PLATTE CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man faces up to 11 years in prison after a Platte County jury convicted him Thursday of fleeing from deputies at 100 mph.
Following a two-hour deliberation, Mario Mitchell, 40, was found guilty of aggravated fleeing and evidence tampering, the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney’s office announced.
Court records indicates, just before 3 a.m. on April 20, 2025, a sheriff’s deputy tried to stop Mitchell near Northwest Prairie View Road and Northwest 77th Terrace. Mitchell sped off on state Route 9, weaving through several roads before making a U-turn and temporarily losing the deputy…