KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Wyandotte County officials say a man who barricaded himself inside an apartment shot two children and his girlfriend before shooting himself. The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s office says the suspect and a 7-year-old girl died after the shooting at a Kansas City, Kansas apartment Wednesday morning. Officers responding to a shooting at Wellborn Park found a woman in her 20s suffering from gunshot wounds. The suspect fled the scene and barricaded himself inside the house. When officers entered the apartment, they found the suspect dead and the girl dead. A 3-year-old boy was injured. The woman and…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 32-year-old northeast Kansas man has pleaded guilty to participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Mark Roger Rebegila, of St. Marys, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to a misdemeanor charge of parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol building. Several other charges were dropped. He is scheduled to be sentenced March 10. He is the third of eight Kansas residents charged in the Capitol riot to plead guilty. A federal affidavit says Rebegila told the FBI that he entered the Capitol after others had crashed the barriers. Prosecutors say he also…
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A 37-year-old Kansas man has been convicted of raping a patient at a hospital in Missouri. Chukwuemeka Emmanuel, of Overland Park, was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree rape after a bench trial. He was charged in 2019 after a patient at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence reported she was raped in her hospital bed after she asked Emmanuel for help. Emmanuel worked at the hospital as a “float nurse” hired through an outside agency. He was fired after the accusations were made. His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 27.
WICHITA, Kan. — Police say a woman in a motorized wheelchair was hit and killed by a vehicle as she crossed a Wichita road, marking the city’s second crash death of a pedestrian in a wheelchair since mid-November. Police say the crash happened Wednesday afternoon at an intersection in east Wichita, just north of McConnell Air Force Base. Police say the 55-year-old woman was crossing Rock Road when she was hit by a sport utility vehicle. There is no crosswalk at the intersection. The woman, whose name has not been released, died at the scene. Police say the SUV driver…
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for burglary in the 3900 block of Rocky Ford Ave. in Manhattan on December 1, 2021, around 10:35 a.m. Officers listed a 72-year-old female as the victim when it was…
On Thursday’s edition of In Focus, we spoke with NBAF Director Dr. Alfonso Calvijo, Coordinator Dr. Ken Burton, and Communications Director Katie Pawlosky. We also spoke with with Retired Lt. General Perry Wiggins, executive director of the Governor’s Military Council.
WICHITA, Kan. — Police say a 13-year-old child who was shot at a south Wichita home has died. Police say the shooting happened Monday evening. Wichita police Lt. Jeff Gilmore says a 16-year-old came home with a handgun and he and the 13-year-old were handling the firearm when it went off. Emergency responders found the younger child suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Gilmore says the shooting is believed to be accidental but an investigation is continuing. He says adults were at home at the time but were not aware a gun was in the house.
GREAT BEND, Kan. — A 55-year-old Texas woman has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for her role in the death of a Kansas couple who were vendors at a county fair. Kimberley Stacy Younger, of Aransas Pass, Texas, was sentenced Monday for capital murder and other charges. She was one of four carnival workers convicted in the July 2018 killings of 78-year-old Alfred Carpenter and his 79-year-old wife, Pauline, of Wichita. They were killed after working at the Barton County Fair in Kansas. Their bodies were later found in northwest Arkansas. Investigators said one of the suspects…
WICHITA, Kan. — A lawsuit filed against a Wichita car dealership by the wife of a police officer injured when he was run over by a sport utility vehicle from the business has been settled for an undisclosed amount. Officer Brian Arterburn was critically injured in February 2017 when he was hit by the SUV while putting down stop sticks to stop the vehicle. His wife, fellow Wichita police officer Claudale Arterburn, sued Eddy’s Chevrolet Cadillac, its owners and the driver of the SUV, Justin Terrazas. Terrazas pleaded guilty to charges in the case and was sentenced to nearly 29…
The following summary of calls for service/reports filed by the Riley County Police Department is a portion of those received by police. Some names, addresses, and case details are withheld to follow local, state, and federal law as well as in an attempt to protect community members from being victimized further. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers filed a report for burglary near the intersection of N. 11th St. and Fremont St. in Manhattan on November 30, 2021, around 9:31 a.m. Officers listed a 26-year-old male as the victim when…