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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Michael Politte has always sworn he’s innocent and was recently freed on parole due to new sentencing guidelines.
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Vinny Vega was dropping his girlfriend off at Berkshire Village Townhomes on August 22, 2020 when more than 20 bullets were shot at his car. Vinny died at the scene.
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Patty Prewitt is serving a life sentence for the death of her husband, Bill, in 1984.
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Franco’s death is outlined in charging documents as one of a string of suspicious deaths which occurred during a three-month period.
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The great resignation has affected nearly every industry and competition for qualified workers is fierce. The same is true for police departments.
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Traditional home buyers in the KC Metro are facing fierce competition from investors with deep pockets.
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Prospective buyers and realtors tell us they’ve never experienced anything like what’s happening in Kansas City right now.
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Last year, the FBI received over 18,000 sextortion-related complaints, with losses over $13.6 million.
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Two cold cases in Johnson County are among the first to be selected to be included on playing cards developed by the Kansas Department of Justice.
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Michael Politte was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his mother when he was 14 years old. He has always maintained his innocence and is now being released. Not because a judge ordered it, but because sentencing guidelines for juveniles have changed.
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Katherine Konon had been accused of hitting a six-month-old boy that was in her care in 2019, causing a brain bleed.
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Michael Politte was 14 years old when his mother died.
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KCPD will shift investigators from the Cold Case Unit to other departments within the force.
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A Kansas City, Kansas, family took to social media to get results after days of trying to free a man from jail. And it worked.
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A Senate bill would empower Missouri judges to overturn and set aside questionable convictions, meaning innocent prisoners would be freed.
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Being a doctor is not a requirement for the job in Missouri. In fact, Missouri has some of the lowest standards for coroners in the nation.
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State Senator Cindy Holscher, a Republican from Overland Park, is sponsoring Senate Bill 420. It would change the time limitation and end the requirement that accusers most prove an illness or injury.
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Diana Ault was shot and killed in her Independence home 28 years ago.
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Rich Martinez is a happy man. It looks like his five-year battle to get his classic 1959 Corvette back is coming to an end.
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KCK police are investigating two cases of animal cruelty so outrageous, they’ve taken to social media to find their abusers.
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How long is too long to wait for help? That’s what a Kansas family is wondering after being told they’ll be waiting 9.75 years for services for their daughter with disabilities.
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Olathe East parents are back with their kids after a frightening day at Olathe East High School.
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We're hearing desperate pleas from prisoners convicted in a 1988 fire that killed six Kansas City firefighters.
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It’s been 100 days since Kevin Strickland was released from the Western Missouri Correctional Center in Cameron, Missouri.
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Parcells faces numerous county, state and federal charges for his autopsy work. Prosecutors say he lacks the credentials to perform them and even pretended to be a doctor in some cases.
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It’s been more than 33 years since an early morning explosion at a Kansas City construction site killed six Kansas City firefighters. It’s called the darkest day for the Kansas City Fire Department.
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A Kansas City contractor who has been the focus of numerous KCTV5 investigations now has a warrant out for his arrest.
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KCK Mayor Tyrone Garner has returned the GMC Yukon Denali to the unified government's fleet division so it can be decommissioned and sold.
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Someone in town is brutalizing and killing neighborhood pets. There have been four dogs attacked in the last several months, and it appears each attack gets more violent.
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Shawn Parcells, the man who was the relentless focus of KCTV5 investigations, has filed paperwork to change his plea in federal court to “guilty.”
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There is new information in a construction site fire which ultimately killed six Kansas City firefighters back in 1988.
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Monday afternoon, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed lawsuits against nine more school districts over their mask mandates. These are in addition to the 36 districts he sued last week.
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The building is marketed to tourists: “Enjoy a stylish experience at the centrally-located and newly renovated loft in the heart of Kansas City!” But, the building does not have occupancy permit — meaning it’s not cleared to inhabit.
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The investigation into the death of 24-year-old Mackenzie Hopkins on Saturday continues tonight, despite murder charges filed in the case.
Mayor Tyrone Garner has been in office for about a month and already some residents are questioning his decisions.
Kevin Strickland spent 43 years in prison for a Kansas City triple murder he swears he didn’t do.
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“He literally saw our desperation and how badly we wanted to go home and he just started drooling. It's how I feel. Like, it's just it's sick,” said Mike Thoden.
A care plan has been reached for between the Kansas City Chiefs and family of Ariel Young.
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KCTV5 Investigates has done numerous reports on the wait times for 911 callers and they recently checked back to see how the numbers stack up.
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A Kansas City family says a builder blew the budget and left them with an unlivable home.
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Kansas City, Kansas, is learning what it means when a billionaire backs a social justice cause.
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Kevin Strickland’s case has drawn nationwide attention because he’s spent 43 years in prison for a triple murder he swears he didn’t commit. Strickland was largely convicted on eyewitness testimony.
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That classic 1959 Corvette being impounded by the Kansas Highway Patrol has received a lot of attention.
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A metro-area man’s dream come true has turned into a nightmare. The dream -- a 1959, red and white, hard-top convertible Corvette. The nightmare -- the dream car is sitting in an impound lot in Topeka, waiting to be destroyed.
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The Missouri Supreme Court has denied a petition to review the case of Christopher Dunn.
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There are very few people who would be better off if they had been sentenced to death but that’s the case with Chris Dunn.
There are very few people who would be better off if they had been sentenced to death but that’s the case with Chris Dunn.
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Ahmon Mann is a convicted killer. He’s serving a life sentence for first degree murder. He swears he didn’t do it. And the “eyewitness” who testified in court recanted key testimony claiming he was pressured by KCK detectives.
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It’s a frightening place to be. Right now, Missouri leads the nation with the most new cases of Covid-19 per capita in the past 14 days. And some health experts are warning it could be getting worse.
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Jackson County homeowners are likely breathing a sigh of relief with this year’s property assessments following a wild 2019 assessment which was criticized by experts and homeowners alike.