Riley County Police Department Director Brad Schoen told county commissioners Thursday morning that the department’s rollout of body cameras is still on track for August. “You haven’t heard much about body-worn cameras lately, but that’s still on track,” Schoen said. “They should start going online in August. We got the training developed now, we have a schedule and have them all pretty much delivered and sitting downstairs waiting to go.” The RCPD began testing body cameras last fall and they cost the department $6,000 for five years of use. Schoen also told commissioners he’d completed his tour of communities in…
Author: KMAN Staff
The sinkhole has been filled in. Photos courtesy of the US Army Corps of Engineers. ### The sinkhole that occurred at the Tuttle Creek stilling basin parking lot July 9, 2015 is scheduled to be filled July 16, primarily to eliminate the public hazard associated with the open hole in the parking lot. This measure will allow access to the area below the dam to be reopened to the public. The opening of the area is expected to occur by the end of the day…
A St. George man has entered a no contest plea to burglary and theft-related charges in Pottawatomie County District Court. Jerry Daniels, 55, entered the plea to counts of residential burglary, non-residential burglary, and felony theft. Daniels’ sentencing is set for August 20th. Daniels was arrested in February following a search warrant by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office. He was arrested along with Paula Daniels, 64, after three stolen vehicles were recovered from their property, along with guns, an enclosed trailer, and vehicle parts. Stolen property recovered was reported to exceed $25,000 at the time of their arrest. Paula Daniels…
News releases on a drug arrest and aggravated robbery are listed in separate stories. ### A report of theft was filed in the 2200 block of College Avenue in Manhattan in the overnight hours past midnight Wednesday. Officers filing the report found that Aidan Waugh, 23, of Manhattan became the victim of the theft when a 2013 Ford Focus, an iPhone, and a 40” television were taken from his home. Police are investigating suspects and ask that anyone with information on the 2013 Silver Ford Focus with Kansas license tag ending in “HKT” contact local law enforcement or the Manhattan Riley…
On July 15th, 2015 at approximately 10:20 PM officers with the Riley County Police Department were dispatched to 505 Leavenworth Street, in Manhattan for a report of an aggravated robbery and aggravated assault at Fifths Liquor. Officers were told that a man entered the building and demanded the clerk give him money while brandishing a firearm. Upon further investigation officers found the suspect to be a white male standing approximately 6 feet tall and 190-200 pounds, with blue eyes and an unknown hair of color. The suspect was wearing a dark color short sleeve shirt and dark color pants with…
A search warrant conducted at 517 S. 15th Street in Manhattan, resulted in the seizure of illegal narcotics and a drug related arrest on Wednesday, July 15th. This search warrant was the culmination of a month long investigation conducted by the Riley County Police Department Special Investigation Unit and the RCPD Repeat Offender Program. At approximately 1:45 PM Andre Quinton Jr., 32, of Manhattan was arrested for the offenses of distribution of a stimulant within 1,000 feet of a school, domestic battery, possession of opiates, opium, or narcotic drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia to…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Mars Inc. is planning a new, $100 million candy-making facility in Kansas that will be built near where its first new plant in 35 years began churning out sweets last year. The company disclosed the deal Wednesday in advance of a Topeka economic development meeting. The development comes a little more than a year after the New Jersey-based company opened a $270 million plant south of Topeka, where M&M’s and Snickers are made. After work on the 90,000-square-foot facility wraps up in late 2016, the company will add 70 full-time workers to the 200 already working…
Greek lawmakers voted overwhelmingly early on Thursday to approve a harsh austerity bill demanded by bailout creditors, despite significant dissent from members of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ left-wing Syriza party.
It’s been 70 years since the U.S. government’s test of the world’s first atomic bomb in New Mexico on July 16, 1945. Federal researchers are now studying whether the fallout led to illness and deaths of those who lived in the area.
Riley County Police are investigating an aggravated robbery of a liquor store in the 500 blk of Leavenworth late Wednesday night. Officers responded to the aggravated robbery, which reportedly involved a firearm shortly before 10:30 p.m. There were no injuries and the investigation is ongoing with a news release expected later Thursday. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 785-539-7777