KC detective ends interview after suspect answers question with ‘loud fart’
BY TONY RIZZO
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November 07, 2017 09:01 AM
His flatulence stopped one police interrogation, but not a continuing investigation that has resulted in a 24-year-old Kansas City man facing federal gun and drug charges.
Sean A. Sykes Jr., is charged in U.S. District Court possession with intent to sell cocaine and being a felon in possession of three firearms, two of which were reported stolen.
The charges stem from Kansas City police traffic stops on Sept. 1 and Nov. 5, according to court documents.
On Sept. 1, Sykes was in a car that police searched and found a backpack that contained various drugs and two handguns. One of the guns, a .357 Magnum, had been reported stolen out of a car in Independence a few days earlier, according to the documents.
While being questioned, Sykes denied knowing anything about the guns and drugs.
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In his report about the interview, the detective wrote that when asked about his address, “Mr. Sykes leaned to one side of his chair and released a loud fart before answering with the address.”
“Mr. Sykes continued to be flatulent and I ended the interview,” the detective wrote.
Charges were not filed at that time.
Then on Nov. 5, police pulled over a car driven by Sykes.
According to the allegations in court documents, police found marijuana and crack cocaine inside the vehicle. They also found a .38-caliber revolver that had been reported stolen from Overland Park.
Sykes made an initial court appearance Monday and was ordered held in custody pending a hearing later this week to determine if a bond will be set.