ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis County man is charged with two separate killings, and police are trying to determine if he was involved in at least four other homicides in Missouri and Kansas. Perez Deshay Reed is suspected of killing a 16-year-old girl and a 40-year-old man in September in St. Louis County. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, citing a police affidavit filed in federal court, says Reed could be tied to at least four other homicides and additional shootings. Police are investigating if Reed killed two people whose bodies were found earlier this month in an apartment complex in…
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WINFIELD, Kan. — Authorities in southeastern Kansas say two people were killed when the car they were in slammed into a farm combine harvester on a road and erupted in flames. The Cowley County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened Sunday on a county road just north of Winfield when the southbound car hit the combine, went underneath the farm implement and caught fire. Officials say two people in the car died. Sheriff David Falletti told KAKE that the two killed have not yet been identified, and autopsies have been ordered. The driver of the combine was not injured.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police say a student is recovering after being stabbed outside Schlagle High School in Kansas City, Kansas. Police say the stabbing happened around 7 a.m. Tuesday on school grounds before classes began. The student was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening. Police say two other students were taken into custody for questioning after the attack. Police have not released the identities of any of the students involved.
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 theft in the 600 block of Bluemont Ave. in Manhattan on November 8, 2021, around 6:33 a.m. Officers listed a 26-year-old male as the victim when it was reported…
On Tuesday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Riley County Commissioner Greg McKinley and Deputy Riley County Fire Chief John Martens. Retired Gen. Phil Mattox discusses the Armed Forces Community Fund Match Day on Nov. 11.
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TOPEKA, Kan. — A Topeka man convicted of fleeing from police that led to another driver’s death has been sentenced to life in prison. Brandon Jordan was sentenced Friday in the death of 69-year-old Dennis Affolter of Topeka. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay said the chase in November 2019 began after officers received a report of a man trying to pass forged checks at a Topeka bank. The suspect’s car eventually ran a red light and hit a vehicle driven by Affolter, who later died of his injuries. Jordan was convicted in August of first-degree murder and several other…
WICHITA, Kan. — Six people have been arrested after a brawl outside of South High School in Wichita the second big fight there in nine days. KAKE-TV reports that four juveniles and two adults were arrested Friday. Nine days earlier, three students were arrested after a fight. In the latest incident, a school district spokeswoman says two students were in a fight that was broken up, but relatives of the students went to the school and began fighting in the parking lot, and their students joined in. Police say those arrested are accused of disorderly conduct, battery of a law…
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A Kansas man has been accused of allowing children in his care to be sexually assaulted by a former landlord in exchange for rent. A Douglas County judge recently ruled that Cormick Ferrell, 42, of Lawrence should stand trial on two counts of aggravated human trafficking in connection with the alleged assaults that took place between April 2014 and August 2017. Court documents say the children were 6- and 7-years-old at the time the alleged assaults began. Ferrell’s attorney, Branden Smith, said during the hearing that there was no documentation showing that Ferrell received rent assistance in…
STANTON COUNTY, Kan. — A 28-year-old Kansas man died after his SUV rolled into a ditch in the southwest corner of the state. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Bryce Stude of Eudora was driving a 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe east on U.S. Highway 160 in Stanton County when the crash happened around 11:40 p.m. Friday. The Highway Patrol said Stude overcorrected after the vehicle left the road, and the SUV rolled several times before landing in the ditch. Stanton County is near the Colorado border in southwestern Kansas.