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 ...
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 ...
Lansing man sentenced in murder caseA 21-year-old Lansing resident was sentenced to 155 months in prison for attempted murder, possession of cocaine, possession of stolen property and possession of marijuana.Andrew Foderaro was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison.The facts of the case went ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A 55-year-old Kansas man who traveled to the Philippines and had sex with minor females there was sentenced to more than 84 years in prison Thursday in Washington, D.C.Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Stephen R. ...
Officers eventually found a driver involved in a hit-and-run accident Thursday afternoon on Kansas Highway 16.The accident happened about 3:20 p.m. Thursday at 228th Street and K-16 west of Tonganoxie.The driver of a 1999 Ford F-250 truck struck a Dodge Ram 2500 van from behind, forcing the van ...
Kansas City, Kan. ? A judge dismissed criminal charges Friday against a Kansas water park owner and the designer of a 17-story slide on which a 10-year-old boy was decapitated in 2016.Wyandotte County Judge Robert Burns cited improper evidence in dropping second-degree murder charges against ...
