Wichita ? A federal appeals court has revived the lawsuit filed by a former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective who contends he was punished for refusing to cover up a motorist's beating by federal agents.The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the summary judgment granted to the Unified ...
Wichita ? Three former workers at the Boeing plant in Wichita who filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the aircraft maker and one of its suppliers are challenging a judge's ruling against them.A filing Wednesday in U.S. District Court gave notice the former employees are taking the case to the ...
Jonathan Sloan, 33, of Lawrence, and his father, Clark Sloan, 55, of Tonganoxie, were convicted Thursday in federal court of trafficking synthetic marijuana out of retail stores in Lawrence and Tonganoxie, the U.S. District Attorney’s office said.The men sold marijuana substitute K2 out of ...
Topeka ? A former northeast Kansas city clerk has pleaded guilty to a federal embezzlement charge on the same day her former employer filed a separate civil suit.The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Alice Riley, 61, entered her plea Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Sebelius. The former ...
This week's pet of the week is Murphy.He's a male Finnish spitz mix available for adoption at the Fort Leavenworth Stray Facility at 510 Organ Ave., Fort Leavenworth. He has already been neutered, vaccinated and microchipped. The Stray Facility is open 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through Friday and ...
An escapee who fled the Leavenworth County Jail on Dec. 29 has pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated escape.Raheem Keron Armstead, 29, made the plea in Leavenworth County District Court. It stemmed from an incident that occurred Dec. 29 when Armstead was being held in the Leavenworth County Jail ...
A 37-year-old Basehor man accused of trying to hire a man to kill his wife pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday in Kansas City, Mo.According to court records, federal authorities accuse Lee D. Smith, who once lived in Eudora, of agreeing to pay a man $1,800 to murder Smith’s wife, and ...
The Kansas Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments of legal cases from across the state April 17 at Johnson County Community College.Three judges will hear arguments from appellants’ and appellees’ attorneys, limited to 15 minutes each, from 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. at Hudson Auditorium ...
Previous coverageAug. 10, 2011: Billboards hoped to catch 'Fake Beard Bandit' who struck Shawnee bankFORT SMITH, Ark. — An Oklahoma man nicknamed the “Fake Beard Bandit” has pleaded guilty to eight bank robberies in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas — including a robbery in ...
Basehor recall petitionsPrevious Sentinel coverage of the efforts to recall Basehor City Council members Dennis Mertz and Iris Dysart and Basehor Mayor Terry Hill:Oct. 31: Residents launch effort to recall Mertz, Dysart over Loughry firingNov. 2: Mertz, Dysart deny recall group's ...
