A Kansas City, Kansas, woman has been sentenced to prison for forgery related to an attempted purchase of a vehicle from a Leavenworth used car dealership. On Wednesday, Sept. 17, Michelle V. Burnett, 33, was sentenced to 10 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections for forgery, per a ...
Two Tonganoxie woman have been sentenced in an animal cruelty case. Jessica L. Fleer, 35, and Amanda E. Fleer, 42, were sentenced Friday in Leavenworth County District Court, per a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. According to court documents filed Feb. ...
A Tonganoxie man has been sentenced to more than a year of prison and jail time after being convicted of charges stemming from a 2023 motorcycle pursuit. On Friday, Gary L. Dixon, 43, was sentenced to 14 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections for fleeing or attempting to elude an ...
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 ...
