Fake 911 calls made before thousands stolen from KCK bank in January: affidavit
Mar 24, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City, Kansas police reported receiving two bogus 911 calls before a bank in their city was robbed at gunpoint back in January, according to recently released court records.
The calls were detailed in an affidavit released by Wyandotte County District Court in the case o
f a husband and wife who are facing charges in connection to a robbery that happened Jan. 31 at the U.S. Bank on Parallel Parkway near North 110th Street, close to the Legends Outlets.
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Willie Sampson, 51, and Kimberly Thomas-Sampson, 50, are each charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated burglary, one count of attempted aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated assault and one count of theft.
According to an affidavit, KCK police first reported receiving an "unfounded" call around 9:45 a.m. on Jan. 25, six days before the robbery. Police had received a call from an unknown female who stated that her husband had a gun and that she was scared. The caller then hung up.
Police responded to the address given by the caller but could not make contact with anyone there. Neighbors told police that the resident there was a single male. Dispatchers tried to call the number back but received no response.
Then on Jan. 31 at around 9:24 a.m., KCK police dispatch received a call from an unknown female caller who said a man was walking near a local school, holding a gun, and wearing body armor.
The name of the school is redacted in the affidavit, though previous reporting from FOX4 shows that Lowell Brune Elementary School within the KCK School District was placed on lockdown at 9:25 a.m. that day following a report of an armed individual who was headed toward the school campus.
Thirteen KCK police officers responded to the school along with multiple school police officers. The school was placed on lockdown while officers checked the entire building and school grounds. No armed person was located, and calls back to the unknown female went straight to a voicemail inbox. The number was not able to be "pinged" either, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit goes on to state that while police were "occupied with what turned out to be a false call at the school," U.S. Bank employees reported that a man entered their bank, pointed a handgun at multiple people, and demanded money from the tellers. Police officers were dispatched there around 9:35 a.m.
The suspect was described as a large Black male dressed in all black, wearing a green mask, goggles or sunglasses, and purple latex gloves. The suspect put $11,862 into a bag and left the bank in a Ford Edge with the emblems taped over.
KCKPD's Real Time Intelligence Crime Center tracked the vehicle, the affidavit said. A white Dodge pickup truck appeared to leave some adjacent apartments and follow the Ford Edge along the same route.
Police also obtained a search warrant for cell tower and subscriber data for the number that was used for the 911 calls. The affidavit said it appeared that after the bogus 911 call on Jan. 25, the phone using that number traveled the same route that the suspect vehicle traveled after the Jan. 31 robbery "in what appeared to be a trial run."
Surveillance video recorded on Jan. 25 after the 911 call was obtained by police. The video showed a "large Black male" parking a black GMC Terrain, according to the affidavit, and it showed a Black female parking a white Dodge Ram truck.
The two are seen on video switching vehicles, and the male is seen carrying a bag that appeared to match the bag used in the bank robbery. The affidavit said the video also showed the two removing tape from the GMC logo and other places.
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The affidavit described additional surveillance video, witness interviews, and vehicle registration information obtained by police, but subject names are redacted in the court documents.
The affidavit filed in the couple's case state that police believe that the 911 call about the school was "designed to divert resources away from the bank."
KCK Public Schools confirmed with FOX4 last month that Kimberly Thomas-Sampson is an employee with the district and is on administrative leave from her position as a special education coordinator.
FOX4 has emailed the Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office to ask if it expects additional charges to be filed in regard to the fake 911 calls, but it has not heard back as of Monday afternoon. ...read more read less