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Indictments: persons were deported, but returned to the U.S.

In three unrelated illegal immigration cases, a federal grand jury today indicted people who are accused of returning to the United States after being deported, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.Enrique Jaime Ortega-Rodriguez, 40, a Mexican citizen, is charged with one count of unlawful ...

Former Postal Service employee indicted; Missouri woman charged in meth case

Casey L. Casto, 38, Milford, who was an employee of the U.S. Postal Service in Milford, is charged with two counts of delaying or destroying mail. The crimes are alleged to have occurred during June and July 2019 in Milford.If convicted, the defendant could face up to five years in federal ...

California man sentenced to more than 13 years for possessing 23 pounds of meth

California man sentenced to more than 13 years for possessing 23 pounds of methA driver who was stopped on a Kansas highway with 23 pounds of methamphetamine in his car was sentenced Thursday to more than 13 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.Eduardo Garcia-Patino, ...

Leavenworth County inmate sentenced in escape case

Cal Green, 37, was sentenced Wednesday, Dec. 11, to 122 months in prison for charges of aggravated escape from custody, felony theft and burglary of a motor vehicle.The crimes occurred Jan. 7, 2019, when Green was an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility. Green stole a dump truck ...

Leavenworth man sentenced in burglary case

Patrick James Whimley, 32, Leavenworth, was sentenced Dec. 10 in Leavenworth County District Court to 30 months with the Department of Corrections for the a home burglary on Dec. 7, 2018.On that morning, Leavenworth Police were called to a residence because the homeowner reported seeing a man ...

Leavenworth man sentenced for aggravated battery

Robert Green, 23, Leavenworth was sentenced recently to 86 months with the Department of Corrections for two separate counts of aggravated battery.Green had pleaded as charged to two separate counts of aggravated battery on Oct. 25, 2019. The charges were based on injuries sustained by his ...

Prostitution ring case this week involves massage parlors

An Overland Park woman is scheduled to appear in court this week on a federal interstate prostitution charge, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.Chunqui Wu, 61, Overland Park, is charged with one count of transportation with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. An indictment ...

Former Harveyville bank vice president pleads guilty in embezzlement case

A former vice president of the First National Bank of Harveyville, pleaded guilty this week to a federal charge of embezzlement, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said Tuesday. The defendant also agreed to make restitution of approximately $107,175.Debra Kay Converse, 60, Harveyville, pleaded ...

Florida man sentenced in card skimming case

A second Florida man who planted credit card skimming devices on ATMs in Kansas was sentenced Tuesday in Kansas City, Kan., federal court to two years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.Anderson Eduardo Seijas Chavez, 30, Miami, Fla., pleaded guilty to one count of access ...