The Riley County Police Department and Aggieville Business Association finally reached an agreed plan of action for Aggieville police presence in the evenings after months of contention and dispute. RCPD director Brian Peete on Monday told the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board the two sides agreed that access to roads in Aggieville will be [...]

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The Riley County Jail has been operating close to its maximum capacity for several years, and this year has exceeded its population limit, with the average daily population increasing by 12% to 15% since 2019. Riley County Police Department Lt. Jason Deehr told the Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board Monday that while the jail’s [...]

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A Manhattan man who plead guilty to two counts of offender registration act violation last month was sentenced Monday to five years and one month in the Kansas Department of Corrections. Daniel Logsdon, 43, was sentenced to 43 months for his first count and 18 months for the second. He will get credit for seven [...]

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Two defendants in Riley County District Court who were expected to be arraigned Tuesday instead will wait another five weeks before they enter pleas for their alleged crimes. Jamal Rhsard Williams, 47, of Wichita is charged with distribution of over 100 grams of methamphetamine, distribution of 50-250 units of fentanyl, distribution of 1-3.5 grams of [...]

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Defense attorneys for a Leawood man charged with sex crimes when he was a pledge member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity called their first witness late Thursday afternoon, during the Riley County District Court trial of their client. Dylan Zeller, 19, is represented by Tom and Tricia Bath for a case in which Zeller [...]

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Members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity in Kansas State University’s chapter testified in Riley County District Court Thursday for a trial in which one of their former pledge members faces sex crimes charges. Dylan Zeller, 19, of Leawood is charged with rape and aggravated sexual battery from an incident in August 2024 and the [...]

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The jury in a Riley County District Court trial of a Leawood man reviewed recordings of a victim’s call to dispatchers, officer body camera footage and testimony from the victim herself. Tuesday was the first day of the trial for Dylan Zeller, 19. He is charged with rape and aggravated sexual battery from events on [...]

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A Manhattan man convicted of six counts of sex crimes against a child in Riley County District Court had his final appearance for the case Wednesday, during which he received a lifetime sentence as punishment. Michael Lincoln Steere, 28, was found guilty in June of three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child by lewd [...]

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A Manhattan teen arrested in April in relation to two connected shootings at the end of 2024 has since turned 18 and is now being charged as an adult for his alleged crimes. According to a document filed with the Riley County District Court, Dontaivious Amaru Temple is charged with two counts of attempted first [...]

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A Manhattan man was sentenced Monday in Riley County District Court to 36 years in prison for two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy against two girls he knew. Carey Paul Cortez, 48, was arrested for the crimes in October 2024. He was originally charged with additional charges of two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy of [...]

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