A Leavenworth County woman has been sentenced to 12 months in jail after pleading guilty to theft stemming from a 2024 incident at Walmart, release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson read. According to court records, Tara Ann Huerta, 40, unlawfully obtained store ...
A Leavenworth County jury found Alvaro E. Pertuz, 25, guilty of aggravated battery following a trial that lasted less than one day Aug. 25, per a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. According to court records, Pertuz was charged on July 25, 2022, after an ...
A 44-year-old Leavenworth man was found guilty after pleading no contest to a charge of sexual battery in Leavenworth County District Court. Cleo Williams Jr. was found guilty Friday, according to a release from the office Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. According to court records, ...
A 35-year-old Tonganoxie woman pleaded no contest to a charge of cruelty to animals and was found guilty Friday in Leavenworth County District Court. Jessica Lynn Fleer is the second defendant to be convicted in the case, according to a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney ...
A 35-year old Lawrence man has been charged in Douglas County District Court with three counts of rape, allegedly involving sexual intercourse with two children under the age of 14. Jordey Michel McTaggart was charged on July 22 and was arrested and booked into the Douglas County Jail on July ...
Hutchinson Correctional Facility resident Adan Morales Jr., 54, died Friday. Morales was found unresponsive in his cell on July 1. Staff began life-saving measures immediately and continued after emergency medical services arrived. He was transported to a local hospital, where he later died. ...
A man who escaped custody will spend nearly an additional six more years in prison. On June 9, a Leavenworth County jury found Bradley G. Verstraete, 55, guilty of aggravated escape from custody. On Friday, a judge sentenced Verstraete to an additional 57 months in the Kansas Department of ...
A Leavenworth County jury convicted 43-year-old Gerome Keith King II, of Kansas City, Missouri, July 1 on multiple charges stemming from an operation involving numerous agencies, including the Leavenworth Police Department, per a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd ...
A Leavenworth woman is awaiting sentencing following an investigation into the neglect of a 22-month-old child who was brought to a Kansas City hospital on Jan. 20. According to a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson, medical personnel reported that the child ...
Brandon S. Alvis, 32, of Kansas City, Kansas, was sentenced Friday to nearly 6 years in prison following his conviction by a jury May 5 of three counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer and one count of flee or attempt to elude, stemming from a high-speed pursuit last August, ...
