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, […]
UPDATE: Suspect arrested in Crawford County homicide
Crawford County, KS- Travis Conness has been located and is no longer at large. Conness has been arrested and will be charged with suspicion of attempted premeditated first degree murder and felony murder. Conness was arrested without incident and booked into the Crawford County Jail. The case will be prosecuted by the Crawford County […]
Officers Determine No Threat in School Graffiti
Manhattan, KS – Manhattan High School West Campus was cleared around 4:40 p.m. this afternoon after a graffiti message that was found in a school bathroom circulated over Snapchat causing the school to go on lockdown. The message was perceived as a threat to a planned pep rally. Shortly before 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon, […]
Drummond Takes on Prosecution of Oklahoma Attorney Accused of Assisting Illegal Marijuana Operations
Oklahoma City, OK- Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced today that his office will take on the responsibility of prosecuting a Canadian County attorney indicted by a multi-county grand jury late last year for illegal marijuana business practices. Matt Stacy was charged with 13 felony counts in Garvin County District Court last October after an affidavit […]
One Kansas County Lets People Donate to After-School Programs to Reduce their Criminal Penalties
Topeka, KS— Diversion agreements keep criminal charges off someone’s record and even spare them jail time — assuming they can afford the cost of diversion. A DUI diversion in Thomas County in northwest Kansas has a $750 fine and $158 of court costs tacked on, but the county adds an additional, mostly unheard of, clause: […]
Some Kansas Lawmakers Want to Punish Doctors Who Help Transgender Kids Transition
Topeka, KS— Puberty blockers, mastectomies, surgeries that remove “any body part or tissue” and prescribing estrogen to males or testosterone to females to treat gender dysphoria could be essentially unavailable in Kansas to people under 18. A bill in the Statehouse would cost doctors their licenses or subject them to lawsuits if they prescribe such treatments. […]