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Riley County Murder Suspect Headed To Trial
Last Updated: 8:18 PM 02/10/12 - Riley County detectives say the man accused of killing a Topeka native admitted to the deadly shooting but said he did it to protect himself.
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Suspect Who Broke Ankle In Getaway Charged
Last Updated: 5:50 PM 02/10/12 - 54-year-old Charles Shaw of Kansas City, Missouri was charged Friday with federal counts of attempted armed robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm in commission of a violent crime.
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Evidence Thrown Out Of Topeka Double Murder Case
Last Updated: 2:59 PM 02/10/12 - It's a powerful statement that jurors in a Topeka double murder case will never hear.
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Kansas Supreme Court Affirms Verdict In Teen's Death
Last Updated: 12:19 PM 02/10/12 - The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Theodore Burnett is not entitled to a new trial in the death of Chelsea Brooks.
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Court Finds Kansan Competent For Trial On Threats
Last Updated: 11:31 AM 02/10/12 - Michael Scott Ramsey is charged in a two-count indictment with making threats in 2009 and 2011 against Barack Obama.
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Senior Non-commissioned Officer Charged In Child Porn Sting
Last Updated: 10:16 PM 02/10/12 - A Fort Riley soldier is in trouble with the law after police say he was caught downloading and sharing pornographic files of children on his home computer.
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Mom Accused Of Putting Baby In Dumpster Seeks Trial Delay
Last Updated: 10:51 PM 02/09/12 - Christina Devine's attorneys will ask a judge Friday to postpone her trial on charges of attempted murder of her newborn.
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Preliminary Hearings Set In Assault Case
Last Updated: 10:45 PM 02/09/12 - Monroe Lockhart and Jacob Barnett were in court Thursday. Lockhart had a preliminary hearing set for March 1st. Barnett is scheduled for February 29.
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Utah Inmate Asks to Die by Firing Squad
Last Updated: 7:41 PM 02/09/12 - Michael Archuleta was convicted in a brutal 1988 killing in Utah. His death warrant signed this week allows for death by firing squad. Last Utah firing squad execution occurred in June 2010.
Two To Stand Trial For Death Of Hutchinson Woman
Last Updated: 10:27 AM 02/09/12 - Two men will stand trial for allegedly gunning down a Hutchinson woman in what apparently was a case of mistaken identity.
Missouri Teen Gets Life, In Slaying of Young Neighbor
Last Updated: 11:20 PM 02/08/12 - Nine-year old Elizabeth Olten was killed by her neighbor in Missouri in October 2009. Alyssa Bustamante pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder last month. She said she wanted "to know what it was like to kill someone."
Manhattan Woman Charged With Child Endangerment
Last Updated: 7:52 PM 02/08/12 - A Manhattan woman is facing child endangerment charges after an elementary school student was rushed to the hospital.
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Man Trying To Scam Churches In Kansas
Last Updated: 10:08 AM 02/08/12 - A scam artist claiming to be a down-on-his luck military man is trying to scam some Kansas churches.
Suspect In Kan. Teen's Death To Return To Court
Last Updated: 9:58 AM 02/08/12 - A man charged with killing a 14-year-old Great Bend girl is due in court as a judge considers his request to move the trial out of Barton County.
Arrest Made In Beating Death Of Kansas Homeless Man
Last Updated: 8:50 AM 02/08/12 - A homeless man is jailed in the beating death of another homeless man in December.
Hutchinson Mayor Helps Nab Thieves
Last Updated: 8:44 AM 02/08/12 - Hutchinson Mayor Ron Sellers found out what it's like to be a crime fighter and a crime victim on the same night.
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Manhattan Woman Accused Of Shoplifting Target Electronics
Last Updated: 8:43 PM 02/07/12 - Riley County police say employees at the Manhattan Target store helped them arrest a woman who managed to steal thousands of dollars worth of electronics.
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Development In 2007 Manhattan Murder Case
Last Updated: 3:23 PM 02/08/12 - A third man who Riley County police say played a part in a four-year-old Manhattan murder case has entered a plea of no contest and is awaiting sentencing.
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More Arrests With Ties To Hudson Crossing
Last Updated: 5:38 PM 02/07/12 - A former manager of Mo's Express convenience store is now behind bars, with another man, facing the same charges for which a Mo's Express partner was arrested last week.
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Man Stabs Female Acquaintance
Last Updated: 9:08 AM 02/07/12 - Topeka police officers took a man into custody at a Topeka apartment complex Tuesday morning for questioning. A woman told officers he stabbed her.
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2 More Arrests In Incident Allegedly Involving Mo's Express Partner
Last Updated: 10:42 PM 02/06/12 - Shawnee County District Court records indicate Anthony Talbert, Jr. and Jacob Barnett face the same charges as Monroe Lockhart. Those include aggravated burglary and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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Aunt Says, Family Feared for Safety of the Powell Children
Last Updated: 6:23 PM 02/06/12 - Authorities found two five-gallon cans of gas in the house. Josh Powell sent e-mails to his pastor and others just minutes before the deadly fire and explosion. (Photo Courtesy of Josh Starkey.)
Second Teacher In LA School Abuse Case Arrested
Last Updated: 6:07 PM 02/03/12 - Sheriff's Capt. Mike Parker says 49-year-old Martin Springer was arrested Friday, less than a week after a 30-year teacher at Miramonte Elementary School was charged with lewd acts involving 23 children.
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Man Charged In 2010 Apartment Fire
Last Updated: 6:02 PM 02/03/12 - 24 -year-old Christopher Kenny, Jr. faces one count of arson for a fire that damaged an apartment complex under construction on 1030 Vattier Street in Manhattan.
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Identity Of Suspect Released In Deputy-Involved Shooting
Last Updated: 5:29 PM 02/06/12 - Shawnee County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a home in the 1900-block of N.W. 39th at approximately 5:45 a.m. Sunday morning, to investigate a reported domestic disturbance call.
Details Revealed On Incident Leading To Lockhart Arrest
Last Updated: 4:40 PM 02/03/12 - Monroe Lockhart made his first appearance in Shawnee County District Court Friday on charges including aggravated burglary, aggravated intimidation of a witness and aggravated assault.
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Kan. Nurse Gets 3 Years For Patient Drug Tampering
Last Updated: 12:09 PM 02/03/12 - A Kansas nurse who added tap water to a painkiller prescribed for a 105-year-old nursing home patient was sentenced to three years in prison.
Manhattan Teen's Murder Confession Played During Hearing
Last Updated: 11:05 PM 02/02/12 - Prosecutors want a Manhattan teenager to stand trial as an adult in the shooting death of his friend. On Thursday, his recorded statement to detectives was played in court.
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Canadian Authorities Bust Child Porn Rings
Last Updated: 10:19 PM 02/02/12 - At least 22 victims have been identified. Charges include sexual assault and possessing child pornography. Ontario Police expect more arrests in the case.
Police Arrest Mo's Express Partner
Last Updated: 10:18 PM 02/02/12 - Police arrested Monroe Lockhart Thursday on charges they say are not related to the murder of his business partner.
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Police Chief Opposes Making Records Public
Last Updated: 6:06 PM 02/02/12 - Topeka Police Chief Ron Miller says he opposes opening certain police records as public information.
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Judge Allows DNA Testing In Double Murder Case
Last Updated: 2:41 PM 02/02/12 - Attorneys talked splitting hairs in the case of a Topeka woman, charged with murdering her ex-husband and his fiance in 2002.
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21 Vehicles Vandalized In Used Car Lot
Last Updated: 11:16 AM 02/02/12 - Topeka Police say 21 vehicles in a used car lot were sprayed with chemicals by vandals Monday night.
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Man Sentenced For Rape
Last Updated: 10:39 PM 02/01/12 - Shawnee County Judge Nancy Parrish on Wednesday sentenced Leon Harrison to consecutive terms that total 385 months in prison.
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Ex-guard Admits Robbing Missouri Bank
Last Updated: 6:32 PM 02/01/12 - The U.S. Attorney's office says 38-year-old Daniel Bryant Hill pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbing a Commerce Bank branch in the Kansas City suburb of Grandview.
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Attorney For Accused Double Murderer Tries To Suppress Evidence
Last Updated: 6:35 PM 02/01/12 - The attorney for a man accused of murdering his girlfriend and baby in Riley County says the proper procedure wasn’t followed when police seized his car to search for evidence.
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Wichita Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charge
Last Updated: 10:44 PM 01/31/12 - Prosecutors say investigators seized computer hard drives containing more than 1 million images of child pornography from the home of Matthew Alter.
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Topeka Police Investigate Shooting
Last Updated: 10:42 PM 01/31/12 - Police say, around 7 pm, a car pulled up in the 1300 block of Southwest Harrison and someone started firing shots.
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Bondage, Abuse Photos Lead To Firing, Arrest Of So. Calif. Teacher
Last Updated: 10:31 PM 01/31/12 - The Los Angeles Times reports 61-year-old Mark Berndt allegedly gagged and made bondage photos of nearly two-dozen children - possibly inside a classroom.
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Sentence Upheld In Child Porn Case
Last Updated: 10:20 PM 01/31/12 - 28-year old Jason Croucher pleaded guilty in 2010 to distributing and possessing child pornography.
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Three Juveniles To Be Tried As Adults For Murder
Last Updated: 10:16 PM 01/31/12 - Now-18-year-old Jimmy Netherland, along with Daquan Wilkins and Frednetta Wilson, both 17, are charged in a holdup that killed Natalie Gibson in her driveway last July.
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Suspects In Pair Of Topeka Robberies Face Federal Charges
Last Updated: 10:10 PM 01/31/12 - 26-year-old David Johnson, and 22-year-old Brittany Holt were indicted Tuesday on one count of robbery for a Saturday holdup at a Wichita Subway restaurant
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Citizens of Topeka: Please Lock Your Doors!
Last Updated: 5:34 PM 01/31/12 - Many Topeka area burglaries can be prevented by following a few simple rules.
Drug Cartel Member Admits Committing 75 Murders
Last Updated: 11:38 PM 01/30/12 - Mexican authorities have captured an alleged member of the Zetas drug gang who confessed to killing at least 75 people, many who were pulled off buses.
Authorities Break Up Brawl In Geary County, 20 Arrested
Last Updated: 4:25 PM 02/02/12 - Twenty people were arrested in Geary County early Monday morning after a fight broke out off of Interstate 70, reportedly all over a girl. The suspects are accused of starting a riot.
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Pregnant Woman Beaten At Manhattan Convenience Store
Last Updated: 2:40 PM 01/30/12 - Riley County police say a woman who is four months pregnant was punched and kicked by her husband inside a Manhattan convenience store.
2 Gunshot Victims Show Up At Topeka Hospitals
Last Updated: 1:40 AM 01/30/12 - The Topeka Police Department is investigating what caused two men to arrive at two separate hospitals with gunshot wounds Sunday night.
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Topeka Man Charged In Woman's Death
Last Updated: 8:49 PM 01/27/12 - A 36-year-old Topeka man has been charged in the death of a woman whose body was found recently at a Johnson County motel.
Suicidal Soldier Surrenders To RCPD Officers
Last Updated: 5:59 PM 01/27/12 - Police are not releasing the name of a Fort Riley soldier they say stole a friend's handgun and tried to shoot himself before surrendering to officers.
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Suspected Meth Dealers Busted In Ogden
Last Updated: 5:57 PM 01/27/12 - A man and woman from Ogden are facing a slew of drug charges after members of the Riley County Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit searched their home.
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