RCPD Report: 2/18/22

The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Officers filed a report for aggravated criminal threat in the 2100 block of Poyntz Ave. in Manhattan on February 16, 2022, around 12:17 p.m. Officers listed a 16-year-old male as the suspect when it was reported he used an educational technology site, Padlet, to post a threat towards Manhattan High School. Daniel Marshall 16, of Manhattan, was arrested on February 17, 2022, around 11:30 a.m. for aggravated criminal threat and transported to the North Central Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Center Facility in Junction City.

Officers filed a report for aggravated domestic battery, domestic battery, and criminal restraint in Manhattan on February 17, 2022, around 9:01 a.m. Officers listed an 18-year-old female as the victim when it was reported a 19-year-old male pulled her hair, forced her to the ground and choked her, and prevented her from leaving a room by blocking a doorway. Cody Whitmore, 19, of Manhattan was arrested in connection for aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery. Whitmore was issued a total bond of $9,000 and is no longer confined at the time of this report.

Officers filed a report for criminal use of weapons and minor in possession of tobacco in the 900 block of Poyntz Ave. in Manhattan on February 17, 2022, around 9:49 a.m. Officers listed a 15-year-old male as the suspect when it was reported he was in possession of metal knuckles and a vape pen at Manhattan High School East Campus. Karsten Anderson, 15, of Manhattan was arrested for criminal use of a weapon and minor in possession of tobacco. Anderson was processed through juvenile intake and released to his parents.