TOPEKA, Kan. — Topeka police have arrested a suspect in last week’s shooting death. Police said Sunday that 38-year-old Marshall Stewart IV has been arrested on charges of second-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a gun in connection with Thursday’s shooting. Officers found Bradley Bellinder, 51, of Topeka with a gunshot wound after a shooting was reported Thursday night on Northwest Polk Street.
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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 and criminal use of a financial card in Manhattan on June 25, 2021, at approximately 11:42 a.m. Officers listed Hyvee and a 49-year-old male as the victims when…
On Monday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Sunset Zoo’s Melissa Kirkwood. We also spoke with Linda Teener from UFM Community Learning Center.
Little Apple Pride held a picnic Saturday in Manhattan’s Blue Earth Plaza. The picnic is a change from the normal, larger pride festivities that would traditionally take place in April. Both the 2020 and 2021 April festivities had to be cancelled due to COVID-19. Kevin Stilley, Treasurer of the Flint Hills Human Rights Project and Little Apple Pride, spoke about putting on the picnic Little Apple Pride Chair Jonathan Mertz spoke about the event and how it’s more well received locally now than in previous years. Mertz spoke about how plans came to fruition after COVID scrapped plans for their…
A Lawrence woman in her late 20s is the latest to bring forward additional rape allegations in an ongoing sex abuse case against a former Manhattan restaurant owner. The woman, who was 19 and living in Riley County at the time of the alleged incident, accuses Bob Iacobellis of raping her at his restaurant in August or September 2011. Iacobellis, who pleaded not guilty to the additional charge, now faces 27 counts of sexual assault and rape involving three minors and one adult. Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson and Iacobellis’s defense team, Brenda Jordan and Lora Ingels, questioned the alleged…
USD 475 Geary County Schools students and staff will not be required to wear face masks during the upcoming school year. The district is encouraging those who have not been vaccinated to continue wearing a mask, per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Administrators are acknowledging that the policy could change as the CDC and Kansas Department for Health and Environment release more information.
The Riley County Police Department is expanding its fingerprinting services for general licensing applications effective July 1. Among the application types involved in this expansion are teaching, daycare, adoption, nursing and insurance. Fingerprinting services will be available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the RCPD front lobby on a walk-in only basis. Prior to this expansion, RCPD fingerprinting services were only available for Concealed Carry Licensing. Fingerprinting will cost $20, or $32.50 for Concealed Carry Licensing, and can be paid with cash, check or money order.
A Manhattan man is jailed in connection to sex crimes involving a child. Brewster Lee Jones is charged with three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of 14. Riley County District Court records allege the alleged crimes occurred on three different occasions between November 2018 and December 2020. Jones is also charged with violating his probation. Jones was sentenced last year to 12 months probation for a motor vehicle theft. He remains jailed on a $50,000 bond.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Two teenagers have been arrested in the shooting death of a 15-year near a Kansas City, Kansas, elementary school earlier this month. Authorities said Thursday that U.S. Marshals took the suspects , ages 16 and 17, into custody. A news release from police said they will face criminal charges in Wyandotte County. Both had been sought in the killing of Kaden Bauswell, who was found shot near Hazel Grove Elementary School on June 8.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Topeka police are investigating a shooting death on the city’s north side. Officers were called just after 10 p.m. Thursday to Northwest Polk Street and found an adult with a gunshot wound. The person died at the scene. Police did not disclose the victim’s name and didn’t say if it was a man or a woman. No arrests have been made.