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A search warrant on 9th St. resulted in the arrest of Brett Vaughan, 23, and a Colorado man was arrested for sexual offenses. Police arrested 26-year old Anntonette Duran of Ogden on a warrant for the offense of failure to appear, with the original offense of burglary. Duran was arrested on Thursday morning at approximately 8:50 a.m. and given a bond of $50,000. A Manhattan resident was arrested in the 1100 block of Moro Street in the early hours of Friday morning. Edwin Madrigal, 25, was taken into custody around 4:15 on Friday morning based on a warrant from Lyon County. The offense is listed as probation violation. He was…
A Manhattan man will be spending 272 months — or 22 years and six months — behind bars for attempted 1st degree murder. Samuel Dartez, 31, was sentenced Friday morning in the Riley County District Courthouse by Judge David Stutzman for the stabbing of a 27-year-old woman multiple times on Nov. 13, 2014, near the intersection of Juliette and Yuma streets. Dartez was in a relationship with the woman and they share two children. He will also owe $25,000 in restitution after his sentence is served. Dartez was scheduled for sentencing on Jan. 5, but that was delayed after he refused to…
On Thursday evening at approximately 10:40 p.m. Riley County Police executed a search warrant at 311 North 9th St. in Manhattan where officers seized approximately 2.8 pounds of marijuana, over $9,000 in cash, as well as other controlled substances including amphetamine pills, Xanax, and LSD. Numerous items of drug paraphernalia were also located and seized as part of this investigation. Brett Vaughan, 23, of Manhattan was arrested for the offenses of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within one-thousand feet of a school, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute within one-thousand feet of a school, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession…
A Colorado man has been arrested by Riley County Police for rape and aggravated criminal sodomy charges. William Nesbitt, 36, was taken into custody Thursday on West U.S. Highway 50 in Canon City, Colorado but is currently in RCPD custody. According to Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson, Nesbitt will have his first appearance on Monday at the Riley County Courthouse. Bond was set at $500,000.
State Representative Tom Phillips (R-Manhattan) filed for re-election to the Kansas House of Representatives in the Secretary of State’s office. “I consider it a true privilege to represent the citizens of the 67th District,” Phillips said. “Kansas is facing serious challenges, and I am more dedicated than ever to finding solutions to move our state in a positive direction.” Representative Phillips is Vice Chair of the House Local Government Committee and a member of the Taxation, Children and Seniors, and Energy and Environment Committees. “Tom is one of the hardest working members in our caucus,” said House Majority Leader Jene Vickrey (R-Louisburg). “He is always…
Robyn Brown, 21, of Junction City, Kansas was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on January 27, 2016 at approximately 6:45 PM. Brown was arrested on a warrant for the offense of failure to appear with an original offense of burglary. She was given a bond of $5,000.00 and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. Police in the 300 block of Colorado Street arrested Jason Leonard, 40, listed as having no address on January 28, 2016 at approximately 12:00 AM. Leonard was arrested on three warrants for the offenses of probation…
Brian Duzan A preliminary hearing set for a Manhattan man in Pottawatomie County Court on Thursday was waived and his arraignment has been scheduled. 38-year-old Brian Duzan will be arraigned February 25th at 9 a.m. Duzan was arrested after a nine-hour search in early January, as previously reported by KMAN. Duzan faces charges of aggravated burglary, possession of methamphetamine, and misdemeanor theft.
Riley County Commissioners Ron Wells, left, Robert Boyd and Ben Wilson. Local leaders haven’t been shy about expressing their opposition to the state-imposed property tax lid that was inserted into last year’s state budget bill well after midnight when Topeka lawmakers needed overtime to pass a budget that raised taxes and failed to balance it anyway. Half a year later, the state’s bank account continues to run massive deficits and any Kansan that purchases anything from Colby to Kansas City is paying a higher sales tax rate. County and city commissioners alike have said the intention of the tax lid…
U.S. Congressman Tim Huelskamp of Kansas’ 1st District speaks to the audience in the Manhattan Public Library. Huelskamp held a town hall meeting in the Little Apple on Jan. 19 — his first town hall of 2016. (Staff photo by Brady Bauman) Congressman Tim Huelskamp’s office has emailed KMAN saying the Lesser Prairie Chicken has been removed from the “threatened list.” Huelskamps’s office has said he’s been in email contact with a representative from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Huelskamp released this statement on the decision from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas: “For years, I have…