Officers filed a report for aggravated robbery and aggravated battery in the 2200 block of Green Ave. in Manhattan on September 26, 2018, at approximately 10:10 PM. Officers listed Therriana Pittman, 18, of Manhattan and Brittany Shadburn, 18, of Manhattan as the victims when two unknown suspects took money from the victims. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $100.00. Police ask that anyone with information contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service can allow you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000.00.…
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OLATHE — A man who abruptly resigned from the Shawnee City Council after being placed on leave from his teaching job has been arrested and charged with having sexual relations with a student. Thirty-three-year-old Justin Adrian was arrested on Tuesday, after he was charged on Friday with unlawful sexual relations with a student. Adrian left his teaching position at Olathe East High School and resigned from the Shawnee City Council earlier this month. Fox4KC reports court documents say the alleged incident occurred with an Olathe East student older than 16 at the school Sept. 7. He was a social studies…
WICHITA — A mother has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment after one of her 2-month-old twins died after a week of heavy drinking with the babies’ father at a Wichita hotel. The Wichita Eagle reports that 39-year-old Christy Rollings entered the plea last week. Police said in the affidavit that Rollings told officers she awoke on Aug. 30 to find her son, Patrick Kempton, not moving or breathing while snuggled against the chest of his father, 34-year-old Kyle Kempton. Rollings told investigators that she heard Kempton say “I must’ve rolled over on him.” He’s also charged with…
ATCHISON — Authorities have linked a drive-by shooting suspect to an armed home invasion near Atchison. The Atchison Globe reports that 19-year-old Marcell Bailey made his first appearance Wednesday on 13 felony counts, including attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault. He is jailed on $500,000 bond after the U.S. Marshals Service arrested him Tuesday in Topeka. He doesn’t yet have an attorney. Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie says Bailey is suspected of being among the armed men who stormed into a house with children inside last month. The intruders are accused of demanding a safe containing at least $500 in…
TOPEKA — Police have released body camera footage of a Topeka police officer taking a man to the ground and breaking his jaw in a confrontation that has led to a federal lawsuit. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that it obtained the recording of 35-year-old Timothy Harris’ arrest through an open records request. Harris alleges that constitutional rights were violated in January after the officer approached as he was sitting in his car. After Harris gets out of his car, the officer then is heard saying that he didn’t tell Harris to do so. The officer takes him to the ground…
Scott Alexander, 25, of Manhattan was arrested while near the intersection of N 9th St. and Leavenworth in Manhattan on September 25, 2018, at approximately 6:00 PM. Alexander was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for failure to appear. Alexander was issued a total bond of $8,000.00 causing him to remain confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property in the 1400 block of Anderson Ave. in Manhattan on September 25, 2018, at approximately 5:30 PM. Officers listed Sparrow Coffee as the victim when an unknown suspect damaged the bathroom…
A head-on collision was reported at the 300 block of Seth Child Road at approximately 10:45 am. According to dispatch, there was a vehicle tipped over and smoking as a result of the crash with a person still inside. The southbound inside lane of Seth Child was been blocked off by Riley County Police and brought to one lane. They had also shut down all northbound traffic on Amherst Avenue, southbound traffic at Anderson, and have rerouted the traffic that was on the road. Three people were involved with one man reporting chest pains. That man was transported to the…
Wednesday’s guests were Blue Valley Randolph USD 384 Superintendent Brady Burton, Riley County USD 378 Superintendent Cliff Williams, and Assistant Director of Student Programs at K-State Marcus Kidd.
Monday’s guests were Assistant Director of the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy at Kansas State University Timothy Shaffer and UFM Community Learning Center Education Coordinator Kayla Savage and Mary Swabb from Manhattan Public Library.
TOPEKA — A Kansas state senator who gained attention for comparing Planned Parenthood to a Nazi concentration camp plans to announce his retirement from the Legislature within a few days, he confirmed to the Kansas City Star . But his announcement was pre-empted by the man who defeated him in the August GOP primary in the 2nd Congressional District. Sen. Steve Fitzgerald, a Leavenworth Republican, said he was preparing to resign when he heard that Steve Watkins had sent a press release congratulating him on his retirement. Fitzgerald, a senator since 2013, belongs to the conservative wing of the party that…