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 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 ...
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 Lansing Correctional Facility inmate who attacked a corrections officer has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. Justin D. Pierce, 41, was sentenced Dec. 6 in Leavenworth County District Court to 130 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections. The sentence will run ...
A 24-year-old Leavenworth man has been convicted on charges related to possessing and dealing fentanyl. Kevin L. Thomas entered no-contest pleas Friday in Leavenworth County District Court to individual counts of distributing fentanyl and possession of fentanyl. The judge accepted the pleas ...
A 39-year-old Tonganoxie man was convicted of fraudulently purchasing parts from a local auto parts store. Travis Donell pleaded guilty Friday in Leavenworth County District Court to two charges of felony theft. The court accepted Donell’s plea and found him guilty, according to a release ...
A 28-year-old inmate who damaged property during a riot at the Lansing Correctional Facility is now awaiting sentencing. On Nov. 13, Hakeem W. Malik entered a no-contest plea to a single count of criminal damage to property, which the court accepted, finding him guilty. According to court ...
A jury found a Lansing Correctional Facility inmate guilty of one count of battery against a law enforcement officer Monday in Leavenworth County District Court. According to court documents, Justin D. Pierce, 41, injured one corrections officer during a disturbance that happened inside the ...
A 31-year-old Lansing Correctional Facility prisoner has been sentenced for beating and strangling his cellmate to death. On Wednesday, Sept. 11, Al’Ryon Perkins was sentenced to 653 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections for murder in the second degree. That equals a sentence of ...
A federal judge in Kansas has tossed out a machine gun possession charge and questioned if bans on the weapons violate the Second Amendment. If upheld on appeal, the ruling by U.S. District Judge John W. Broomes in Wichita could have a sweeping impact on the regulation of machine guns, ...
