Two Manhattan men were sentenced Monday in Riley County District Court for separate cases involving sex crimes. Shawn Trey Sinnott, 48, was granted a year and a half of probation for breach of privacy by installation or use of a concealed camcorder and one year of probation for sexual battery in a separate case. He will serve his sentences consecutively for a total duration of two and a half years in probation. Sinnott entered a plea agreement with the state for the two cases in September. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more Riley County news.
Author: Rose Gruenbacher
Two men entered plea agreements this week in Riley County District Court for charges including distribution of a controlled substance. Caziah Self, 23, of Ellsworth pleaded guilty on Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm. Self’s count of involuntary manslaughter was originally charged as distribution of a controlled substance causing death. A recent document filed with the court lists the victim connected to the conviction as Narianna Dachelle Williams. She died June 7, 2023 at age 25. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more Riley County news.
The Riley County Police Department and Aggieville Business Association finally reached an agreed plan of action for Aggieville police presence in the evenings after months of contention and dispute. RCPD director Brian Peete on Monday told the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board the two sides agreed that access to roads in Aggieville will be unrestricted unless police have information about a K-State home game and expect an increase in people in the area or a serious incident. He said this plan will be implemented through special order. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more Riley…
The Riley County Jail has been operating close to its maximum capacity for several years, and this year has exceeded its population limit, with the average daily population increasing by 12% to 15% since 2019. Riley County Police Department Lt. Jason Deehr told the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board Monday that while the jail’s bed count for inmates is 147, its actual operational capacity according to the jail’s classification is 120. Deehr presented a graph showing the average daily population for 2025 as about 125 inmates. Though RCPD Director Brian Peete told the board Riley County enjoys a low…
A Manhattan man who plead guilty to two counts of offender registration act violation last month was sentenced Monday to five years and one month in the Kansas Department of Corrections. Daniel Logsdon, 43, was sentenced to 43 months for his first count and 18 months for the second. He will get credit for seven and a half months he already served in jail toward his sentence. Logsdon’s convictions come from prior charges before he moved to Manhattan. Oregon District Court records show Logsdon was convicted in 2004 for sexual abuse and rape in the third degree. Other convictions include…
A sexual encounter between the daughter of a police chief and her 13-year-old boyfriend has led to a tangled three-year legal battle between the parents, including a federal lawsuit, criminal charges, allegations of stalking and claims that the police chief abused the power of his office. That legal odyssey appears to be at an end, or at least a stopping point, as the parents are settling the federal case. This is all occurring in Council Grove, the town of 2,100 people 40 minutes south of Manhattan. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more state news.
Two defendants in Riley County District Court who were expected to be arraigned Tuesday instead will wait another five weeks before they enter pleas for their alleged crimes. Jamal Rhsard Williams, 47, of Wichita is charged with distribution of over 100 grams of methamphetamine, distribution of 50-250 units of fentanyl, distribution of 1-3.5 grams of fentanyl, possession of drug paraphernalia, interference with a law enforcement officer and trafficking contraband in a corrections facility. Williams failed to get to Manhattan from his home in Wichita for his appearance in court, and appeared via Zoom. To view the full article visit theMercury.com.…
Defense attorneys for a Leawood man charged with sex crimes when he was a pledge member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity called their first witness late Thursday afternoon, during the Riley County District Court trial of their client. Dylan Zeller, 19, is represented by Tom and Tricia Bath for a case in which Zeller is charged with rape and aggravated sexual battery in connection to to an incident in the early morning hours of Aug. 30, 2024 against a woman who was 18 years old at the time. The Mercury does not disclose the identity of victims of sexual…
Members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity in Kansas State University’s chapter testified in Riley County District Court Thursday for a trial in which one of their former pledge members faces sex crimes charges. Dylan Zeller, 19, of Leawood is charged with rape and aggravated sexual battery from an incident in August 2024 and the early morning hours the following day against a woman who was 18 years old at the time. The woman said she and Zeller were sleeping in his bed after a mixer with their fraternity and sorority, when she woke with his fingers inside of her…
The jury in a Riley County District Court trial of a Leawood man reviewed recordings of a victim’s call to dispatchers, officer body camera footage and testimony from the victim herself. Tuesday was the first day of the trial for Dylan Zeller, 19. He is charged with rape and aggravated sexual battery from events on Aug. 29, 2024 and the early morning hours the following day against a woman who was 18 years old at the time. The Mercury does not disclose the identity of victims of sexual crimes. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more…