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 criminal damage to property and criminal discharge of a firearm in the 2000 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. in Manhattan on December 7, 2020, at approximately 9:29 a.m. Officers…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Shawnee County prosecutor faces a disciplinary hearing this week over allegations that she lied in court and crossed other ethical boundaries to obtain convictions. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that a three-member panel of the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys is presiding over the weeklong hearing that started Monday to determine if Jacqie Spradling’s conduct merits formal discipline. Spradling is now the Bourbon County attorney and an assistant county attorney in Allen County. Neither she nor her lawyer immediately replied to messages seeking comment. Spradling is accused of showing a lack of competence, candor…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 32-year-old Wichita man who stole a vehicle with three children inside has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison. Jason Barajas pleaded guilty in October to theft and aggravated endangering a child. He was sentenced Tuesday to 47 months in prison. On June 19, 2019, a Wichita woman reported that she left her three children in a van when she went inside a convenience store. The children were 2, 1 and eight months old. Police say the keys were left in the van and Barajas jumped in and drove away. The van was found…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities in suburban Kansas City, Kansas, say the driver of a FedEx semitrailer has died after the truck sailed over the side of a highway bridge, crashed onto the road below and erupted in flames. Police say the crash happened around 4 a.m. Wednesday when the truck launched off the side of the Kansas Highway 7 bridge and landed on Kansas Highway 10 below near Olathe. The crash led to a large fire that consumed the truck and shut down all lanes of K-10 in the area as fire crews battled the flames and police investigated.…
Wednesday’s guests included USD 323 Rock Creek Superintendent Kevin Logan and USD 320 Wamego Superintendent Tim Winter updating us on COVID-19 quarantines, shifts as well as end of year success stories in each district. Manhattan Area Technical College President Jim Genandt also updated us on several topics including the Adult Learning Center and Regional Testing Center, its expansion into Wamego and how MATC has overcome COVID-19 in 2020 while still delivering education to students.
Riley County Police say a third suspect is now jailed in an ongoing rape investigation involving a 12-year-old victim. Police on Tuesday charged 20-year-old Brian Griffith of Fort Riley in connection on the offenses of one count of rape and one count of criminal sodomy, from an alleged incident, reported to police Nov. 24. Griffith was issued a $250,000 total bond and remains in the Riley County Jail. Griffith is the third Fort Riley soldier in a week to be arrested on rape charges. Police charged 23-year-old Tavian Garrett with five counts of rape and five counts of aggravated criminal…
Quarantine guidelines Pottawatomie County officials will soon decide whether to reduce the recommended COVID-19 quarantine length from 14 days to 10 or seven days to be in line with new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Leslie Campbell, Pottawatomie County health director, says she is not certain a change would do much to change the habits of local residents. “People are going to quarantine or they’re not going to quarantine, doesn’t matter if it’s for 10 days or 14 days,” Campbell said. Pat Weixelman, Pottawatomie County commissioner, says he is frustrated by how often COVID-19 guidelines change. “If it…
Tuesday’s guest on In Focus was Riley County Commissioner John Ford, who reviewed some of the challenges 2020 has presented overall and some of the turnover happening both on the commission as well as department heads. .
The series of recreation buildings being built in Manhattan are almost complete. Collaborations have been made with Douglass, Anthony, and Eisenhower middle schools to build recreation centers that are open to both the middle school students and the residents of Manhattan. Wyatt Thompson, Manhattan Parks and Recreation Assistant Director, says all three projects are moving right along. He adds that the Douglass Center is starting to feel complete. They installed the basketball goals last week,” Thompson says. “So when you walk in, it looks different with paint on the walls and the goals there. You can really now tell that…