TOPEKA — A Topeka man has been sentenced to 6.5 years in federal prison for robbing five banks in four states. The U.S. Attorney’s office said 21-year-old Dakota Shareef Walker was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to bank robberies in Kansas, Missouri, Wyoming and two in Idaho. The robberies happened between November 2016 and January of 2017. The banks robbed were in Topeka, Kansas; Kansas City, Missouri; Evanston, Wyoming; and Malad City and Preston, Idaho. In each robbery, Walker handed the tellers notes warning them not to activate any alarms or make any sudden moves before escaping with money.
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ABILENE — A traffic stop in northeast Kansas led to the discovery of 68 pounds of methamphetamine. Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman said a county drug unit stopped a truck pulling a U-Haul near Abilene on Monday. KSAL reports a drug dog alerted to the vehicle and a search of the U-Haul found the meth, with a street value of $1 million. Hoffman says 35-year-old Juan Carlos Garcia, of Southgate, California, was arrested and faces numerous charges including the possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
WICHITA — Court records say a Wichita State University student who’s accused of taking more than a dozen up-the-skirt videos of women on campus also filmed unsuspecting people at a church and in a shopping mall parking lot. The Wichita Eagle reports that a Sedgwick County judge released the affidavit Tuesday in the case against 29-year-old James Dayvault. He’s charged with six criminal counts, including sexual exploitation of a child. His defense attorney couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. The affidavit says Dayvault came under police scrutiny last summer after he was spotted placing his cellphone “inches away” from the…
LAWRENCE — Court records say a 39-year-old man sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl with a developmental disability. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the affidavit released this week in the case against 39-year-old Steven Capps says another adult caught Capps in a room with the girl and called police. The affidavit says the girl used anatomical diagrams to explain what happened and “indicated she was not a willing participant.” The affidavit says Capps admitted to police that he removed the girl’s clothing and touched her inappropriately but denied raping her. He is jailed on $250,000 bond on two counts of rape…
Officers filed a report for rape in Manhattan on August 22, 2018. Officers listed a 20 year old female as the victim. Officers listed an 18 year old male and a 22 year male known to the victim as the suspects. Due to the nature of the crime reported, no additional information will be released. Officers filed a report for aggravated indecent soliciation of a child, electronic solicitation, and sexual exploitation of a child in Ogden on August 22, 2018. Officers listed a 9 year old female as the victim and an unknown male as the suspect. Due to the…
Thursday’s guests Pawnee Mental Health Director Robbin Cole, Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism Game Warden Ben Jedlicka, and “Caring Neighbors” committee members Janet Armstead, Christine Day and Donna Goehring.
John is out, so Mason and Mitch are back in the co-captain spots, another guest laden show with Todd Lisenbee, the PCGD OU reporter and Mitch Holthus on the Chiefs in hour two. YCBS and a look at KSU and the 2019 Royals schedule. 0:00 – Ohio State/KSU QB Safety 15:51 – Royals 2019 Schedule and KSU BBall more love 24:16 – OU PCGD Reporter Todd Lisenbee 35:48 – Courthouse and Jail at Raiders stadium in LV 38:51 – Mitch Holthus 53:43 – YCBS
Blue Valley-Randolph USD 384 was unable to fill an open position for a high school math teacher this year. Superintendent Brady Burton said during Wednesday morning’s edition of KMAN’s In Focus that it was the first time in 14 years USD 384 couldn’t fill an open position. He said it’s part of a larger trend in Kansas for small districts that struggle to hire teachers. Most districts post their positions on the Kansas Educational Employment Board website, which still had 443 unfilled jobs in K-12 education listed as of Tuesday. “We were even offering a $5,000 signing bonus and additional…
Fort Riley Garrison Commander, Col. Stephen Shrader and Manhattan Mayor Linda Morse signed an InterGovernmental Support Agreement inside City Hall Tuesday afternoon. According to a news release from the city, the agreement is the first of its kind between the two agencies and represents many months of planning and discussion. The purpose of this IGSA is to reduce costs for the yearly purchase of bulk salt used in winter months to treat roadways in Manhattan and on Fort Riley. The agreement will require the City to procure bids and purchase bulk salt that will be delivered to both locations. The…
WICHITA — A federal judge has granted an unopposed defense request to delay the fraud trial of Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Tuesday set a new trial date for Nov. 13 in federal court in Wichita. Prosecutors say O’Donnell of fraudulently obtained $10,500 from his campaign accounts for his personal use. A revised indictment charged him last week with 23 counts of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering. His court appearance on the new indictment is Aug. 28. O’Donnell, a Wichita Republican, was elected to the state Senate in 2012 for a…