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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 ...

HIt-and-run driver arrested following Kansas Highway 16 accident

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 ...

Leavenworth couple faces charges after allegedly fleeing officers

Charges have been filed in Leavenworth County District Court for two Leavenworth residents alleged to have shot at and fled law enforcement officials last week.Anthony Robertson, 33, and Shauntel Cornelius, 29, had their first court appearance Monday at the Leavenworth County Justice ...