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…
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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.
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court plans to hear arguments from attorneys July 18 on whether a new school funding law complies with the state constitution. The court set an expedited schedule Monday for its review. A four-page order from Chief Justice Lawton Nuss said the new law will take effect July 1 as planned and remain in force during the court’s review. The law phases in a $293 million increase in spending on public schools over two years. It also creates a new per-pupil funding formula for the state’s 286 local school districts to provide more funds to programs…
Today’s guests on In Focus were Manhattan Mayor Usha Reddi and Deputy City Manager Jason Hilgers.
A Wichita man was sentenced to more than 50 years in prison on Monday for what Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson referred to as the “most egregious aggravated kidnapping case” he has worked during 27 years with the county. Sergio Guerra, now 39, will be serving 653 months – or 54.4 years – for stealing a vehicle and dragging its owner more than 800 feet in March 2016. Guerra was found guilty on April 21 of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery. A jury found Guerra not guilty on one count of attempted rape. He approached a car being started by…
Riley County crops are looking promising this summer. “I think we’re in really good shape,” Riley County Agriculture Extension Agent Greg McClure told county commissioners Monday morning. “Now we’re begging for rain again. So, interesting. We get too much and farmers are never satisfied. I’ve got some crops out there, too, so give me a rain and I’ll be happy.” A government report released by the Associated Press Monday says the state’s winter wheat harvest is mostly on track compared to this time a year ago. The National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated that 22 percent of the wheat in the…
The Riley County Police Department has a new budget, with the Riley County Law Board Monday approving the 2018 budget as published. As reported earlier by KMAN, the budget calls for 1.824 percent increase and $20,682,000.70. RCPD Director Brad Schoen was happy with the process involved in this year’s budget planning saying he was fond of the process, describing it as an ala carte method, which he said makes it much simpler for everyone. The budget includes a .8 percent cost of living increase, step increase, education and shift differential pay, and the contract for a mental health advocate. Law Board…