KCPD seek help to identify man, known now as "John Doe 87"

A man used a brick to shatter the window of a costume shop, took a costume and wore it to a bar down the street in Kansas City's Crossroads District on Thursday night, Kansas City police said.Prosecutors label the defendant in a costume theft as "John Doe 87" and police seek the public's help in identifying the man. The bizarre crime happened near 20th Street and Grand Boulevard.Jackson County prosecutors said, "a white male with a yellow cape was reported running southbound from the location." Witnesses told police the man appeared intoxicated. John Doe 87 is described as a white male, 5-feet-9-inches tall with brown hair and hazel eyes. Prosecutors say he appears to be about 25 years old. If you have information, give Kansas City police a call. He is in custody and faces felony burglary and theft charges. Prosecutors have requested a bond of $25,000.Patrons at the Cashew, the bar where the man was spotted wearing the costume, said the man struggled with police as he was taken into custody."It was just bizarre," one bar patron visiting Kansas City from Canada said. "We came in and there was a guy sitting at the bar, and he was in a really weird bird feather costume, and we didn't think too much of it, he was really quiet. And the next thing we know, five cops show up and they go to arrest him, they handcuff him, he fights them a little bit, and they just drag him out and take him away."Several pictures of the man wearing the costume at the bar have shown up on Twitter. This video of the man's arrest was also captured from inside the bar.2669450811833402

A man used a brick to shatter the window of a costume shop, took a costume and wore it to a bar down the street in Kansas City's Crossroads District on Thursday night, Kansas City police said.

Prosecutors label the defendant in a costume theft as "John Doe 87" and police seek the public's help in identifying the man.


The bizarre crime happened near 20th Street and Grand Boulevard.

Jackson County Prosecutor

Jackson County prosecutors said, "a white male with a yellow cape was reported running southbound from the location." Witnesses told police the man appeared intoxicated.

John Doe 87 is described as a white male, 5-feet-9-inches tall with brown hair and hazel eyes. Prosecutors say he appears to be about 25 years old. If you have information, give Kansas City police a call.

He is in custody and faces felony burglary and theft charges. Prosecutors have requested a bond of $25,000.

Patrons at the Cashew, the bar where the man was spotted wearing the costume, said the man struggled with police as he was taken into custody.

"It was just bizarre," one bar patron visiting Kansas City from Canada said. "We came in and there was a guy sitting at the bar, and he was in a really weird bird feather costume, and we didn't think too much of it, he was really quiet. And the next thing we know, five cops show up and they go to arrest him, they handcuff him, he fights them a little bit, and they just drag him out and take him away."

Several pictures of the man wearing the costume at the bar have shown up on Twitter. This video of the man's arrest was also captured from inside the bar.