SALINE COUNTY – Three people were injured in an accident just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday in Saline County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Chevy passenger vehicle driven by Lawson Constable, 18, Minneapolis, was southbound on Brookville Road two miles north of Brookville.

The vehicle crossed the center line and struck an ATV driven by Jed Burr, 39, Salina.

The Chevy then traveled back into the right lane and struck a utility vehicle driven by Jordan Lindquist, 19, Brookville.

The Chevy continued off the road, traveled through the ditch into a pasture, up a hill and then rolled back into the ditch.

Constable, Burr and Lindquist were transported to the hospital in Salina.
Burr and Lindquist were not wearing helmets, according to the KHP.

FINNEY COUNTY – School district and law enforcement authorities in Finney County are investigating an alleged threat against a school and have made an arrest.
On Monday, the school resource officer assigned to the Garden City High School received information of threats of violent acts over social media that would occur at an undisclosed Garden City School, according to a media release.
With the help of USD 457 authorities identified the person responsible for the social media threats. He was identified as Alan Marquez,14, of Garden City.
Police located him and arrested him at his residence. He is being held in the Juvenile Detention Center and could face the possible charges of Criminal Threat.
At no time were any school, facility or students in immediate danger, according to police.

WICHITA – A Kansas man was sentenced Monday to seven years in federal prison for his part in robbing a local bank, according to U.S. Attorney Tom Beall.

Andre Bryant, 30, Wichita, pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting or brandishing a firearm in a crime of violence.

In his plea, he admitted that on June 13, 2016, he and co-defendants robbed the Carson Bank at 4461 E. Douglas in Wichita.

Two individuals who were disguised entered the bank, one of them brandishing a firearm. They demanded and received money before fleeing. The money they received contained a global positioning device that police used to track Bryant and the co-defendants and arrest them.

Co-defendants Raishat Magill and Elijah Shelton are set for sentencing Thursday.

 

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Police say a 15-year-old drove into a Lawrence duplex, sending two people to the hospital with minor injuries.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the crash happened Monday night when the boy failed to negotiate a turn. The car he was driving hit a curb before crashing through a duplex wall. The vehicle was nearly entirely inside the building when it came to a stop.

The boy fled the scene on foot. Lawrence Police Department spokeswoman Kim Murphree said in an email that he was later found and cited on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident and driving without a valid driver’s license.

The girl who was riding in the passenger seat wasn’t hurt. But Murphree says both people inside the home were taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

SEDGWICK COUNTY -Law enforcement authorities in Sedgwick County have confirmed how a Wichita police K-9 died.

On March 28, officials at Kansas State University conducted a necropsy on Wichita Police Department K9 Rooster, according to Wichita police spokesperson Sgt. Nikki Woodrow during Tuesday’s online media briefing.

The results of the examination showed the dog sustained a gunshot wound to the left shoulder. The bullet traveled through his body hitting vital organs and exiting the right side.

Due to the trajectory of the bullet, evidence at the scene and video, investigators determined the bullet that killed Rooster was fired by 25-year-old Kevin Perry during a domestic disturbance call.

On March 26, officers responding to the domestic disturbance surrounded a home before 25- Perry walked out with a gun in his waistband. Rooster was sent after the suspect to stop him from re-entering the home.
That’s when gunfire was exchanged, striking both the dog and the man.

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — Fire officials estimate that a weekend apartment complex fire in Junction City caused nearly $3.8 million in damage.

The Junction City Fire Department said Monday that additional individual property loss for residents will vary.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that firefighters dumped more than 1.6 million gallons of water on the blaze in the Bluffs Apartment complex after responding early Saturday. The fire damaged 28 units across the three-story building.

The cause is under investigation. A fire last April ravaged another building at the Bluffs.

SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a man whose body was found in a Kansas City-area park’s lake had been reported missing for more than a month.

Sheriff’s officials in Kansas’ Johnson County say fingerprint analyses confirmed the man’s identity as 35-year-old Dawit Tesfaye.

Authorities say Tesfaye went missing on March 2. His body was spotted by a kayaker about 1:30 p.m. last Saturday in Shawnee Mission Park’s lake.

The sheriff’s department said Tuesday that there are no indications of foul play related to Tesfaye’s death, and that the preliminary investigation suggests that he accidentally drowned.

Investigators say they’re awaiting the official coroner’s report.

SEDGWICK COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Sedgwick County are investigating the theft of a trailer from the Boy Scouts.

Between April 9 and 10th someone took the trailer full of camping equipment from the parking lot at 11215 west 13th street north in Wichita, according to Wichita police Sgt. Nikki Woodrow during Tuesday’s online media briefing.

The beige, 14×7 dual axel, enclosed trailer has double doors on the rear and includes an entry door on the side. It also has an Interstate logo on the front and on the rear.

The Kansas tag is 918JVT

The Boy Scout troop 450 did a lot of work to raise the money for the camping equipment, according to Woodrow.

SALINE COUNTY -Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a suspect for an alleged kidnapping.

Just after 8 p.m. Monday police, the Kansas Highway Patrol and a 12-member SWAT team arrested Matthew Collier, 30, at a Salina apartment 2363 Chapel Ridge.

Collier was being sought by authorities after he allegedly kidnapped two Salina women at gunpoint last week.

Just after 8:30 p.m. on April 5, police responded to a home in south Salina following a report of a possible kidnapping. Two female acquaintances of Collier told authorities that he kidnapped them at gunpoint, returning them to the residence several hours later. Police Capt. Paul Forrester said that Collier used a shotgun that he took from the home. They have yet to recover the weapon, he added.

Collier was serving parole in Salina for an attempted homicide that occurred in California in 2006, according to Capt. Forrester. Collier spent eight years in prison before his parole in June of 2016.

Collier now faces two counts of kidnapping, two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of robbery, two counts of attempted robbery, criminal damage to property, two counts of criminal threat, domestic battery, battery, two counts of criminal restraint, theft of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon.

Capt. Forrester said that the new charges will violate his California parole.

RENO COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities in Reno County are investigating a suspect on charges of alleged attempted second-degree murder.

On Monday, the Reno County Sheriff’s Department served a warrant on a complaint against 51-year-old Troy Snell of Hutchison.

The complaint by Senior Assistant District Attorney John Settle alleges the victim was cleaning her residence in the 100 block of South Maple in Hutchinson on April 2.

Snell was there and found a letter in her belongings that upset him.

He was described as an on-and-off-again boyfriend of the victim and is alleged to have tried to strangle her using his hands and a cloth-like rope, according to Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder.

Police were initially called to the scene for the report of an aggravated burglary. When they arrived, Reno County EMS was already on scene treating the victim.

Snell is jailed on a $150,000

He has prior convictions for battery of a corrections officer, criminal damage to property and burglary, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.