KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City woman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison by the Jackson County Court in connection with a 2023 vehicle theft and kidnapping today, October 2.

According to Jackson County Court Records, 33-year-old Trenise L. Reid pleaded guilty to second-degree kidnapping, vehicle hijacking, endangering the welfare of a child and terrorist threat. Those charges led to Reid being sentenced to a total of 24 years in prison.

Initial reports show that Reid stole a car with a one-year-old child in the back seat around 8 p.m. on October 26, 2023 outside of Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts.

The owner of the car, who was the child's great-grandmother, was dragged out of the car and suffered head injuries in the theft.

The Lee's Summit Police Department then fo

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