A jury trial for a Manhattan man resulted in guilty verdicts on six of the seven theft and drug-related counts against him. Jeremy Spaur’s jury trial got started Thursday. The not guilty verdict involved burglary of a motor vehicle. Spaur was arrested in March after a search warrant was executed at his home in the 700 block of Riley Lane in reference to a series of motor vehicle thefts and burglaries. The verdict came in late Friday morning. Sentencing is set for January fourth.
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The Kansas Court of Appeals issued opinions Friday on three area cases, affirming two and reversing one. A Riley County case involving Travis Day pertained to a battery on a law enforcement case from last year and was affirmed by the higher court. In appealing, Day contended there was insufficient evidence to support the crime. But the Court of Appeals found evidence that Day spat on a law enforcement officer which is sufficient to constitute battery, affirming Riley county District Court’s judgment. A Pottawatomie County case with an appeal from Christine Anderson on her interference with law enforcement conviction was also affirmed. Anderson…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: U.S. Congressman Tim Huelskamp Manhattan Public Works Director Rob Ott Junction City Police Chief Tim Brown and Det. Sgt. Trish Giordano, the Supervisor of the Detective Division
RCPD began investigating an aggravated battery that sent one to a medical care facility outside of Riley County, KS and made an arrest yesterday morning. This aggravated battery is domestic related and information available for release is limited. On November 11, 2015 at approximately 2:15 PM police found that a 59-year-old female had previously been struck in the face several times by a 52-year-old male suspect who is known to her. This battery caused significant injury to her head causing it to be classified as aggravated. Her current medical status is unknown at the time of this report. After further…
WICHITA –A Sedgwick County judge has dismissed most of the securities charges against two former Wichita developers. The Wichita Eagle reports Sedgwick County District Judge Ben Burgess on Thursday dismissed all but five of the remaining 54 felony fraud counts against former Wichita developers David Lundberg and Michael Elzufon. The ruling came at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing that began Monday. Some of the counts were dropped earlier this week. The Kansas securities commissioner accused the men of selling unregistered securities pertaining to investment projects Wichita between 2005 and 2012. The defense argued in part that the securities commission didn’t…
WICHITA — A Gardner man who took part in a 2013 chase and shootout that injured a sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to more than 35 years in prison. The Wichita Eagle reports that 38-year-old Jason Perez has been ordered to serve the term for about a dozen felony crimes he and his then-girlfriend committed on March 11, 2013. Among his convictions is the attempted first-degree murder of Sedgwick County sheriff’s deputy Lucas Powell. Powell was injured when he confronted the couple during a traffic stop on I-135 near Potwin. The incident ended in an exchange of gunfire. Perez’s girlfriend, Clara Crosser,…
Thursday afternoon Riley County commissioners, department heads and state lawmakers met for a legislative conference in the Commission Chambers and discussed issues that they contend are hampering effective government in the county. This wasn’t the first legislative conference in Manhattan and it won’t be the last. Riley County commissioners have been adamant in recent years in keeping the lines of communication between themselves and local legislators open. All sides listened and legislators were sympathetic to local governance and its frustration with the property tax lid that was slipped in June’s budget bill at 4 a.m. on the 113th day of the…
BATESVILLE, Ark. A 92-year-old man from Kansas has been killed in a two-car crash while traveling west on I-40 in St. Francis County. Arkansas State Police say that Jack Carey of Hutchinson, Kansas, attempted to enter the left lane in front of a second vehicle around 8 a.m. Wednesday. A 2009 Toyota Corolla struck Carey’s vehicle, a 2009 Volvo. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1OFWeao ) travel conditions were clear and dry at the time of the crash. Preliminary figures indicate the fatal crash was the 442nd such accident in Arkansas so far this year.