A 37-year-old Basehor man is in federal custody accused of hiring a man to kill his wife.According to an affidavit filed in federal court in Missouri, investigators accuse Lee D. Smith of agreeing to pay a man $1,800 to murder Smith’s wife. The man who Smith asked to commit the murder was a ...
Tonganoxie police callsMay 8• Miscellaneous information/report, 12:45 p.m. and 2:39 p.m. in the 600 block of East Fourth Street.• Multi-vehicle non-injury accident, 4:40 p.m. in the 200 block of West Street.• Criminal threat, 10:10 p.m. in the 2000 block of Rock Creek Court.May 9• ...
A Kansas City woman and a co-defendant have been sentenced to federal prison for running an adoption scam in which she pretended to be pregnant with twins and willing to let them be adopted in return for money and gifts, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release today.Roxanne Janel ...
De Soto ? Johnson County deputies last week discovered the body of a missing Ottawa man in a refrigerator abandoned in a field near De Soto, Master Deputy Tom Erickson said Monday.Erickson said officers were led to the discovery Thursday after a tip. The body of Gregory Price, 33, was found in ...
Tonganoxie police are investigating cash and computer equipment being taken this week from a Tonganoxie restaurant.Police Chief Jeff Brandau said that someone kicked in a back door at Elle’s Diner, 1212 E. U.S. Highway 24-40, sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.Brandau said owners ...
A 38-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday night on aggravated battery charges after a domestic disturbance involving her parents at a home north of Basehor.A Leavenworth County Sheriff’s report said the woman repeatedly punched her 54-year-old mother in the chest, where she had a pacemaker ...
Authorities arrested a 23-year-old Leavenworth County man Wednesday morning who was accused of hitting his father in the head with a handgun, Leavenworth County Undersheriff Ron Cranor said.The father, 48, reported the incident occurred at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday after an argument about an ...
A long-term site has been selected for the Tonganoxie Police Department.The council narrowly approved selection of the building at 725 Laming Rd., currently home to Everlasting Specialties.The council voted, 3-2, with Bill Peak and Dennis Bixby casting the dissenting votes, to move forward with ...
A site for a new police station could be selected at the next city council meeting.The council heard proposals Monday night from the owners of the two finalists: Everlasting Specialties, owned by Steve LaForge and Jim Bennett, and the former Famous Stars video, owned by John and Jan ...
The disposal of obsolete ordnance from Fort Leavenworth was the source of explosions heard at about 5 p.m. Thursday in the Tonganoxie area.Leavenworth County Undersheriff Ron Cranor said a Fort Riley explosive ordnance disposal team was summoned Thursday to Fort Leavenworth to pick up the ...
