A Wamego man was arrested on charges related to a storage unit burglary Monday night. The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a burglary in progress at a self-storage facility in the 102356 block Military Trail Road in eastern Manhattan. Deputies spoke with the victim at the scene, who caught the suspect in their unit allegedly stealing items. Using a description provided by the victim, the sheriff’s department arrested 29-year-old William Haman at State Lake 2 in western Pottawatomie county. The sheriff’s department recovered the stolen items on scene, as well as a pickup that had been reported…
Author: KMAN Staff
Riley County commissioners approved a preliminary budget Thursday that will go to publication before a public hearing scheduled for July 10. The county projects a mill levy of 37.531 — a decrease of 1.393 mils from 2017. A mill is $1 in tax for every $1,000 in assessed, taxable property value. While it’s not known if that will hold up after final valuation is complete in November, commissioners are confident the mill levy will remain flat for 2018. This is also the first year city and county governments across the state have had to formulate their budgets with a tax…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Biosecurity Research Institute Director Stephen Higgs Pawnee Mental Health Ex. Dir. Robbin Cole
Tamie Staatz, 49, of Manhattan, was arrested in the 400 block of Fremont St. on June 21, 2017 at approximately 4:15 PM. Staatz was arrested on 3 Riley County District Court warrants and 2 Manhattan Municipal Court warrants, all for failure to appear. Staatz’s total bond was set at $18,035, causing her to remain confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for sexual battery in the northwest part of Manhattan on June 21, 2017. Officers listed a 22 year old female as the victim when she reported that a male known to her touched her without…
The Riley County Police Department Is seeking assistance from the public to locate Deshawn Lee Terry regarding an attempted homicide. RCPD authorities believe Terry may have information pertaining to the attempted homicide of Anthony Williams Jr., which occurred on June 15. As KMAN reported at that time, 29 year old Williams of Manhattan was found Thursday night in the 1,000 block of Fremont Street, with wounds consistent with being stabbed. Police say Terry also has an outstanding warrant for failure to appear. Those with information on the whereabouts of Terry, are asked to contact the Riley County Police Department at 537-2112 or call the Riley County Crimestoppers…
WICHITA — A man has been charged with raping a 7-year-old girl in a stranger’s Wichita apartment six weeks after he was freed from prison for another rape. Twenty-three-year-old Corbin Breitenbach was charged Tuesday with attempted capital murder, aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated burglary. Breitenbach said little during his first appearance other than to ask his bond amount. When he was told it was $1 million, he shook his head. The Wichita Eagle reports that the registered sex offender was paroled April 28 for choking and raping a woman in 2012. Early on June 11, he’s accused of removing the…
KANSAS CITY — A Lawrence woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for forging her ex-husband’s signature on official documents and fleeing to Europe with her two daughters. Thirty-four-year-old Samantha Elmer was ordered Tuesday to serve six months home confinement as part of her sentence for aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors say Elmer used the forged documents to obtain passports for her 9- and 11-year-old daughters. Authorities say Elmer took the girls in October 2015 and boarded a flight from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to Vienna, via Istanbul, ahead of a custody hearing and a trial on theft…
Today’s guests on In Focus included K-State’s Dr. Steve Smethers and Louise Benjamin, along with Manhattan Area Technical College President Jim Genandt. Smethers & Benjamin: Genandt:
A new study funded by the Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau will help Manhattan City Commissioners entice sports competitions to the community in the coming years. Mark Jackson from Visibility Sports Marketing encouraged commissioners to develop an annual sports marketing plan that aids the city in bolstering its profile as a destination for future sporting events. Jackson said right now Manhattan could do a better job of supporting community leagues, because certain teams from Manhattan currently travel to Kansas City or Salina to participate in activities which could be hosted in the Little Apple. Jackson said as long as the city…
WICHITA — Wichita police say a 28-year-old man is jailed on suspicion of making a terroristic threat after several people reported a threatening post on Facebook. Police say the man was arrested at a business Monday morning. Officer Charley Davidson says Sedgwick County 911 dispatchers started getting calls Sunday night from people concerned about the post that includes threats from a person who sounded suicidal. Davidson said the threat didn’t mention a specific target. The post included a picture of a large rifle and bullets. When the suspect was arrested, he had a BB gun with him.