In recent weeks, both K-State and Riley County Police have taken numerous lewd and lascivious behavior reports involving an unknown male. The male has approached female victims and either touched himself or exposed himself inappropriately. In recent days, the situation has escalated and the departments have now identified a suspect. The male is described as a medium in complexion black male of average height and weight. The male is also described as having short braid style hair and may have a light beard. The individual in the attached photo has been identified as a person of interest in these incidents and police…
Author: KMAN Staff
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Riley County Extension Horticulture Agent Gregg Eyestone Riley County Senior Service Center Director Jami Ramsey Farm Bureau with Terry Holdren, KFB CEO and General Counsel along with Edie Doane, Young Farmers & Ranchers Coordinator.
The chairman of a state board leading an agency that represents home and small-business utility consumers has resigned, partially out of frustration over major changes other board members are considering for the agency. Brian Weber, of Garden City, announced his resignation from the Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board Wednesday. It comes five days after other board members discussed either dissolving the agency or changing its mission to focus on fighting federal clean-air regulations. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/1NqtRKi ) that during last week, the board also stripped acting consumer counsel Niki Christopher of her roles of representing consumers in the Legislature…
Two men have been charged in the fatal shooting of a man last week in east Wichita. The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/1UDrJSc ) that 35-year-old Macy Foard and 23-year-old Alexzander Rye are charged with first-degree murder in the Dec. 8 death of 42-year-old Dejuan Harris. They are accused of going to a house to rob the two people who live at the address, but instead shooting Harris after he answered a knock at the door. Police say the people that the pair was allegedly after weren’t home. An anonymous 911 caller found Harris’ body about 24 hours later. Rye also…
A former teller has been indicted on charges of embezzling about $700,000 from an eastern Kansas bank. The U.S. attorney’s office announced Wednesday that 47-year-old Denise Christy, of Burlington, faces charges that include embezzlement and money laundering. No attorney is listed for her in online court records. The indictment alleges the crimes were committed while Christy worked for the Burlington branch of Central National Bank. One of Christy’s duties was to sell cash in the bank’s vault to the Federal Reserve Bank. In May 2014 auditors determined that more than $700,000 was missing. An investigation showed Christy falsified bank records…
University presidents in Kansas say they want to know if students have been kicked out of school or criminally convicted for sexual assault before admitting them. The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1O8Luf1 ) reports that university presidents gave their stamp of approval Wednesday to a proposed Kansas Board of Regents policy. The policy would requires all state universities to add nonacademic misconduct transcript notations for students expelled for forcible sex offenses or other serious personal offenses. Sexual assault questions also would be asked during admission and re-admission in an attempt to catch prior offenders coming in from community colleges or out-of-state schools.…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A 21-year-old Topeka, Kansas, man who has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he plotted to bomb an Army installation in support of the Islamic State group wants to change his plea. John T. Booker Jr. filed a motion Wednesday in Topeka, asking for a change-of-plea hearing. A judge has scheduled that for Jan. 12. A message left Thursday with a Booker public defender, Kirk Redmond, wasn’t immediately returned. Booker is charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting to use an explosive device and attempt to provide material support to a…