OK AG Orders Independent Counsel to Review Glossip Death Penalty Case
Oklahoma City, OK – Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced today that he has directed an independent counsel to conduct a comprehensive review of Richard Glossip’s murder conviction and death sentence. Glossip was sentenced to death for the 1997 murder of Barry Van Treese in Oklahoma City. Drummond said he has retained former prosecutor Rex Duncan to […]
Death Investigation in Junction City Leads to Arrest
Junction City, KS- On August 22nd, 2022, officers with the Junction City Police Department responded to a call of an unresponsive subject in the 1500 Block of Patriot Drive in Junction City Kansas. Upon arrival, officers discovered Caytlin P Hinkle, 19 YO W/F of Junction City unresponsive. EMS attempted to resuscitate Ms. Hinkle but she […]
UPDATE: Multiple Sheriff’s Deputies Shot in Officer-Involved Shooting
Ford County, KS – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), the Ford County Sheriff’s Office, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, and the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) updated on the conditions of the law enforcement officers involved in the Monday morning shooting in Dodge City, Kansas. The deputy from the Ford County Sheriff’s Office, who was […]
Kids Regularly Run Away from Kansas Foster Homes. Some Have died. The State Hopes to Improve
Topeka, KS — Two Kansas foster runaways died in 2022. The body of one turned up in an empty lot in Kansas City, Kansas. The second stole a car and crashed into a semi truck near Parsons. The deaths of those children prompted criticism of the Kansas Department for Children and Families, the agency ultimately […]
Multiple Sheriff’s Deputies Shot in Officer-Involved Shooting
Ford County, KS- The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Monday morning in Dodge City, Kansas. Three deputies were shot, and a Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) trooper was injured during the fatal shooting. The Ford County Sheriff’s Office requested the KBI conduct an investigation at approximately 9:20 a.m. […]
Oklahoma Attorney General Drummond to Work with OSBI in Investigation of Swadley’s Sscandal
Oklahoma City, OK– Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced today that his office will assume responsibility working with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) in the probe of potential wrongdoing involving the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation and Swadley’s Bar-B-Q. “This case includes allegations of fraud involving millions of dollars in taxpayer funds,” […]
Overland Park Woman Sentenced for Bank Fraud
Kansas City, KS- A Kansas woman was sentenced to 33 months in prison for bank fraud. According to court documents, Stephenie Stites, 52, of Overland Park worked as the accounts payable clerk for Norbrook Inc. In 2020, Norbrook noticed accounting discrepancies and when confronted, Stites admitted to making approximately $72,000 in unauthorized charges on the […]
KBI Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting in Sumner County
Sumner County, KS – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Saturday night in Sumner County. The Wellington Police Department requested KBI investigative assistance on Saturday, January 21, at 11:07 p.m. KBI agents and the Crime Scene Response Team responded to the scene. Preliminary information indicates that […]
AG Kris Kobach Seeks Answers from Attorney General Garland about Biden’s Mishandled Records
Topeka, KS- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has issued an open letter to the U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland asking that the Department of Justice conduct a thorough, independent, and transparent investigation into President Biden’s mishandling and storage of confidential records. “It has become clear, since the discovery of President Biden’s illegally stored records, that […]
Salina Man Arrested for Distribution of Methamphetamine
Saline County, KS – On Thursday afternoon, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) arrested a man for suspected distribution of methamphetamine. The arrest was the result of a joint investigation by the KBI and the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office. At approximately 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19, KBI agents arrested Gregory “Bo” Westfall, 55, of […]