olathe boarding facility that killed a 15-year-old Pomeranian mix named Bauer.
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KCTV5 reached out to the owner of Lucky Paws KC who says he’s offering to pay vet bills for the dog that survived the attack.
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He calls Kansas City home, at least for now.
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An email to some upcoming recruits notifying them the class has been canceled until further notice caught many by surprise.
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Johnson was shot and killed while police officers were attempting to make an arrest.
KCTV5 has learned the city has no current plans to install Opticom technology at the intersection of a fatal firetruck crash.
Opticom is a traffic control system providing a green light – a right-of-way at intersections – to emergency vehicles.
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Some Raytown homeowners are furious after they say a clogged sewer backed up in their homes and the city won’t cover the damages.
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Hattie Saltzman remembers the year insulin cost $500 a month... She’s hoping Eli Lilly's caps will spread so that all who need insulin will have affordable medication.
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A Gladstone widow contacted our investigative team after struggling for months with Fidelity, the company that holds her now-deceased husband’s retirement account.
Dominic Biscari's attorney released a three-page statement that raises sharp questions about training and the intersection itself. It also claims the city has half-installed a safety system called “Opticom,” which would automatically change traffic lights.
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It’s been nearly two years since Malcolm Johnson was shot and killed by police inside a gas station at E. 63rd Street and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City.
The pumper truck had run a red light smashing into an SUV carrying two people, killing them both and a pedestrian.
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The city of Mission Hills is reviewing its next steps following an incident in Peetwood Park that left two dogs injured.
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Lamar Johnson will not qualify for compensation because the case did not hinge on DNA.
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Judge David Mason has ruled to vacate Lamar Johnson’s murder conviction.
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Graham Anderson moved to a camper for months because his utility bill skyrocketed.
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It follows a week-long December hearing into Johnson’s current murder conviction of Marcus Boyd who was shot and killed on a Saint Louis porch in 1994.
A local couple estimates they have $20,000 in vet bills after their dogs were caught in steel traps set at a public park in Mission Hills.
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