INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) – An Independence man is behind bars after he allegedly attempted to run multiple people over with a stolen excavator before he spurred a chase and it was sucked into the Missouri River.
Jackson County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Friday, April 18, indicate that Victor E. Abel II, 40, of Independence, faces multiple charges in connection with the incident.
A probable cause statement filed by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office revealed that just after 6:50 a.m. on Thursday, April 17, law enforcement officials were called to the Tri-County Water Authority at 28405 E. Blue Valley Rd. with reports of a possible hit-and-run crash…