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 and in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
MANHATTAN, KAN. –
Officers arrested Jason Smith, 47, of Salina on January 3, 2023, around 10:15 p.m. for his two outstanding failure to appear warrants through Riley County District Court. The first warrant stems from Smith failing to appear in court on August 5, 2022, for an original charge of possession with intent to distribute after meth was found in a car he was in during a traffic stop on June 27, 2022, near the intersection of S. 11th St. and El Paso Ln. in Manhattan. The second warrant is for failing to appear in court on September 6, 2022, for original charges of possession with intent to distribute meth, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute LSD, and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia after drugs were found in his truck that had crashed in the 11000 block of Madison Rd. east of Riley on November 20, 2020. Smith remains confined in the Riley County Jail with a total bond of $80,000.
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