A Leavenworth man who used pliers and a stick to steal coins from laundry machines has been sentenced. On June 14, Charles A. Norman, 41, entered a plea of guilty on a charge of attempted residential burglary. According to court documents, on June 30, 2022, an employee of a Leavenworth ...
A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Kansas Highway Patrol’s practice of the “Kansas two-step” violates the constitutional rights of drivers. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas sued the patrol for using the method to conduct unlawful searches. The “Kansas two-step” is ...
A Lansing woman has been sentenced for attempting to escape from custody and unlawfully possessing drugs. A Leavenworth County Judge sentenced Sarah Cape, 33, on July 14 to serve 50 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections. Cape was arrested on March 29, 2022, after deputies located ...
A Leavenworth County Judge sentenced a Linwood man on charges related to threatening a deputy with a gun, fleeing from police and driving with a suspended license. The sentencing took place Wednesday, July 12, in Leavenworth County District Court. Cody D. Cramer, 36, was sentenced to serve 18 ...
A Leavenworth man who used Snapchat in an attempt to lure at least one teen into sending him nude pictures has been sentenced to prison. During a sentencing hearing Wednesday, July 12, a Leavenworth County Judge sentenced Enrique Antonio Baker to serve 94 months in the Kansas Department of ...
Abortion providers in three states filed a lawsuit Monday aimed at preserving access to the abortion pill mifepristone, even as the drug is threatened by a separate Texas lawsuit winding its way through U.S. court system. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia on behalf of ...
Jack Thomas, 22, Leavenworth, was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison on Wednesday, March 1, in Leavenworth County District Court for conspiracy to distribute Alprazolam and possession of drug paraphernalia. Thomas was sentenced to 150 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections, according ...
Byron Brooks, 38-year-old inmate at Lansing Correctional Facility, was sentenced to an additional 14 months for attempted aggravated battery. While in custody, Brooks was needed to be fingerprinted and began to attack a sheriff’s deputy, according to a release from Leavenworth County ...
Lansing Correctional Facility resident Gary Raburn died Friday night at the facility. The cause of death is pending further investigation as well as results of an independent autopsy. Per protocol, when a resident dies in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections, the death is under ...
Eric Lee Karpierz, 20, Lansing, was sentenced Friday in Leavenworth County District Court to 52 months for the involuntary manslaughter of Eric Chappell and driving under the influence that occurred June 19, 2022. Karpierz previously pled to these crimes, according to a release from ...
