A 16-year-old from Colony will likely face two felony charges in connection with an aggravated assault and a subsequent fire that destroyed the Colony Community Church. Church members try to plan for their continued worship while the community at large tries to cope with the incident. Sixteen-year-old Kaiden Robb, a former Crest High School student, stands accused in the incident officials say resulted in the destruction of the church building and of threatening a Colony man with a knife in a related domestic incident.
Anderson County Emergency Preparedness Director, Mark Locke says a County Sheriff’s Deputy searching for Robb, found him inside the smoke-filled church Thursday evening and relocated the juvenile to safety before calling county dispatch to report the fire. Robb was transported to Anderson County Hospital with minor injuries before being transferred to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Anderson County Attorney, Elizabeth Oliver, said two separate felony cases were filed, naming Robb, charging him with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, criminal damage to property and arson.
