TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision to overturn the capital murder convictions of a Topeka man. District Attorney Chad Taylor filed a motion late Thursday saying he will appeal the Kansas Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the convictions of Phillip D. Cheatham. Cheatham was convicted in 2005 in the December 2003 shooting deaths of two women and the wounding of a third at a Topeka home. The Kansas Supreme Court overturned the convictions in January, saying Cheatham received ineffective counsel during his trial. The Topeka Capital-Journal…
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SALINA, Kan. (AP) Salina police say two people arrested as they were breaking into a veterinary clinic might be connected to more than 30 burglaries at businesses in the city. Police Lt. Scott Siemens says an officer who noticed a door pried open at the Huseman Veterinary Clinic early Thursday caught the two people inside. Salina police have investigated more than 30 businesses break-ins since last September. KAKE-TV reports police believe most of those burglaries are connected.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A judge has delayed a hearing for a former University of Kansas athletics consultant seeking a shorter sentence for his role in a ticket-scalping conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot on Thursday put off until Feb. 19 the hearing for Thomas Ray Blubaugh. Blubaugh is serving a 46-month sentence for conspiracy to defraud the United States. He is the husband of Charlette Blubaugh, former ticket director for Kansas athletics. Belot also granted a prosecution request for copies of files from Blubaugh’s previous attorney. The judge said Blubaugh waived attorney-client privilege when he claimed attorney Stephen Robinson did…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) About four dozen international military officers have received a crash course in state government as part of a 10-month stay in Kansas. The officers are studying at the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. They spent Thursday in Topeka, touring state government buildings and meeting with leaders including Gov. Sam Brownback, with whom they chatted briefly. Fort Leavenworth has been hosting international officers for more than a century.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has confirmed Gov. Sam Brownback’s appointment of a former legislator as the state’s labor secretary. The vote Thursday on Lana Gordon’s appointment was 38-0. Brownback made the appointment last month, after Gordon had served as interim secretary for four months. Gordon took over the secretary’s duties after Brownback abruptly removed Karin Brownlee from the post in September without comment. The Department of Labor has about 460 employees and a budget of roughly $495 million. Gordon, of Topeka, served 12 years in the Kansas House before deciding not to seek re-election last year. She had…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for shooting at police while trying to get away after robbing a fast-food restaurant. The U.S. Attorney’s office says Paul Sifuentez, 56, was sentenced Thursday on several charges to which he pleaded guilty in November. The charges stemmed from a June 7 robbery at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Wichita. Prosecutors said Sifuentez threatened employees with a gun, the fired at a police officer as she got out of her car. The shot narrowly missed the officer but shattered the glass on a car…
Failure to appear charges had two people behind bars. Joshua Dantzler, 26, of Topeka, was arrested for failure to appear on the original charge of driving with a canceled, suspended or revoked license. His bond was set at $5,000. Kelli Berry, 24, of Scott City, had two FTAs, failure to appears, with the original charges stemming from a computer crime and another from driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Berry’s total bond was $18,000.
Two people have been arrested in connection with the robbery of Dara’s earlier this week, but that wasn’t where the investigation began however. The Riley County Police Department were investigating a criminal damage to property report. From their investigation, the RCPD received a search warrant that lead to the discovery of items that were taken from the Dara’s Fastlane during the robbery. Dennis Denzien, 20, of Manhattan was arrested for aggravated robbery, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $55,000. From the information they received, police began looking for Frank Hanson…
Southern California authorities are focusing on the Big Bear area, as they search for a rogue former police officer suspected of killing three people.
New England is bracing for a major winter storm expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow in some places from Friday into Saturday. That has residents in places like Massachusetts scrambling for snow shovels and essentials like milk and eggs.