MANHATTAN — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for alleged sex crimes.
On Friday, detectives with the Riley County Police Department made a probable cause arrest of Robert Iacobellis, 60, Manhattan, for the offenses of Rape and Aggravated Indecent Liberties with a Child. He is being held on a $500,000 bond, according to the police department arrest report.
Due to the nature of the alleged crimes and the ongoing investigation, police released no additional information.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State researchers have received a three-year, $2.8 million federal grant for a project to enhance utility operators’ awareness of and resilience to cyberattacks.
The award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office was announced Thursday.
The Manhattan Mercury reports that as more solar and other distributed energy resources are added to the electrical grid, utility operators need new tools to provide stronger protection against physical and cyber risks.
This project is led by engineering professor Bala Natarajan.
The project is among the largest to date in the electrical and computer engineering department at the university. It is the first project from the solar office to be awarded to a university in Kansas.
The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
RONNIE PAGAN RAMOS, 30, Junction City, Driving under the influence of drugs/alc; 1st conv; incapable of safely drivingEndangering a child; Bond $3500
AARON MICHAEL FINCH, 32, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Bond $1500
GEARY COUNTY — Just before 1p.m. Sunday, authorities learned of a boat with two occupants who appeared to be in distress on Milford Lake at the mouth of Madison Creek, according to a media release.
Photo courtesy Geary Co. Sheriff
The Sheriff’s Department had a marine unit already on the water and responded to the location. They reported that upon arrival Deputies located Armando Matute Jr., Fort RIley, and his 14-year old son floating in the water. Deputies pulled both out of the water and transported them to Milford State Park where they met with Kansas Wildlife and Parks officials
Armando Matute Jr. said they were going along in their boat when they heard a loud pop and their boat started taking on water. He believed they struck something in the water.
The Sheriff’s Department said they were grateful both the father and son were using safe boating practices and were wearing their life jackets or the incident could have had a tragic ending.
No injuries were reported.
The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
PABLO GONZALEZ, 20, Manhattan, Aggravated assault; Use of a deadly weapon; Bond $5000
DEXTER DESHAWN ROBINSON, 27, Manhattan, Criminal damage to property; Without consent value < $1000 and Criminal threat; Cause terror, evacuation or disruption; Bond $10,000
TOPEKA – Back to school means back to homework and the State Library of Kansas is ready to help. New five-year contracts for online resources went into effect on August 1, 2019. The State Library is pleased to provide access to more than 60 online databases to all Kansans at no charge. All Kansans can access these resources online at https://kslib.info or via their local library’s website.
Eric Norris is the State Librarian of Kansas
“We’re excited to maintain subscriptions to resources that our patrons and Kansas libraries have come to expect, while also adding several new topic areas and key collections,” said State Librarian Eric Norris. “Kansas students now have a wider variety of resources to help them with their research needs.”
These new resources provide Kansas residents and students with reliable, high-quality content that supports education, lifelong learning, and personal enrichment.
Resources now available:
Issues & Controversies helps student researchers understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics. The in-depth articles present both sides of each issue clearly and without bias, supported by primary sources, statistics, audio content, and breaking news.
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To access all databases provided by the State Library of Kansas, visit https://kslib.info/databases.
RILEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating theft of two guns in Manhattan.
Just after 1p.m. August 3, filed a report for theft in the 1100 block of Moro St. in Manhattan. A 21-year-old man reported an unknown suspect took his Sig Sauer P365 and holster. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $730.00.
Just before 5:30 August 3, police filed a report for theft in the 1700 block of Cassell Rd. in Manhatta. A 31-year-old man reported an unknown suspect took his Black Glock 19 9mm Gen 4 and holster. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $550.00
Police ask that anyone with information on these cased should contact RCPD or the Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers. Using the Crime Stoppers service can allow you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000.00.
GEARY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating three suspects after a traffic stop in Geary County.
Sharon Alphuis photo Geary Co.
Eddins photo Geary Co.
Just after 11a.m. Monday, deputies conducted a traffic stop on a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck at the eastbound Interstate 70 rest area just west of Moritz Road for allegedly following too closely and an unsafe lane change, according to a media release.
Deputies returned to their vehicle before re-establishing contact with the driver and asking him to step out of the pickup. The driver, who was later identified as a 17-year old teenager from Kentucky, fled in the Dodge Ram and led deputies on the three-county pursuit which ended with the arrest of the driver and two passengers.
Deputies arrested the driver, whose name has not been released, on suspicion of Felony Flee and Elude, Interference with Law Enforcement, Possession of Marijuana with the Intent to Distribute, Possession of Felony Drug Paraphernalia, Following too Closely and Unsafe Lane Change.
The passengers including Antonio Deshawn Eddins 30, and Sharon Alphuis, 18, both of Louisville, Kentucky were arrested on suspicion of Aggravated Child Endangerment, Interference with Law Enforcement, Possession of Marijuana with the Intent to Distribute and Possession of Felony Drug Paraphernalia.
There were no injuries.
 
The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
JAIANN ANTOINETTE DESTINA photo Sherman Co.
RADSA ESONI HERBERT, 27, Ogden, Aggravated battery; Unknown circumstance; Bond $10,000
JAIANN ANTOINETTE DESTINA, 30, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Bond $10,000
ERIC JOSHUA SWARTS, 40, Enterprise, Possession of stimulant; 1 prior conviction, Bond $2000
DEBRA MARIE CLAYTON, 58, Manhattan, Possession of opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant; Bond $2000
Eric Swarts photo Mitchell Co.
AMANDA MICHELLE CATHCART, 34, Ogden, Attempted domestic battery; Knowing rude physical contact; Bond $1000
GARANG WANY ANYIT, 25, Failure to Appear; No bond reported
VANYA NICOLE ROTH, 17, Junction City, Theft of property or services; Value less than $1,500; Shoplifting; Juvenile
By CORINNE BOYER
CHRIS NEAL / FOR THE KANSAS NEWS SERVICE
DODGE CITY — Kansas is bathed in shades of blue that stretch north to south, east to west. That’s not a reference to politics: It’s what the state looks like on the Federal Communications Commission’s Fixed Broadband Deployment map.
In reality, internet access has been a problem for Kansas residents, service providers, health care and lawmakers. So a new map was created with information supplied by dozens of providers around the state. And the data shows that more than 95,000 people, or about 3.5% of the state’s population, do not have internet access; places like rural eastern Kansas.
“We found, through this mapping exercise, that there actually are pockets of areas where people do live — here in Dodge City and even in the suburbs of Kansas City — that don’t have service, that need it,” said Brent Legg, who’s the vice president of government affairs with Connected Nation, at the State Independent Telephone Association Conference on July 30.
Connected Nation, a nonprofit, created the new map with a $300,000 grant from the Information Network of Kansas. It worked with internet service providers and deployed engineers to verify service providers’ data, so now multiple layers of broadband availability by speed and type are publically available.
Seventy-two of the state’s 88 internet service providers voluntarily submitted data, and FCC data was used for the companies that declined to respond or participate (Legg said none was available for six providers).
Jason Smith is CEO of Rainbow Telecommunications based in Everest, Kansas. He said the map is “desperately needed.” Laying fiber outside of of Rainbow Telecommunications’ coverage area is expensive.
“When you’re looking at anywhere from $20 to $40,000 a mile to build fiber services, you can’t make a business case on that for a small pocket of 10, 20 customers — it will never pay for itself,” Smith said. “And so you’re going to need types of grant funding.”
But federal grant funding for expanding rural internet service uses FCC census block data, which in rural and remote areas are larger and may even be measured by square miles. The census block data can lead to long and costly application processes for providers like Rainbow Telecommunications.
“So you might consider an area that you could help expand broadband to, but if you base it off those maps … they weren’t accurate,” Smith said. “So you would spend time and effort and money to find out you couldn’t participate in that program.”
What areas lack
Nationally, 19 million people in the U.S. don’t have access to broadband, according to the FCC. That’s about 5.8% of the population. Kansas’ connectivity rate is better than the national rate, but the lack of internet access can deter people from moving to and working remotely from rural areas, where populations are generally declining.
Earlier this year, some Kansans testified before the Statewide Broadband Expansion Planning Task Force about painfully slow internet speeds.
And some rural areas have seen hospitals close, Executive Manager of SITA Colleen Jamison said July 30, noting that broadband could deliver telemedicine to people who live hours away from specialized care.
“Maybe somebody who’s got a high-risk pregnancy in Ulysses, Kansas, and the nearest potential NICU for a birth maybe in Wichita,” Jamison said. “But that monthly or even weekly monitoring of maternal health could be so vitally important to that unborn child.”
And even though it may not be entirely useful for people who already don’t have internet, the new map contains an address search feature. For households without internet, searching online may involve traveling to a public place, but Legg said the new feature will be helpful to service providers that might be be unaware of unserved residents.
“So they may want to build out service into those areas,” Legg said. “It will also help service providers identify places where they could go apply for federal grant dollars to build out via the (U.S. Department of Agriculture) reconnect program, for instance.”
Pinks and purples on the new map indicate areas without internet, and some are found outside of eastern Kansas counties, including Atchison, Brown and Wabaunsee. Clicking on the unserved layers of the map shows where household are and how many don’t have access to internet.
Jamison said legislation authorized the creation of a more accurate map allowed it to guide the state’s broadband task force.
“The statewide broadband task force said, ‘Let’s look at what we recognize the issues that there are at the federal level.’ So let’s look at what can we do to ensure that Kansas is mapped as accurately as possible,” she said. “So that it guides the state efforts at the task force level and beyond.”
Corinne Boyer covers western Kansas for the Kansas News Service. You can follow her on Twitter @corinne_boyer or email cboyer (at) hppr (dot) org.
RILEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a wanted Kansas felon arrested after a search in Riley County.
Sexton photo KDOC
Just after 12:30p.m. Tuesday, the Riley County Police received a call concerning an individual with active warrants nearby, according to a media release.
Officer responded to the area near Deep Creek Road and Pillsbury in Riley County in attempt to locate 33-year-old Jessie Sexton of Manhattan.
Approximately two hours after the initial call, officers located and arrested Sexton about a mile away. He is being held on a felony probation violation, according to the release. Additional charges are expected. In July, the RCPD had issued an alert to the public in an effort to find him.
Sexton has five previous conviction that include flee and attempt to elude law enforcement, battery of a law enforcement officer, obstruction and for drugs, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
The U.S. Marshal’s Service and Kansas Highway Patrol assisted with the arrest.
UPDATE:
Severe thunderstorm warnings for the Manhattan – Junction City area have ended.
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The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Jefferson County in northeastern Kansas... Southeastern Geary County in east central Kansas... Southeastern Riley County in northeastern Kansas... Eastern Morris County in east central Kansas... Shawnee County in east central Kansas... Wabaunsee County in east central Kansas... Northwestern Douglas County in east central Kansas... Northern Osage County in east central Kansas... Southeastern Pottawatomie County in northeastern Kansas... Jackson County in northeastern Kansas... Northern Lyon County in east central Kansas... * Until 700 AM CDT. * At 621 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles north of Denison to near Maple Hill to near Parkerville, moving southeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Topeka, Emporia, Wamego, Holton, Osage City, Council Grove, Carbondale, Valley Falls, Rossville, Oskaloosa, Alma, Eskridge, Tecumseh, St. Marys, Richland, Dover, Silver Lake, Auburn, Overbrook and Burlingame. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 between mile markers 128 and 132. Interstate 70 between mile markers 313 and 355. Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 125 and 198. -----
UPDATE: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… GEARY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS… SOUTHERN RILEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS… EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS… WESTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS… WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS… * UNTIL 645 AM CDT. * AT 558 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLAINE TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANHATTAN TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD…60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER 5 MILES NORTH OF JUNCTION CITY. IMPACT…EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… MANHATTAN, JUNCTION CITY, WAMEGO, COUNCIL GROVE, ALMA, OGDEN, GRANDVIEW PLAZA, ST. GEORGE, WHITE CITY, ALTA VISTA, DWIGHT, MCFARLAND, PAXICO, OLSBURG, LOUISVILLE, PARKERVILLE, KEATS, COUNCIL GROVE LAKE, TUTTLE CREEK LAKE AND VOLLAND. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 291 AND 334. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING
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The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northern Geary County in east central Kansas…
Riley County in northeastern Kansas…
Western Pottawatomie County in northeastern Kansas…
Southeastern Washington County in north central Kansas…
Eastern Clay County in north central Kansas…
Southwestern Marshall County in northeastern Kansas…
* Until 630 AM CDT.
* At 537 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles north of Olsburg to 3 miles northeast of
Riley to near Milford, moving southeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include…
Manhattan, Junction City, Wamego, Clay Center, Ogden, Grandview
Plaza, Wakefield, Riley, St. George, Milford, Leonardville,
Olsburg, Louisville, Randolph, Green, Milford Lake, Keats and
Tuttle Creek Lake.
This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 291 and 315.
The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
PATRICK MARK KOPECKY, 35, St. George, Driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol; 1st conv; blood/breath .08 or >; Bond $750
STEPHANIE MCGRATH photo Clay Co.
SETH TAYLOR GRABY, 36, Manhattan, Domestic battery; Knowing or reckless bodily harm to family/person in dating relationship Criminal damage to property; Without consent value < $1000 andIntimidation of witness or victim; Prevent reporting of victimization; Bond $2000
DENNIS REEYCE ALCOX II, 35, Wichita, Operate a motor vehicle without a valid license; Bond $500
ANTHONY RAY MOSS, 52, Wamego, Failure to Appear; Bond $750 and Distribute certain stimulant; 3.5 – < 100 grams Possession of opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant, Possession of para w/intent to manufacture/plant/cultivate controlled substance Ignition interlock device; Operate a car without a required device, Use/possess w/intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body; Bond $20,000
STEPHANIE MAXINE MCGRATH, 39, Clay Center, Possession of stimulant; 1 prior conviction Possession of para w/intent to manufacture/plant/cultivate controlled substance Use/possess w/intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body; Bond $11,000
Sexton photo KDOC
TYLAN GREGORY HITE, 33, Kansas City, Mo., Failure to Appear; Bond $6000
JESSE MARK SEXTON, 33, Manhattan, Probation Violation; held without bond
MANHATTAN- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will give a Landon Lecture at Kansas State University.
Sec. of State Mike Pompeo with North Korean Leader Kim Jung Un in May of 2018 -photo courtesy White House
Pompeo will speak Sept. 6 at McCain Auditorium.
He is a former three-term U.S. congressman from Kansas’ 4th District who ran two successful businesses in Kansas. He became director of the Central Intelligence Agency and then secretary of state under President Donald J. Trump.
Pompeo has not entered the race for U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts’ seat in the Senate.
Fortune magazine CEO Alan Murry will also give a Landon Lecture. He is scheduled to speak Sept. 27.
Murray was previously president of the Pew Research Center and chief content officer for Time, Inc.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A government report shows farm real estate values went up 6% in Kansas from last year.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Tuesday that the value of all land and buildings on Kansas farms averaged $1,960 per acre for 2019. That is $110 per acre higher than last year.
The report is a bright spot as Kansas farmers struggle with mounting debt, lower crop prices and trade challenges.
Cropland values in the state went up 5% from last year to $2,160 per acre. Dryland cropland averaged $2,050 per acre, about $90 higher than a year ago. Irrigated cropland averaged $3,320 per acre, up $340 an acre.
Pastureland averaged $1,390 per acre, up $70 higher than a year ago.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas plans to impose what some tax experts said Wednesday would be the nation’s most aggressive policy for collecting state and local taxes on online sales, possibly inviting a legal battle.
The state Department of Revenue issued a notice last week saying any “remote seller” doing business with Kansas residents must register with the department, collect state and local sales taxes and forward the revenues to the state, starting Oct. 1. It cites a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year allowing states to collect sales taxes on Internet sales.
Most states now have policies to collect such taxes, but almost all set minimum annual sales or transaction thresholds to exempt small businesses, according to groups tracking tax laws. Kansas is the first to attempt to collect the taxes without exempting any businesses, they said.
The Republican-controlled Legislature included provisions on taxing Internet sales in two tax-cutting bills this year, but Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed both measures, saying they would destabilize the state’s finances. The Department of Revenue is imposing its new policy under an existing tax law that applied to out-of-state businesses but wasn’t being enforced because past court decisions prevented it.
“I think they’re insane,” said Diane Yetter, founder of the Sales Tax Institute in Chicago. Later, she added, “I just think Kansas is setting itself up for a lawsuit — and embarrassment, truthfully.”
Kansas Revenue Secretary Mark Burghart, a veteran tax attorney himself, said during an interview that the department is obligated to enforce existing tax laws consistently. He said it’s not fair to Kansas businesses to require them to collect sales taxes from consumers and not require out-of-state businesses to do the same after the U.S. Supreme Court decision last year.
Burghart also said he does not feel the department has the authority to exempt some small, out-of-state businesses from collecting sales taxes. Legislators must set the thresholds, he said.
“We have to move forward with implementation of the law as it is in place,” he said.
Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle, a conservative Wichita Republican who is a frequent Kelly critic and is running for the U.S. Senate, termed the department’s policy an “abuse of power.” Other top Republicans were less harsh but said Wednesday that they worried about the risk of lawsuits — and lawmakers are likely to take up the issue again next year.
Legislators also have felt pressure to collect more taxes from online sales to prevent local businesses from facing a competitive disadvantage. There’s also the potential budget upside: The department believes the state will collect between $20 million and $40 million a year in additional tax revenues.
Wagle asked Attorney General Derek Schmidt, also a Republican, to weigh in on the policy’s legality. His spokesman Wednesday would say only, “We are aware of the situation.”
Yetter and other tax policy experts said the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision isn’t permission to tax all remote sales from out-of-state businesses.
“They’re pushing a lot of envelopes in their approach,” said Jared Walczak, director of state tax policy for the conservative Tax Foundation, who deems Kansas’ policy the “most aggressive” in the nation.
The high court overturned a previous ruling that states could not collect their sales taxes unless a business had a physical presence within their borders, allowing tax collections if businesses had an economic presence. It upheld a South Dakota law requiring businesses to collect its taxes if they had $100,000 in sales or 200 transactions in the state within a year.
The decision suggests states still must exempt some businesses to avoid putting an undue burden on interstate commerce in violation of the U.S. Constitution, said George Isaacson, a Lewiston, Maine, attorney representing the businesses challenging the South Dakota law. He said Kansas’ policy represents a “blatant disregard” of that.
“These are small mom-and-pop type operations that are now going to be subject to this collection obligation and would be least able to mount a legal challenge,” Isaacson said.
The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
STEPHEN BRADLEY PRICE, 22, Manhattan, Domestic battery; Knowing rude physical contact w/ family member or dating relationship Domestic battery; Knowing rude physical contact w/ family member or dating relationship; Bond $2000
PAUL EDWARD FOLTZ, 76, Odgen, Driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol; 2nd conviction; blood/breath .08 >; No bond reported
BRIANA RANEE WILSON, 22, Kansas City, Mo., Failure to Appear; Bond $1500
GEARY COUNTY — A Kansas police officer made an interesting discovery during the search of a home Wednesday,
Lt. Odell and Flash-bang photo courtesy JC Police
According to a social media report, Junction City Police Lt. Cory Odell wrangled a gator Wednesday while assisting the Drug Operations Group serve a search warrant at a home in the 300 block of West 8th Street in Junction City.
Odell named the gator Flash-bang who is now safely in the custody of the Milford Nature Center.
Odell was not allowed to keep the alligator because it is against city ordinance to have one in the city limits.
RILEY COUNTY— One person died in an accident just after 5:30p.m. Thursday in Riley County.
Thursday evening accident scene in Riley County photo courtesy WIBW TV
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Nissan Rogue driven by Kurtis Dean Anderson, Green, Kansas, was westbound on U.S. 77 near Madison and Crooked Creek.
The vehicle swerved into the lane of a 2020 Freightliner semi in an attempt to avoid hitting another vehicle. After stuck by the semi, the Nissan rolled coming to rest upside down.
Anderson was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Anderes-Pfeifley Funeral Home
The semi driver Thomas Dean Warborg, 53, Worthington, MN., was not injured. Anderson was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.
The following is a summary of arrests, citations by the Riley County Police Department. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Bomani Gordon has previous convictions for burglary and interference with law enforcement, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections
KEVEN SCOTT MARINELLA, 15, Manhattan, Agg indecent liberties w/ child; Offender <18 fondle child <14 and Aggravated criminal sodomy; Offender <18 YOA 1 and child <14 YOA; Juvenile
SHANE DWIGHT ELLEGOOD, 45, Riley, Probation Violation; Bond $7500
BOMANI OWUSU GORDON, 25, Manhattan, Failure to appear Interference with LEO; obstruct/resist/oppose misdemeanor warrant service or execution; Bond $2500
JADER REYMUNDO CALDERON PASTRAN, 36, Manhattan, Driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol; 1st conv; blood/breath .08 or >; No bond reported
ANTHONY KENNETH JOHNSON, 34, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Bond $500
DANIEL JONATHAN VALAIKA, 21, Manhattan, Disorderly conduct; Brawling or fighting; Bond $2000
CHANEL SADE TOLIVER, 31, Manhattan, Failure to Appear; Bond $1500
JAQUAVIUS DAYCOWN LANE, 19, El Dorado, Probation Violation; Sedgwick County Sheriff
LATANIA LENE MARR, 39, Manhattan, Driving under the influence; 1st conv; incapable of safely driving; child present and Endangering a child; Exceptionally Cleared
NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER LONG, 33, Manhattan, Criminal trespass; Remain in defiance of order by owner; Exceptionally Cleared
NOTE: Kansas state law allows law enforcement to release the names of juveniles age 14 and older involved in criminal cases
