A Tonganoxie man was convicted of one count cruelty to animals this week in Leavenworth County District Court.Jesse D. Atkinson, 33, was convicted of the animal cruelty count.Megan Williams with the Leavenworth County Attorney’s Office filed charges following a report made to law enforcement ...
A Tonganoxie resident entered a no contest plea Wednesday to five counts of felony theft in a case involving an employer.Dorothy Kay Lean, 56, entered the plea in Leavenworth District Court.According to Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson, the charges stemmed from her employment as ...
A 37-year-old Linwood woman was sentenced Thursday to more than nine years in prison.Jaime Michelle Carter was sentenced in Leavenworth County District Court to 112 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections for convictions of DUI manslaughter and aggravated battery. Carter will serve 36 ...
A 60-year-old Fort Scott woman who was a Lansing Correctional Facility employee has pleaded no contest to a methamphetamine charge in Leavenworth County.Jacqueline Doty faces one count methamphetamine possession with intent to distribute at the Lansing Correction Facility.On June 25, 2014, ...
A 30-year-old Tonganoxie man admitted to fracturing his 3-month-old son’s skull Monday while in Leavenworth County District Court.Derek Foote entered a guilty plea to aggravated battery of his three-month-old son after it was discovered the baby sustained a skull fracture while left in ...
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 ...