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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 ...

Leavenworth man sentenced in stabbing case

Andrew Joseph Housworth, 41, Leavenworth, was sentenced Friday to more than 13 years in the Kansas Department of Corrections for one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, a severity level 4 person felony.The defendant was found guilty by jury Oct. 24, 2017, after a two-day ...

Leavenworth man sentenced in animal cruelty case

Lemuel Hunter Jr., 59, Leavenworth, Hunter was sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty for singeing a dog’s whiskers with a propane torch. The incident was reported Feb. 19, 2018, at an apartment in downtown Leavenworth.The Leavenworth County Attorney’s Office originally ...

Local man to be sentenced in October in contraband case

Haskell Lewis Jr., 66, Leavenworth, pleaded guilty Wednesday, Aug. 14, to attempted trafficking contraband into the Lansing Correctional Facility. On June 27, 2015, Lewis was employed with a company contracted with the Lansing Correctional Facility. As Haskell arrived at the Facility as part ...

Man found guilty in Leavenworth fleeing case

Orion Sherley, 24, Vassar, Kan., was found guilty in Leavenworth County District Court of fleeing and attempting to elude Tonganoxie police.The incident took place July 29, 2015, Kansas Highway patrol notified Tonganoxie police of a black SUV traveling at a high rate of speed coming into ...