A K-State former scholarship student has reportedly been arrested on sex crimes charges this past weekend. Nieko William Javie Giesbrecht, 20, was arrested at 7:53 p.m. on three sex crimes charges including rape, aggravated sexual battery, and breach of privacy. Giesbrecht was given a bond of $250,000, causing him to be confined at the time of this report. The listed charges allegedly occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday morning. A 19-year-old female victim reported that a male suspect, who was known to her, committed these crimes. Giesbrecht, who currently resides at Putnam Hall on Petticoat Lane, was listed as a Shawnee resident…
Author: KMAN Staff
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) A 22-year-old man who attacked and injured several children at a suburban Kansas City playground has been found not guilty by reason of mental illness. A Johnson County judge on Friday found Javan Lockett not guilty but ordered that he be committed to Larned State Hospital for evaluation. Police say that in March 2015, Lockett injured three children and endangered more than a dozen others at a playground near his home in Lenexa. The children suffered mostly cuts, bruises and scratches. Police arrested Lockett after receiving reports that a man was pointing a gun and throwing rocks…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas health officials say the flu is spreading across the state. The state health department says six outbreaks have been confirmed so far during the 2016-17 flu season two in Leavenworth County and one each in Osage, Harvey, Cherokee and Saline counties. The Wichita Eagle reports Via Christi and Wesley Healthcare in Wichita both report an increase in the flu, with a 50 percent increase at Wesley Healthcare since the same period last year. Health officials say it’s not too late to get the flu vaccine because the disease might spread for two to three more months.…
Riley County Police conducted a drug-related arrest over the weekend. Keith Smith (19) of Ogden was picked up shortly before midnight Saturday for a variety of drug offenses including possession of narcotics. Smith confined at the Riley County Jail on a $7,000 bond. ——————————————— A Manhattan man found himself in jail early Sunday morning for failure to appear. Riley County Police arrested Devin Field (23) shortly after midnight and confined him on a $20,000 bond.
The status of at least 63 Kansas State University students and three scholars from countries included in President Donald Trump’s Muslim immigration ban is now in question. K-State issued a “K-State Today Special Alert” Sunday that said the university has received numerous questions concerning the status of its international community since the Trump administration issued another executive order Friday banning entry for at least 90 days for immigrants and refugees from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The executive order sparked another round of protests across the country and around the world. In his first week in office, President…
More than 70 years have passed since the final German offensive of World War II. The German army launched a surprise attack in Belgium that turned into a month-long battle. History remembers the Battle of the Bulge as one of World War II’s most iconic moments, and on Saturday afternoon, local veterans who recall the battle all too well gathered for what may be their last reunion. The group founded in 2009 to drink coffee and reminisce on the past before they formally organized their yearly events. Since that time, they have spent time recounting their experiences and telling younger…
President Donald Trump wasted little time to authorize a slew of executive orders since officially taking office this week, and one of those orders has Kansas agriculturists anxious. President Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans Pacific Partnership on Monday and the move may have cost the U.S. agricultural economy billions of dollars. “We knew the TPP would be kind of an uphill battle in Congress and both presidential candidates had come out against it,” said Warren Parker, the director of communications for Kansas Farm Bureau headquartered in Manhattan. “So this was not a huge surprise, so we’re in…
Jason Leonard, 41, of Manhattan, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department yesterday at approximately 7:40 PM. Leonard was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Leonard’s bond was set at $20,000.00. Leonard was not confined at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for burglary in the 1200 block of N. 9th St. yesterday morning. Officers listed Christopher Barnhart, Jr., 24, of Enterprise, as a victim when he reported that an unknown suspect entered his vehicle sometime between Wednesday at approximately 8:30 PM and Thursday at approximately 9:05 AM and removed a Berreta…
For this weekend only, Manhattan may be home to the world’s largest dentist office. The sixteenth annual Kansas Mission of Mercy is expected to provide free dental services to more than 1,400 patients by the end of the clinic on Saturday evening. The National Guard Armory was rife with excitement on Friday morning as hundreds of patients waited for their turn to see one of the 143 volunteer dentists on staff. This is the second time the Kansas Mission of Mercy has selected Manhattan as its destination. The charity, sponsored by the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation, has previously held such clinics…
The newly completed terminal at Manhattan Regional Airport was overflowing with excitement on Thursday afternoon when a large crowd gathered in the luxurious new space for a ribbon cutting ceremony. The 42,000-square-foot terminal was completed on Dec. 23, 2016, after more than three years of construction funded mostly by the Federal Aviation Administration. Travelers who commute through the airport can new enjoy amenities including a baggage carousel, revolving security doors, and an additional jet bridge. After partnering with American Airlines in 2008, it became evident the airport would need a larger space than the 12,000-square-foot terminally it previously occupied. “We…