The former branch manager of a bank in Manhattan was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in federal prison for embezzlement, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom adds in addition, she was ordered to pay $277,000 in restitution. Melissa Vinsonhaler, 34, Manhattan, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement from a bank. In her plea, she admitted the
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Westar Energy is urging customers to be on alert. The company says imposters claiming to work for the company, were reported in the area on Wednesday. According to a press release issued, Jeff Beasley, company vice president says “The caller creates a sense of panic by saying that electric service will be cut off if payment
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Police in Riley County arrested Anthony Hernandez, 26, of Manhattan while at the Riley County Police Department on February 2, 2016 at approximately 9:10 AM. Hernandez was arrested on a warrant for extradition of an imprisoned person which originated in Harris County, Texas. There was “no bond” associated with this warrant at the time of
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TOPEKA (AP) A 21-year-old man is due back in federal court over criminal charges alleging that he sought to aid the Islamic State group by planting a bomb at Fort Riley. The hearing Wednesday for John T. Booker Jr., of Topeka, was scheduled before U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia to allow Booker to change his
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A Topeka woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. Tiara Jade Newman, 22, Topeka, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. In her plea, she admitted that on March 21, 2015, she and her husband, co-defendant Reginald Newman, 29, Topeka, Kan.,
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Fire at the the Ogden Best Gun range caused an estimated $25,000 damage Tuesday night. The fire was reported in a storage room. According to Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins, the Gun range just had smoke. Ogden,Tattarax and Keats stations from Riley County Fire responded. Manhattan and Ft.Riley fire units assisted with mutual aid, with 32
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Manhattan City Commissioners are moving forward with yet another rezone in the city and progress is being made on an engineering on-call services list. 2600 Eureka Terrace was the most recent lot discussed by commissioners and Assistant Director for Planning, Eric Cattell during Tuesday night’s City Commission meeting. The commission approved the first reading of
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Sales tax numbers were down in January in Manhattan. The latest report from the office of state treasurer Ron Estes shows the Little Apple took in $888,302 in sales tax revenue, compared to $928,134 in January 2015. December sales tax revenue took in $931,578 for Manhattan. Bernie Hayen, the City of Manhattan’s director of finance,
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