A 54-year-old Tonganoxie pleaded no contest to two cases Friday in Leavenworth County District Court.Warren P. Thompson entered a no contest plea to one charge of aggravated child endangerment and another for possession of a methamphetamine.On May 3, 2015, officers with the Tonganoxie Police ...
Wichita ? A former Kansas legislator is due to be sentenced for defrauding a bank to help fund his political activities in a federal case that highlights the state's lax state campaign finance laws.Former Republican state Rep. Trent LeDoux, 41, of Holton, pleaded guilty to bank fraud last May ...
Kansas City, Kan. ? A suburban Kansas City hotel owner was sentenced Monday to 27 months in prison in a case that highlights the U.S. Justice Department's shift to targeting employers who knowingly hire immigrants not authorized to work in the United States.Munir Ahmad Chaudary, 53, and his ...
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 ...
