A defendant in the Jan. 17 fatal shooting at the Jayhawk Cafe is claiming that he should be immune from prosecution because he was acting in self-defense when he heard “multiple gunshots in close proximity to him.” Hearing those gunshots entitled 18-year-old Daitron Daniels Strickland to ...
A Tonganoxie woman previously convicted of animal cruelty has been ordered to serve a jail sanction after violating the terms of her probation. On Friday, Amanda E. Fleer, 42, was ordered to serve 10 days in the Leavenworth County Jail for failing to comply with a probation requirement that ...
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt, today, announced a Johnson county man has been sentenced to 12 months of probation for insurance fraud. Macario Butler, 28, pleaded guilty on Nov. 7 in Johnson County District Court to one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud and one count of ...
Eric F. Grice, 60, Leavenworth, was sentenced Friday in Leavenworth County District Court to 18 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections following his conviction for possession of cocaine, according to a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. Grice pleaded ...
A Baldwin man has been sentenced in connection with an incident that occurred in Leavenworth County on May 20, 2022. Zachary W. Zook, 33, was sentenced Wednesday, Nov. 5, to 21 months in prison for criminal possession of a firearm and six months for interference with law enforcement, according ...
A Baldwin man has been sentenced in connection with an incident that occurred in Leavenworth County on May 20, 2022. Zachary W. Zook, 33, was sentenced Wednesday, Nov. 5, to 21 months in prison for criminal possession of a firearm and six months for interference with law enforcement, according ...
Alvaro E. Pertuz, 25, was sentenced Wednesday, Nov. 5, to more than six years in the Kansas Department of Corrections for aggravated battery following his conviction earlier this year. He was sentenced to 66 months, according to a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd ...
A 24-year-old woman has been sentenced on charges related to the 2023 death and endangerment of a 1-year-old child in her care. Liberti N. Figueroa was convicted Aug. 12 of two counts of aggravated endangering of a child following a two-day jury trial in Leavenworth County District Court. The ...
A former teacher has been sentenced to more than 10 years in the Kansas Department of Corrections for sex crimes involving children. Jerome C. Riscovallez, 55, was sentenced Friday in Leavenworth County District Court. On Sept. 5, Riscovallez was found guilty of two counts of aggravated ...
A Basehor man who admitted to two church pastors that he sexually abused children is awaiting sentencing. On Sept. 23, a Leavenworth County jury found 47-year-old Charles S. Bell guilty of two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, per a release from the office of Leavenworth ...
