Human skeletal remains found in Allen County
ALLEN COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Allen County Sheriff’s Office are conducting a death investigation after remains were found Saturday evening near Humboldt, Kansas. On Saturday, March 18, at around 5:50 p.m., the Allen County Sheriff’s Office requested KBI assistance with the investigation. KBI agents and the Crime Scene Response […]
Junction City Police Department-Press Release
On March 18th, 2023 at approximately 2020 hours, Officers with the Junction City Police Department responded to the 700 block of W. 1st St. in reference to a check welfare. Upon arrival Officers located two subjects deceased inside of a residence. The deceased were identified as a 75 years of age White Female and an […]
Death investigation in Wilson County
WILSON COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office are conducting a death investigation after human remains were found Thursday evening in rural Wilson County. The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office requested KBI assistance at approximately 7:25 p.m. on Thursday, March 16. KBI agents and the Crime Scene Response […]
UPDATE: Death investigation in Galena
CHEROKEE COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Galena Police Department have identified the remains of a man found on Feb. 27, in a field in Galena. The man has been identified as 52-year-old Peter C. Wittington, of Carthage, Missouri. Wittington last spoke to family in late 2022. The investigation has not […]
Arrests Made in Sunset Zoo Parking Lot Shooting
MANHATTAN, KAN. – We have made three arrests in connection to the March 6, 2023, shooting at the Sunset Zoo parking lot in Manhattan. Edgar Torres, 17, Christian Soto, 18, and Carlos Rodiguez, 23, all of Manhattan, were each arrested this afternoon on aggravated robbery charges. Our investigation has led us to believe the three […]
Former Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Opioids from Kansas Hospital
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to 18 months in prison and his nursing license forfeited after stealing controlled substances from his employer. According to court documents, in March 2021, Alec Ramirez, 32, of Overland Park removed vials of fentanyl and hydromorphone from an automated dispensing cabinet at Menorah Medical Center in […]
Injury/Accident-Wanted Person, Barton County
On Thursday, March 9, 2023, at about 8:45 PM Sheriff’s deputies were notified of an injury accident in the 5600 block of Railroad Avenue, just south of the City of Great Bend. Deputies were advised two persons were injured and one driver had fled the scene. Investigation at the scene indicates a blue 2008 Dodge […]
Shooting at Sunset Zoo Parking Lot
MANHATTAN, KAN. – Officers were called to the parking lot of Sunset Zoo in the 2300 block of Oak St. in Manhattan on March 6, 2023, at 5:07 p.m. for the report of a shooting with one gunshot victim. When officers arrived on scene, they found a 23-year-old Manhattan man with a gunshot wound to […]
Pill Mill Doctor Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud, Drug Charges
Oklahoma City, OK – A former Oklahoma City physician, charged in 2016 with 29 felony counts and one misdemeanor, pleaded guilty last week to Medicaid fraud and multiple drug offenses. Harvey Jenkins operated Aria Orthopedics in south Oklahoma City, where he prescribed large volumes of opioids and other narcotics from January 2010 to February 2015. His […]
Kansas House Votes to Legalize Fentanyl Test Strips Because the Drug is ‘Killing People’
Topeka, KS— Kansas lawmakers are again trying to legalize fentanyl test strips to keep people alive amid a pandemic of soaring overdoses. “We aren’t used to dealing with pills being made that are killing people at this level. So the danger of this has really caught the nation by surprise,” said state Rep. Eric Smith, […]