INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) – What started as a strong-armed robbery escalated over the weekend, court documents allege.
37-year-old Matthew Hart is in Jackson County custody after a reported series of events that started outside an Independence convenience store on July 19.
At the scene, the robbery victim told Independence police officers he had gone inside the store to buy something and use the restroom. As he went back out to his car, he saw someone — later identified as Hart — getting into it…