TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas licensed practical nurse from Riley has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for diverting prescription painkillers. The U.S. attorney’s office says 37-year-old Denise Carlson was sentenced Monday. She pleaded guilty earlier to conspiracy. Carlson admitted conspiring to distribute and dispense Oxycodone and Oxycontin with her sister Katherine Surowski, who was a pharmacist in Salina, and Manhattan nurse Christine Swanson. Prosecutors said Carlson forged physicians’ signatures on stolen prescription pads. Her sister also stole prescription pads for the conspiracy. Surowski filled the prescriptions at her job at the Salina K-Mart pharmacy. Swanson was sentenced…
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Pottawatomie County health director Leslie Campbell shared some good news with county commissioners at a meeting held Monday in Westmoreland. Campbell talks about state funding… “We got level funding for maternal child health and immunization action plan,” Campbell said. “The state will be sending around $110,515 (for next year). That’s up about $4,000 from last year’s funding.” Recently, Campbell also reached out to Pott County residents… “We did a sharing session where we go over all of our activities with a group of community members and discussed if there are public health needs we’re not meeting in Pottawatomie County,” Campbell…
WICHITA, KAN. – A Wichita man has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography from two 14-year-old girls, which could send him to federal prison for more than 21 years, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. Shane M. McClelland, 26, Wichita, pleaded guilty to two counts of receiving child pornography. In his plea, he admitted that in January 2010 he began communicating via computer and cell phone with two 14-year-old girls in New York. He asked for and received photos of their breasts and genitals via email. The parties have agreed to recommend a sentence of 262 months (more than 21…
The Riley County Police Department finally has a budget. A special meeting had to be called Monday as law board members present last week were not able to come to an agreement. But at least one law board member present today (Monday), Barry Wilkerson, made his views known by offering a motion for the previously published budget. That budget includes a communications center manager, five dispatchers , and a system administrator for the new consolidated dispatching, and a two percent cost of living adjustment. That amounts to a 7.343 percent increase, amounting to about 17 million dollars. The vote was…
Riley County Police Patrol Division Captain Tim Hegarty says crime has gone down compared to what it was at this time last year. Hegarty expects first half of the statistics to be released within the next few weeks, but at this point can conclude that crime is down. As of today, Riley County has decrease in crime by about 3.1%, meanwhile Manhattan has decreased by 5.1%. Stay tuned to KMAN over the next few weeks as the final statistics are announced.
Riley County spending impacts approximately 70 thousand people each year. This makes the county budget a very important for Commissioners to determine. County Budget and Finance Officer Johnette Shepek says that nearly 90% of the current budget goes to personnel. The other funds are provided to the Riley County Police department and the County building. Shepek reports that the RCPD uses the funding to cover inmate medical costs as well as the facilities costs at the Law Enforcement Center. Commissioners hope to have the final budget approved by July 14th.
Kansas Highway Patrol arrested a Manhattan resident on Sunday evening after he led KHP on a high speed motorcycle chase. KHP reports that 24-year-old Da Hua was arrested for reckless driving, attempted to elude police, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, riding a motorcycle without a motorcycle endorsement on his license, and a having an illegal muffler. KHP reports that one of their officers had pulled over Hua on a routine traffic stop. When the officer went to run his license Da Hua attempted to flee North on Highway 24. At the intersection of 24 and K-13 two KHP…
Firework sales will begin Friday, July 1st at 12:00 p.m. and continue until July 4th at midnight. Manhattan Fire Marshall, Ryan Almes says that fireworks cannot be discharged on city streets and throwing fireworks at people or vehicles is prohibited. Almes also reminded us that bottle rockets are illegal in Kansas. The City of Manhattan will be hosting a public fireworks display at Cico Park on July Fourth. Admission is free.
Riley County Police reports that a Manhattan man has reported a job-site burglary. Jorge Vargas reported to RCPD that sometime between midnight of the 21st of June, and 06:30 pm on the 24th, an unknown suspect broke into his workshop and stole over 42-hundred dollars worth of tools. RCPD reports that they have no suspects at this time.