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Crime And Law Enforcement

Tonganoxie police calls, April 12-15, 2011

Tonganoxie police callsMay 6• Animal complaint, 8:20 a.m. in the 1100 block of Bury Street.• No information, 7:34 p.m. in the 400 block of Laming Road.• Questions for officer, 7:43 p.m. in the 2000 block of Rock Creek Court.• Lost child, 8:44 p.m. in the 700 block of West Street.• ...

Consideration of new fire/police station tabled

Tonganoxie City Council members agreed Monday that the city would get a good deal on a building in the Urban Hess Industrial Park that could be remodeled into stations for the fire and police departments but put off acting on a purchase until June.Last month, Tonganoxie Police Chief Jeff ...

City moves toward new site

The Tonganoxie City Council has instructed city staff to negotiate the purchase of a building in the Urban Hess Industrial Park for use as a police station and the city’s second fire station.The decision came after Tonganoxie Police Chief Jeff Brandau reported to the council for the first ...

Police department to sell six patrol cars as cost-saving measure

Tonganoxie Police Chief Jeff Brandau has received permission to reduce the number of patrol cars as a cost-saving measure in a department facing the need to make several expensive equipment purchases.In a presentation Monday to the Tonganoxie City Council, Brandau proposed reducing the patrol ...

Tonganoxie man faces attempted murder charges out of Wisconsin

A 33-year-old Tonganoxie man faces charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery and first-degree reckless endangerment in Wisconsin stemming from an alleged stabbing outside a bar.Jeffrey E. Jones, 33, Tonganoxie, has been in Leavenworth County Jail since he was arrested at his ...

Tonganoxie police calls, April 12-15, 2011

April 12• No description, 8:22 a.m. at Tonganoxie High School.• Malicious destruction of property, 8:54 a.m. in the 2000 block of Rock Creek Court.• Miscellaneous/information report, 10:15 a.m. in the 300 block of Shawnee Street.• No description, 10:21 a.m. in the 100 block of ...

Tonganoxie man arrested on warrant out of Wisconsin for attempted murder

A 33-year-old Tonganoxie man was arrested Thursday on a warrant from Wisconsin that charged him with attempted first-degree murder and first-degree reckless endangerment.Tonganoxie police took the man into custody about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Pleasant Street.Tonganoxie police ...

DUI citation issued during weekend sobriety checkpoint in Tonganoxie

Nearly 150 cars were stopped, one of which resulted in a DUI citation overnight Saturday in Tonganoxie during a sobriety checkpoint.Tonganoxie police, Leavenworth County Sheriff’s officers and the Kansas Highway Patrol conducted the checkpoint from 10 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday near U.S. ...