A Leavenworth County Jail inmate has been sentenced to prison for attacking another inmate earlier this year, according to a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. Christian M. Harris, 21, was sentenced Friday to 23 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections ...
Seven judges, one of whom is a Tonganoxie High School graduate, and eight lawyers applied by a Monday deadline to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court that will be created when Justice Evelyn Wilson resigns July 4. THS graduate Carl Adrian Folsom III, currently a district judge from ...
A Leavenworth man has been sentenced to prison after attempting to flee from police on a bicycle earlier this year, according to a release from Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. On Feb. 6, 2025, officers in the area of Shawnee Street and North 10th Street observed a man riding a ...
A 22-year-old Basehor man who tossed trash out of a vehicle and threatened a Tonganoxie Sonic Drive-In employee awaits sentencing on firearm and criminal threat charges. On Sept. 20, 2024, Ethan G. Ross threatened an employee of the Tonganoxie Sonic Drive-In, according to a release from the ...
A Leavenworth woman who used a stolen debit card at a Walmart self-checkout line awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to a charge related to the theft and unauthorized use of a stolen debit card. On March 1, 2024, an investigation began after a woman reported to Leavenworth police that her ...
A 42-year-old inmate who attacked another inmate inside a Leavenworth County prison has been sentenced to additional prison time. On Jan. 9, 2024, Tieller M. Adams knowingly and recklessly caused bodily harm to an inmate inside the Lansing Correctional Facility, according to a release from the ...
A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been charged with human trafficking for allegedly flying a child to Lawrence for sex in 2022. The man, Yahir De Jesus Van Vollenhoven, 25, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of aggravated human trafficking. The incident is ...
A 31-year-old Bonner Springs man awaits sentencing after being convicted of stealing mail from mailboxes with raised red flags. According to court documents, Dakota J. Bogart was arrested on March 23, 2023. At the time of his arrest, authorities found mail in his vehicle that did not belong ...
A Tonganoxie spa employee faces one count of selling sexual relations for allegedly selling and promoting sexual favors for hire. Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson announced Friday that his office filed the charge in Leavenworth County District Court. The 61-year-old employee of ...
A 21-year-old Leavenworth man has been convicted of using a jail phone system to make more than 30 calls to a woman who was set to testify against him, according to a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. On Oct. 8, 2024, Christian M. Harris was served with a ...
