A Clay Center man was arrested Wednesday morning on drug and burglary charges north of Randolph in Riley County. 31-year-old Brock Odell was arrested following a report of a burglary in progress on Peach Grove Road after 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 26. Riley County police responded to the scene and found Odell in possession of a stolen GMC Acadia and illegal drugs. A damaged barn door has led to an estimated $500 loss to three victims who were not present at the time of the burglary. Police later filed a burglary report that afternoon connected to an incident west of…
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WICHITA, Kan. — A judge has said Kansas should pay about $900,000 to a man who spent more than 13 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of sex crimes against a child. Merardo J. Garza, Jr., was convicted in 2008 of sex crimes against an 8-year-old girl in Wichita. His sentence was vacated in 2020 after the girl withdrew her accusation. A Sedgwick County District judge last week approved a resolution of the case, which awards Garza $887,455 and a certificate of innocence. He will also have the arrest and conviction expunged from his records. The agreement still must…
WICHITA, Kan. — Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett says he will not file charges against a Roman Catholic priest accused of sexual exploitation of a child while he was in Wichita in the 1990s. Bennett said in a news release Wednesday the statute of limitations has expired on the alleged crime. The Catholic Diocese of Wichita put Rev. Michael Schemm on administrative leave last November after receiving a report involving a child between 1993 and 1996, when Schemm was assigned to St. Elizabeth Seton in Wichita. Bennett said under Kansas law, the statute of limitations ended in 2009, when…
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas doctor-lawmaker who has prescribed a parasitic worm treatment for COVID-19 symptoms says the state medical board has been investigating him since the summer of 2020. Conservative Republican state Sen. Mark Steffen disclosed the Kansas Board of Healing Arts’ investigation of him Wednesday during a Senate committee hearing. He was testifying in favor of a bill to require pharmacists to fill prescriptions for the anti-worm treatment ivermectin and the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for off-label uses in treating COVID-19. Steffen is an anesthesiologist and pain-management specialist from Hutchinson. He said the medical board has been investigating him…
EMPORIA, Kan. — A 24-year-old Emporia man has been convicted of murder in the death of a man while he was fleeing police last year. The Emporia Gazette reports Lyon County District Court Judge Lee Fowler found Devawn Mitchell guilty Tuesday after a bench trial. Prosecutors said Mitchell was fleeing from officers in Emporia last March when he collided with a pickup truck, killing 64-year-old Steven Henry. Experts testified Mitchell was driving about 100 mph when his car hit Henry’s truck. Mitchell is scheduled to be sentenced March 11.
WICHITA, Kan. — The city of Wichita has announced that Deputy Chief Lemuel Moore has been named the police department’s interim police chief starting in March. Moore is a 30-year veteran of the department, having begun his career as a beat officer before becoming the department’s DARE and school liaison officer and moving up the ranks to chief deputy. Moore will step in to fill the vacancy left by Chief Gordon Ramsay, who announced in December that he would resign effective March 1 to move tack to Minnesota.
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; possession of opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant; possession of stolen property; and criminal damage to property in the 19,400 block of Peach Grove Rd. north of Randolph…
On Thursday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with K-State Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy Director Dr. Timothy Shaffer. We also spoke with Pawnee Mental Health Executive Director Robbin Cole.
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The attorney of the City of Junction City encourages residents not to possess or utilize products made from the cannabinoid commonly called Delta-8 in city limits following an opinion released by the Kansas Attorney General on December 2, 2021. Guided by the A.G.’s opinion, City Attorney Britain Stites’ office sees products consisting of more than 0.3 percent Delta-8 or other THC isomers as Schedule I controlled substances. The president and lawyer of CBD American Shaman, a major retailer of hemp products including Delta-8 with a Manhattan location, have a different interpretation and are prepared to defend their view in court.…