A 23-year-old Tonganoxie man was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to charges involving the possession and distribution of child pornography. Ridge T. Vincent, 23, of Tonganoxie, on June 3, 2026, was sentenced by Judge Gerald Kuckelman to a total of ...
A former nurse who used another person’s State of Kansas Board of Nursing certification number to obtain employment has been convicted of identity theft. During a hearing Friday, 48-year-old Tracie D. Launderville, of Tonganoxie, was found guilty after pleading no contest in Leavenworth ...
A 40-year-old Leavenworth woman has been sentenced to prison in connection with the death of a 3-year-old child who died of acute fentanyl toxicity. Tara Ann Huerta pleaded guilty Feb. 18 in Leavenworth County District Court to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated ...
Inmate serving life sentence for killing Kansas sheriff convicted on charge related to contraband cellphone An inmate already serving a life sentence has been convicted on a charge related to concealing a contraband cellphone in a homemade knee brace. Scott Cheever, 44, an inmate at Lansing ...
A Leavenworth man wanted on felony charges was found deceased Thursday after firing multiple rounds toward law enforcement officers during a standoff, according to the Leavenworth Police Department. Joseph Lee Dickey, 36, was facing two counts of aggravated assault and one count of criminal ...
A 44-year-old former Tonganoxie resident convicted earlier this year of more than a dozen child sex crimes has been found deceased before sentencing. The Leavenworth County Attorney’s Office was informed Friday morning that David A. Espinoza was recently found deceased. In light of ...
A 35-year-old Leavenworth man has been convicted in connection with the fentanyl-related death of a 3-year-old boy. Kenneth C. Hedgecock pleaded no contest Monday to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated endangering a child. He was found guilty on both counts, ...
A defendant in the Jan. 17 fatal shooting at the Jayhawk Cafe is claiming that he should be immune from prosecution because he was acting in self-defense when he heard “multiple gunshots in close proximity to him.” Hearing those gunshots entitled 18-year-old Daitron Daniels Strickland to ...
A Tonganoxie woman previously convicted of animal cruelty has been ordered to serve a jail sanction after violating the terms of her probation. On Friday, Amanda E. Fleer, 42, was ordered to serve 10 days in the Leavenworth County Jail for failing to comply with a probation requirement that ...
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt, today, announced a Johnson county man has been sentenced to 12 months of probation for insurance fraud. Macario Butler, 28, pleaded guilty on Nov. 7 in Johnson County District Court to one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud and one count of ...
