Lansing Correctional Facility resident Robert Edwin Blanchette, 44, died Monday. He was found unresponsive in his cell, according to a Kansas Department of Corrections release. Staff and emergency medical service personnel administered life-saving measures but were unable to revive him. ...
A 23-year-old Leavenworth man has pleaded guilty to aggravated battery after admitting to biting a baby. Benjamin Frederick Douglas Oaks admitted to a Leavenworth police detective that, on several occasions, he bit the victim, whom he was caring for when the abuse happened, according to a ...
A Leavenworth County jury convicted a 34-year-old Leavenworth man on charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a man inside an apartment in Leavenworth in 2022. On Tuesday, a jury convicted Ryan C. Cheatham on charges of voluntary manslaughter and criminal possession of a firearm in the ...
TOPEKA — Civil rights advocates argued in court last week that driver’s licenses should not lead to “forced outing,” leaving a district judge to decide how a divisive law will impact the day-to-day lives of transgender Kansans. Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach asked Shawnee ...
A 50-year-old man who attempted to possess meth while being treated for hypothermia in an area medical facility has been sentenced to prison. On Nov. 29, William N. Campbell pled no contest to a charge of attempted unlawful possession of methamphetamine, a drug severity level 5 felony. ...
Patricia J. Perkins, 37, pled guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and robbery in the 2019 shooting death of Travis A. Doughty, whose body was found in a ditch in rural Leavenworth County. According to court records, Perkins and two additional individuals schemed a plan to rob Doughty, 23 ...
A Leavenworth man who thought he was conspiring with fellow inmates to have two of his victims murdered has been found guilty on charges connected to capital murder and rape. Steven M. Manczuk, 40, was found guilty of rape, aggravated criminal sodomy, sexual exploitation of a child, and ...
A Leavenworth man who pled guilty last month in a case involving a toddler who was seriously wounded during a self-inflicted shooting involving an unattended handgun was sentenced Monday in Leavenworth County District Court. Andrew Orser, 29, was arrested Nov. 5, 2022, after police officers ...
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 ...
