A woman said she was trying to survive the night when a man she knew raped and beat her. The woman, 29, testified Tuesday in Riley County District Court to a jury for the trial of Ricky Dunklin. Dunklin, 30, St. George, is charged with rape, aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated domestic battery. All charges involve the same woman who Dunklin knew and stem from an incident in the early morning hours of May 1, 2021. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more Riley County news.
Author: Rose Gruenbacher
Attorneys for the defense and state gave conflicting accounts of evidence Tuesday morning in Riley County District Court during opening statements of the jury trial of a St. George man accused of sex crimes and kidnapping. Ricky Dunklin, 30, is charged with rape, aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated domestic battery. He pleaded not guilty to all four counts at his July arraignment. All charges involve the same victim, a woman Dunklin knows who is now 29 years old. The Mercury does not identify victims of sexual crimes. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more…
A Pittsburg man’s trial was cancelled this week following a denial for change of judge and the prosecutor’s notice of interlocutory appeal with the Kansas Court of Appeals regarding pre-trial rulings in the case made by Riley County District Court Judge John Bosch. Jeffery Scott Bailey, 44, was scheduled to be in a jury trial from Tuesday to Friday for a case charging him with three counts of rape of a minor under 14 years old. He was arrested April 16 for five counts of rape against a girl he knows, born in 2010. Two of the counts were dropped when a…
Riley County Police officers are investigating the death of an unidentified man Tuesday morning. The body was found in the area of Linear Trail, between Manhattan Avenue and 5th Street. RCPD asked the public in a social media post to avoid the area until further notice. An RCPD representative said the circumstances of the man’s death are unclear, and said the investigation is active. No further information is being released at this time.
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.
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.