BOONE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating the death of a woman and her 11-year-old daughter and searching for a central Missouri man who is charged in the deaths.

Just before 11p.m. August 22, a concerned citizen contacted Boone County officials reporting they had been unable to contact Allison Abitz and her daughter Jozee Abitz, who lived&nbsp; in the 7500 block of Lavender Drive south of Columbia, according to a media release.

Deputies responded to the residence and once inside located Allison, age 43, and her daughter Jozee, age 11, deceased.  

Investigators soon learned that 45-year-old JT McLean was Allison's long-term boyfriend and the investigation revealed he was the last person known to be in contact with them at the residence.

During the investigation, probable cause was developed to believe that McLean murdered Allison and Jozee.  Currently, the motive for the murder of these victims is unknown.

On Wednesday the Boone County Prosecuting Attorney charged McLean with two counts of Murder in the 1st Degree.  A warrant for the arrest of McLean was then issued in the 13th Judicial Circuit Boone County, Missouri.  McLean’s bond for these charges was set at $1,000,000.00 cash only. 

JT McLean previously changed his name and has been known to go by the names of John McLean, Steven Nagy, and Steven McLean. 

He is described as a white male with a fair complexion, is approximately 5-foot 9 and weighs approximately 210 pounds with&nbsp; green eyes and brown hair.  McLean was last known to have grown his hair out; however, he has been known to shave his head bald in the past.

He was last known to reside on County Road 355, Fulton, Missouri.  McLean, who is an over the road truck driver by trade, has ties to Las Vegas, Nevada; Chicago, Illinois; St. Peter, Minnesota; Columbia, Missouri and Fulton, Missouri

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of McLean or this investigation is asked to contact the Boone County Sheriff’s Office or call 911

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629988465629.png" alt="McLean-photo Boone Co. Sheriff" />
 <figcaption>McLean-photo Boone Co. Sheriff</figcaption>
 </figure>BOONE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating the death of a woman and her 11-year-old daughter and searching for a central Missouri man who is charged in the deaths.Just before 11p.m. August 22, a concerned citizen contacted Boone County officials reporting they had been unable to contact Allison Abitz and her daughter Jozee Abitz, who lived&nbsp; in the 7500 block of Lavender Drive south of Columbia, according to a media release.Deputies responded to the residence and once inside located Allison, age 43, and her daughter Jozee, age 11, deceased. Investigators soon learned that 45-year-old JT McLean was Allison's long-term boyfriend and the investigation revealed he was the last person known to be in contact with them at the residence.During the investigation, probable cause was developed to believe that McLean murdered Allison and Jozee. Currently, the motive for the murder of these victims is unknown.On Wednesday the Boone County Prosecuting Attorney charged McLean with two counts of Murder in the 1st Degree. A warrant for the arrest of McLean was then issued in the 13th Judicial Circuit Boone County, Missouri. McLean’s bond for these charges was set at $1,000,000.00 cash only. JT McLean previously changed his name and has been known to go by the names of John McLean, Steven Nagy, and Steven McLean. He is described as a white male with a fair complexion, is approximately 5-foot 9 and weighs approximately 210 pounds with&nbsp; green eyes and brown hair. McLean was last known to have grown his hair out; however, he has been known to shave his head bald in the past.He was last known to reside on County Road 355, Fulton, Missouri. McLean, who is an over the road truck driver by trade, has ties to Las Vegas, Nevada; Chicago, Illinois; St. Peter, Minnesota; Columbia, Missouri and Fulton, MissouriAnyone with information regarding the whereabouts of McLean or this investigation is asked to contact the Boone County Sheriff’s Office or call 911

Search continues for man in death of girlfriend, daughter

KANSAS CITY – The owner of dozens of Mexican restaurants in several states, along with the company’s president, CFO, controller and sales manager are among 19 defendants charged in a federal racketeering conspiracy to hire undocumented workers. Also among those charged are eight current or former managers of restaurants located in Butler, Springfield, Lebanon, West Plains, Willow Springs and St. Robert in Missouri; and in Overland Park, Great Bend and Augusta in Kansas, according to the United State's Attorney.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents, with the assistance of numerous local, states, and federal agencies, executed a series of search warrants Wednesday at 10 locations in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Federal agents have so far arrested 14 of the 19 defendants.

Jose Luis Bravo, 51, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Claremore, Oklahoma; Jose Guadalupe Razo, 51, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Carl Junction, Mo.; Anthony Edward Doll, 43, a citizen of Guatemala, and Miguel Tarin-Martinez, 42, a naturalized U.S. citizen, both of Joplin, Mo.; Antonio Martinez-Munoz, 44, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Broken Arrow, Okla.; Eusebio Ramirez-Ceja, 50, a citizen of Mexico residing in Mountain Home, Arkansas; Oscar Adrian Molina-Angulo, 38, a citizen of Mexico residing in Butler, Mo.;&nbsp; Rodrigo Manrique Razo, 38, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Great Bend, Kan.; Alejandro Castillo-Ramirez, 39, a citizen of Mexico residing in Augusta, Kan.; Juan Carlos Palma-Cedeno, 36, a citizen of Mexico residing in Claremore, Okla.; Ramon Moreno-Hernandez, 39, a citizen of Mexico residing in Nevada, Mo.; Jose Luis Lopez-Valadez, 41, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of West Plains, Mo.; Lorenzo Castro-Manzanarez, 39, a citizen of Mexico residing in St. Robert, Mo.; Jaime Ramirez-Ceja, 42, a citizen of Mexico residing in Lebanon, Mo.; Jose Luis Rodriguez-Valerio, 57, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Tulsa, Okla.;&nbsp; Veronica Razo De Lara, 46, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Great Bend, Kan.; Edgar Perez-Perez, a citizen of Guatemala residing in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Bernardo Rivas-Gomez, 48, a citizen of Guatemala residing in Elizabeth City, North Carolina; and Daniel Rivas-Carrillo, 23, a citizen of Guatemala residing in Elizabeth City, N.C.; were charged in a 64-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Aug. 10, 2021. That indictment was unsealed and made public today upon the arrests and initial court appearances of the defendants.

The federal indictment alleges that 17 of the 19 co-defendants were part of an organized criminal enterprise from July 2003 to Aug. 10, 2021, that smuggled Mexican, Guatemalan, and El Salvadoran nationals who were not authorized to live or work in the United States. Conspirators allegedly harbored them in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Bravo, Doll, Tarin-Martinez and Jose Razo created a network of restaurants operating as LLCs in states throughout the Midwest. Bravo and his co-conspirators allegedly supplied these restaurants with undocumented workers to staff positions at the restaurants. According to the indictment, conspirators did not pay the appropriate state and federal payroll taxes, overtime wages, and worker's compensation for the unauthorized employees.

In addition to smuggling and harboring undocumented workers, the indictment alleges the racketeering activity included fraud (in connection with identification documents), fraud and misuse of visas and other documents, and money laundering. Members and associates of the criminal enterprise shielded unauthorized employees from detection by immigration authorities by eliminating records of their employment, paying them by personal check and in cash, failing to maintain complete and accurate Forms I-9 and required wage and hour reports for these employees, assisting them with the acquisition of false identification documents (such as Social Security numbers and alien resident documents), and making false statements to immigration authorities and law enforcement officials.

Bravo, identified in the indictment as the leader of the enterprise, is the owner of Specialty Food Distribution in Joplin. Bravo is also the owner of a group of restaurants registered as Bravos Group, LLC, including El Charro, El Charrito, Playa Azul, Itza, LLC, Cantina Bravo, and El Chango.

Specialty Food Distribution is a wholesale distributor of food, supplies, and equipment to restaurants throughout the Midwest. Specialty Food Distribution also provides administrative and accounting support to restaurants in the areas of payroll. insurance, licensing, taxes, and legal services. Several restaurants serviced by Specialty Food Distribution allegedly employed aliens who were unauthorized to work in the United States.

According to the indictment, 31 limited liability companies (LLCs) operated 45 Mexican restaurants in multiple states and at least an additional 11 companies were involved in restaurant supply and logistics, real estate and construction. These 45 restaurants received goods and services from Specialty Food Distribution and another company, Intel Solutions, LLC. After federal inspections occurred at restaurants affiliated with conspirators, the indictment says, they formed Intel Solutions to assume those administrative duties, in name only, as a way to conceal and minimize the level of involvement in the inspected restaurants by members and associates of the criminal enterprise. Intel Solutions later changed its name to Entel Solutions, LLC.

According to the indictment, Bravo supplied unauthorized alien workers to managers at restaurants in which he had a financial interest. Bravo arranged to have undocumented workers smuggled into the United States to work at these restaurants and other businesses, the indictment says. Bravo allegedly assisted these aliens with obtaining fraudulent documents that would allow them to work in the United States. He allegedly helped secure transportation and lodging for them en route to restaurants where they were to work.

Jose Razo is the president of Specialty Food Distribution. Razo allegedly employed unauthorized workers at Specialty Foods Distribution as salesmen and warehouse workers, and directed other employees to limit these workers’ exposure to potential immigration inspections. Jose Razo also allegedly counseled restaurant managers on how to manage, document, and compensate unauthorized workers in ways that would minimize their detection by immigration officials.

Doll is the chief financial officer of Specialty Food Distribution. Tarin-Martinez is employed as controller of Specialty Food Distribution. Martinez-Munoz is employed as a sales manager of Specialty Food Distribution.

Ramirez-Ceja is a manager of several El Charro Restaurants in Arkansas and Missouri, as well as some Playa Azul restaurants in Kansas. Molina-Angulo is the manager of the El Charro Restaurant in Butler. Castillo-Ramirez is the manager of El Charro Restaurant in Augustus. Lopez-Valadez is the manager of Cantina Bravo in St. Robert and the El Charro Restaurants in West Plains. Castro-Manzanarez is the manager at Cantina Bravo in St. Robert. Ramirez-Ceja is the manager of the El Charro Restaurant in Springfield and in Lebanon. Rodriguez-Valerio was until recently manager of Bravos Mexican Grill in Overland Park. Razo De Lara is the manager of Maria’s Mexican Grill in Great Bend.

According to the federal indictment, the investigation began when the Kansas Department of Labor contacted Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) regarding allegations that unauthorized aliens were employed at the Bravos Mexican Grill in Overland Park. When HSI announced a Form I-9 inspection on July 16, 2018, agents discovered that 14 of the 17 Bravos employees whose I-9 forms had been inspected were ineligible to work. During another inspection of Bravos on Feb. 28, 2019, agents identified eight unauthorized aliens working there. Five of those employees had been identified previously as ineligible to work.

On June 7, 2019, HSI inspected 10 restaurants in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Those restaurants operated under LLCs, doing business as El Charro (Claremore, Butler and Springfield), Playa Azul (Great Bend, Pratt, Kan., and Wichita, Kan.), Iguana Azul (Nevada, Mo.), Los Sauces (Nevada, Mo.), and La Paloma (Springfield). All of them were found to have employed unauthorized workers. Approximately 68 percent of the employees audited at the restaurants were not authorized to work in the United States.

On Sept. 13, 2019, HSI agents inspected restaurants in Missouri and Kansas that were affiliated with the defendants. Those restaurants operated under LLCs doing business as Cantina Bravo (St. Robert), Cantina Bravo Grille (Webb City, Mo.), El Charro (Neosho, Mo., Marshfield, Mo., West Plains, Joplin, and Pittsburg, Kansas), Maria's Mexican Grill (Great Bend), and Playa Azul (Augusta). All of the restaurants were found to have employed unauthorized employees.

All of the defendants, with the exception of Rivas-Gomez and Rivas-Carrillo, are charged with participating in the racketeering conspiracy. Rivas-Gomez and Rivas-Carrillo are each charged with one count of the use of an unlawfully obtained document and one count of the false representation of a Social Security number.

In addition to the RICO conspiracy, defendants are charged in various counts of transporting illegal aliens, hiring illegal aliens, continuing employment of an unauthorized alien, use of unlawfully obtained documents, false attestations, false representations of Social Security numbers, and the unlawful production and transfer of identification documents.

Bravo, Molina-Angulo and Palma-Cedeno are also charged with participating in a conspiracy to commit identification document fraud.

Bravo, Moreno-Hernandez, Castro-Manzanarez, and Perez-Perez are also charged with participating in a conspiracy to transport aliens.

Bravo, Doll, Razo, Tarin-Martinez, and Lopez-Valadez are also charged with participating in a money-laundering conspiracy and in various counts of money laundering.

The indictment also contains forfeiture allegations against several defendants, which would require them to forfeit to the government the funds contained in several bank accounts as well as real estate located in Great Bend, Pittsburg, and Augusta in Kansas; Butler, Joplin, and West Plains in Missouri; and Claremore, Okmulgee, Muskogee, Enid, and Tahlequah in Oklahoma.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629938684101.png" alt="Veronica De Lara" />
 <figcaption>Veronica De Lara</figcaption>
 </figure>KANSAS CITY – The owner of dozens of Mexican restaurants in several states, along with the company’s president, CFO, controller and sales manager are among 19 defendants charged in a federal racketeering conspiracy to hire undocumented workers. Also among those charged are eight current or former managers of restaurants located in Butler, Springfield, Lebanon, West Plains, Willow Springs and St. Robert in Missouri; and in Overland Park, Great Bend and Augusta in Kansas, according to the United State's Attorney.Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents, with the assistance of numerous local, states, and federal agencies, executed a series of search warrants Wednesday at 10 locations in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Federal agents have so far arrested 14 of the 19 defendants.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629938750053.png" alt="Razo booking photo" />
 <figcaption>Razo booking photo</figcaption>
 </figure>Jose Luis Bravo, 51, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Claremore, Oklahoma; Jose Guadalupe Razo, 51, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Carl Junction, Mo.; Anthony Edward Doll, 43, a citizen of Guatemala, and Miguel Tarin-Martinez, 42, a naturalized U.S. citizen, both of Joplin, Mo.; Antonio Martinez-Munoz, 44, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Broken Arrow, Okla.; Eusebio Ramirez-Ceja, 50, a citizen of Mexico residing in Mountain Home, Arkansas; Oscar Adrian Molina-Angulo, 38, a citizen of Mexico residing in Butler, Mo.;&nbsp; Rodrigo Manrique Razo, 38, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Great Bend, Kan.; Alejandro Castillo-Ramirez, 39, a citizen of Mexico residing in Augusta, Kan.; Juan Carlos Palma-Cedeno, 36, a citizen of Mexico residing in Claremore, Okla.; Ramon Moreno-Hernandez, 39, a citizen of Mexico residing in Nevada, Mo.; Jose Luis Lopez-Valadez, 41, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of West Plains, Mo.; Lorenzo Castro-Manzanarez, 39, a citizen of Mexico residing in St. Robert, Mo.; Jaime Ramirez-Ceja, 42, a citizen of Mexico residing in Lebanon, Mo.; Jose Luis Rodriguez-Valerio, 57, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Tulsa, Okla.;&nbsp; Veronica Razo De Lara, 46, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of Great Bend, Kan.; Edgar Perez-Perez, a citizen of Guatemala residing in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Bernardo Rivas-Gomez, 48, a citizen of Guatemala residing in Elizabeth City, North Carolina; and Daniel Rivas-Carrillo, 23, a citizen of Guatemala residing in Elizabeth City, N.C.; were charged in a 64-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Aug. 10, 2021. That indictment was unsealed and made public today upon the arrests and initial court appearances of the defendants.The federal indictment alleges that 17 of the 19 co-defendants were part of an organized criminal enterprise from July 2003 to Aug. 10, 2021, that smuggled Mexican, Guatemalan, and El Salvadoran nationals who were not authorized to live or work in the United States. Conspirators allegedly harbored them in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Bravo, Doll, Tarin-Martinez and Jose Razo created a network of restaurants operating as LLCs in states throughout the Midwest. Bravo and his co-conspirators allegedly supplied these restaurants with undocumented workers to staff positions at the restaurants. According to the indictment, conspirators did not pay the appropriate state and federal payroll taxes, overtime wages, and worker's compensation for the unauthorized employees.In addition to smuggling and harboring undocumented workers, the indictment alleges the racketeering activity included fraud (in connection with identification documents), fraud and misuse of visas and other documents, and money laundering. Members and associates of the criminal enterprise shielded unauthorized employees from detection by immigration authorities by eliminating records of their employment, paying them by personal check and in cash, failing to maintain complete and accurate Forms I-9 and required wage and hour reports for these employees, assisting them with the acquisition of false identification documents (such as Social Security numbers and alien resident documents), and making false statements to immigration authorities and law enforcement officials.Bravo, identified in the indictment as the leader of the enterprise, is the owner of Specialty Food Distribution in Joplin. Bravo is also the owner of a group of restaurants registered as Bravos Group, LLC, including El Charro, El Charrito, Playa Azul, Itza, LLC, Cantina Bravo, and El Chango.Specialty Food Distribution is a wholesale distributor of food, supplies, and equipment to restaurants throughout the Midwest. Specialty Food Distribution also provides administrative and accounting support to restaurants in the areas of payroll. insurance, licensing, taxes, and legal services. Several restaurants serviced by Specialty Food Distribution allegedly employed aliens who were unauthorized to work in the United States.According to the indictment, 31 limited liability companies (LLCs) operated 45 Mexican restaurants in multiple states and at least an additional 11 companies were involved in restaurant supply and logistics, real estate and construction. These 45 restaurants received goods and services from Specialty Food Distribution and another company, Intel Solutions, LLC. After federal inspections occurred at restaurants affiliated with conspirators, the indictment says, they formed Intel Solutions to assume those administrative duties, in name only, as a way to conceal and minimize the level of involvement in the inspected restaurants by members and associates of the criminal enterprise. Intel Solutions later changed its name to Entel Solutions, LLC.According to the indictment, Bravo supplied unauthorized alien workers to managers at restaurants in which he had a financial interest. Bravo arranged to have undocumented workers smuggled into the United States to work at these restaurants and other businesses, the indictment says. Bravo allegedly assisted these aliens with obtaining fraudulent documents that would allow them to work in the United States. He allegedly helped secure transportation and lodging for them en route to restaurants where they were to work.Jose Razo is the president of Specialty Food Distribution. Razo allegedly employed unauthorized workers at Specialty Foods Distribution as salesmen and warehouse workers, and directed other employees to limit these workers’ exposure to potential immigration inspections. Jose Razo also allegedly counseled restaurant managers on how to manage, document, and compensate unauthorized workers in ways that would minimize their detection by immigration officials.Doll is the chief financial officer of Specialty Food Distribution. Tarin-Martinez is employed as controller of Specialty Food Distribution. Martinez-Munoz is employed as a sales manager of Specialty Food Distribution.Ramirez-Ceja is a manager of several El Charro Restaurants in Arkansas and Missouri, as well as some Playa Azul restaurants in Kansas. Molina-Angulo is the manager of the El Charro Restaurant in Butler. Castillo-Ramirez is the manager of El Charro Restaurant in Augustus. Lopez-Valadez is the manager of Cantina Bravo in St. Robert and the El Charro Restaurants in West Plains. Castro-Manzanarez is the manager at Cantina Bravo in St. Robert. Ramirez-Ceja is the manager of the El Charro Restaurant in Springfield and in Lebanon. Rodriguez-Valerio was until recently manager of Bravos Mexican Grill in Overland Park. Razo De Lara is the manager of Maria’s Mexican Grill in Great Bend.According to the federal indictment, the investigation began when the Kansas Department of Labor contacted Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) regarding allegations that unauthorized aliens were employed at the Bravos Mexican Grill in Overland Park. When HSI announced a Form I-9 inspection on July 16, 2018, agents discovered that 14 of the 17 Bravos employees whose I-9 forms had been inspected were ineligible to work. During another inspection of Bravos on Feb. 28, 2019, agents identified eight unauthorized aliens working there. Five of those employees had been identified previously as ineligible to work.On June 7, 2019, HSI inspected 10 restaurants in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Those restaurants operated under LLCs, doing business as El Charro (Claremore, Butler and Springfield), Playa Azul (Great Bend, Pratt, Kan., and Wichita, Kan.), Iguana Azul (Nevada, Mo.), Los Sauces (Nevada, Mo.), and La Paloma (Springfield). All of them were found to have employed unauthorized workers. Approximately 68 percent of the employees audited at the restaurants were not authorized to work in the United States.On Sept. 13, 2019, HSI agents inspected restaurants in Missouri and Kansas that were affiliated with the defendants. Those restaurants operated under LLCs doing business as Cantina Bravo (St. Robert), Cantina Bravo Grille (Webb City, Mo.), El Charro (Neosho, Mo., Marshfield, Mo., West Plains, Joplin, and Pittsburg, Kansas), Maria's Mexican Grill (Great Bend), and Playa Azul (Augusta). All of the restaurants were found to have employed unauthorized employees.All of the defendants, with the exception of Rivas-Gomez and Rivas-Carrillo, are charged with participating in the racketeering conspiracy. Rivas-Gomez and Rivas-Carrillo are each charged with one count of the use of an unlawfully obtained document and one count of the false representation of a Social Security number.In addition to the RICO conspiracy, defendants are charged in various counts of transporting illegal aliens, hiring illegal aliens, continuing employment of an unauthorized alien, use of unlawfully obtained documents, false attestations, false representations of Social Security numbers, and the unlawful production and transfer of identification documents.Bravo, Molina-Angulo and Palma-Cedeno are also charged with participating in a conspiracy to commit identification document fraud.Bravo, Moreno-Hernandez, Castro-Manzanarez, and Perez-Perez are also charged with participating in a conspiracy to transport aliens.Bravo, Doll, Razo, Tarin-Martinez, and Lopez-Valadez are also charged with participating in a money-laundering conspiracy and in various counts of money laundering.The indictment also contains forfeiture allegations against several defendants, which would require them to forfeit to the government the funds contained in several bank accounts as well as real estate located in Great Bend, Pittsburg, and Augusta in Kansas; Butler, Joplin, and West Plains in Missouri; and Claremore, Okmulgee, Muskogee, Enid, and Tahlequah in Oklahoma.

Kan. restaurants linked to probe involving undocumented workers

DAWSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on drug charges after finding 11 pounds of fentanyl during a traffic stop in Dawson County, Nebraska.

Just after 11:00 p.m. Monday, a trooper observed an eastbound BMW sedan with defective lighting traveling on Interstate 80 near Lexington, according to a media release. 

The trooper performed a traffic stop. During the traffic stop, the trooper and a Dawson County Sheriff’s Deputy observed marijuana in plain view inside the vehicle.

A search of the vehicle revealed 11 pounds of fentanyl and a small amount of marijuana.

Troopers arrested the driver, Alexis Murillo Godoy, 27, of Long Beach, California, on requested charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver, and other charges.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629846259874.jpeg" alt="Photo courtesy Nebraska State Patrol" />
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 </figure>DAWSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on drug charges after finding 11 pounds of fentanyl during a traffic stop in Dawson County, Nebraska.Just after 11:00 p.m. Monday, a trooper observed an eastbound BMW sedan with defective lighting traveling on Interstate 80 near Lexington, according to a media release. The trooper performed a traffic stop. During the traffic stop, the trooper and a Dawson County Sheriff’s Deputy observed marijuana in plain view inside the vehicle.A search of the vehicle revealed 11 pounds of fentanyl and a small amount of marijuana.Troopers arrested the driver, Alexis Murillo Godoy, 27, of Long Beach, California, on requested charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver, and other charges.

State troopers find 11 pounds of fentanyl during traffic stop

KANSAS CITY (AP) — Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker is asking that a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-city-michael-brown-kansas-police-shootings-07c9ee2bca9013d73d8751a263932aa5">fatal police shooting of a Kansas City man that has been criticized by some area clergy and civil rights activists.</a>

Peters Baker asked in a court filing that an assistant prosecutor from St. Louis County determine if the police shooting of Malcolm Johnson, 31, was justified, The Kansas City Star&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article253681523.html">reported.</a>

Peters Baker said her office's prosecutions of Johnson in prior criminal cases could be seen as a conflict of interest during the shooting investigation. Baker's office charged Johnson in 2014 in a fatal shooting, and he later pleaded to reduced charges of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action.

Johnson was shot and killed by police on March 25 inside a Kansas City convenience store.

Police had identified him as a suspect in a non-fatal shooting when they approached him in the store. Police said Johnson shot an officer during an altercation while he was being arrested.

But videos of the shooting raised questions about the police version, and the leader of a group of clergy who questioned the circumstances called Johnson's death “an execution.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629842376168.png" alt="Police on the scene of the shooting investigation photo courtesy KCTV" />
 <figcaption>Police on the scene of the shooting investigation photo courtesy KCTV</figcaption>
 </figure>KANSAS CITY (AP) — Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker is asking that a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kansas-city-michael-brown-kansas-police-shootings-07c9ee2bca9013d73d8751a263932aa5">fatal police shooting of a Kansas City man that has been criticized by some area clergy and civil rights activists.</a>Peters Baker asked in a court filing that an assistant prosecutor from St. Louis County determine if the police shooting of Malcolm Johnson, 31, was justified, The Kansas City Star&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article253681523.html">reported.</a>Peters Baker said her office's prosecutions of Johnson in prior criminal cases could be seen as a conflict of interest during the shooting investigation. Baker's office charged Johnson in 2014 in a fatal shooting, and he later pleaded to reduced charges of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action.Johnson was shot and killed by police on March 25 inside a Kansas City convenience store.Police had identified him as a suspect in a non-fatal shooting when they approached him in the store. Police said Johnson shot an officer during an altercation while he was being arrested.But videos of the shooting raised questions about the police version, and the leader of a group of clergy who questioned the circumstances called Johnson's death “an execution.”

Special prosecutor sought for Kansas City police shooting

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina Post

A pickup reported stolen Monday afternoon in Salina was later found across town with two 13-year-old occupants.

A 62-year-old Salina man told police that sometime between 2-2:15 p.m. Monday, someone stole his 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 from where it was parked in front of his residence in the 700 block of State Street, according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester. The pickup was valued at $1,500.

While officers were at the call, a citizen reported the same pickup driving recklessly in the 2600 block of S. Ohio Street in Salina.

A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper who was in the area located and stopped the pickup in the 1300 block of Meyer Drive. The pickup had struck a mailbox, Forrester said.

A 13-year-old boy had been driving, he said. The passenger in the pickup was a 13-year-old girl.

Police arrested the boy was arrested on requested charges&nbsp; of Felony possession of stolen property, no driver's license, Possession of tobacco, Duty upon striking other property and Reckless driving. He is being held at the North Central Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Facility in Junction City.

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina PostA pickup reported stolen Monday afternoon in Salina was later found across town with two 13-year-old occupants.A 62-year-old Salina man told police that sometime between 2-2:15 p.m. Monday, someone stole his 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 from where it was parked in front of his residence in the 700 block of State Street, according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester. The pickup was valued at $1,500.While officers were at the call, a citizen reported the same pickup driving recklessly in the 2600 block of S. Ohio Street in Salina.A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper who was in the area located and stopped the pickup in the 1300 block of Meyer Drive. The pickup had struck a mailbox, Forrester said.A 13-year-old boy had been driving, he said. The passenger in the pickup was a 13-year-old girl.Police arrested the boy was arrested on requested charges&nbsp; of Felony possession of stolen property, no driver's license, Possession of tobacco, Duty upon striking other property and Reckless driving. He is being held at the North Central Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Facility in Junction City.

13-year-old caught driving stolen pickup

PAWNEE COUNTY —A Kansas man was sentenced to prison Thursday for a December shooting that injured two men in Burdett.

District Judge Bruce Gatterman sentenced&nbsp;Thomas R. Jones, III, aka Tre Jones, 22 of Larned, to just over three years in prison, according to Pawnee County Attorney Doug McNett.

He was also ordered to pay restitution and be subject to registration as a Violent Offender for a period of 15 years upon his release from prison

In June, Jones plead guilty to two counts of intentional aggravated battery with a firearm resulting in great bodily harm.

On Dec. 11, Pawnee County Communications received a 911 call after a man was shot at a house at&nbsp;701 Elm in&nbsp;Burdett. Deputies from the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office and EMS from both Burdett and Larned responded to the scene.

Before deputies arrived, dispatch was advised through another emergency call, that a second male shooting victim was identified at a house a block away from the first call.&nbsp;

Investigators believe both victims were together when they were shot outside the house at 701 Elm. The second man was able to run to a house northwest of the area to get help.

The first victim was a 51-year-old man from Burdett, who was treated for several gunshot wounds and was transported by EMS to a Wichita hospital.&nbsp;

The second victim, a 30-year-old man from Burdett, was taken to Pawnee Valley Community Hospital Larned.&nbsp;

In support of the plea,&nbsp; McNett advised the Court the evidence would show that during the earlier morning hours of Dec. 11, Jones, along with Tristian Scott, 18, and two juveniles, travelled to Burdett with the intention of robbing an individual the group perceived had wronged them. Once they encountered the intended victim, Jones without warning opened fire with a shotgun striking both the intended target and another individual outside the residence.

The four suspects were arrested on Dec. 23 by Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents without incident.

On June 30, 2021, co-defendant Tristan Scott plead No Contest to Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Robbery. His Sentencing is scheduled for August 23, according to McNett.

The two juveniles have already entered pleas for their involvement.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/12/1608771834329.png" alt="Thomas Jones photo Pawnee Co." />
 <figcaption>Thomas Jones photo Pawnee Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>PAWNEE COUNTY —A Kansas man was sentenced to prison Thursday for a December shooting that injured two men in Burdett.District Judge Bruce Gatterman sentenced&nbsp;Thomas R. Jones, III, aka Tre Jones, 22 of Larned, to just over three years in prison, according to Pawnee County Attorney Doug McNett.He was also ordered to pay restitution and be subject to registration as a Violent Offender for a period of 15 years upon his release from prisonIn June, Jones plead guilty to two counts of intentional aggravated battery with a firearm resulting in great bodily harm.On Dec. 11, Pawnee County Communications received a 911 call after a man was shot at a house at&nbsp;701 Elm in&nbsp;Burdett. Deputies from the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office and EMS from both Burdett and Larned responded to the scene.Before deputies arrived, dispatch was advised through another emergency call, that a second male shooting victim was identified at a house a block away from the first call.&nbsp;Investigators believe both victims were together when they were shot outside the house at 701 Elm. The second man was able to run to a house northwest of the area to get help.The first victim was a 51-year-old man from Burdett, who was treated for several gunshot wounds and was transported by EMS to a Wichita hospital.&nbsp;The second victim, a 30-year-old man from Burdett, was taken to Pawnee Valley Community Hospital Larned.&nbsp;Both victims made full recoveries.&nbsp;<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/12/1608771797890.png" alt="Tristin Scott photo Pawnee Co." />
 <figcaption>Tristin Scott photo Pawnee Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>In support of the plea,&nbsp; McNett advised the Court the evidence would show that during the earlier morning hours of Dec. 11, Jones, along with Tristian Scott, 18, and two juveniles, travelled to Burdett with the intention of robbing an individual the group perceived had wronged them. Once they encountered the intended victim, Jones without warning opened fire with a shotgun striking both the intended target and another individual outside the residence.The four suspects were arrested on Dec. 23 by Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents without incident.On June 30, 2021, co-defendant Tristan Scott plead No Contest to Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Robbery. His Sentencing is scheduled for August 23, according to McNett.The two juveniles have already entered pleas for their involvement.

SW Kansas man sentenced for shooting during robbery

SALINA —Police identified the victim of a Monday morning shooting in Salina as 25-year-old Camilo Renaldo Ramirez&nbsp; from Salina, according to a media release. 

He remains in critical condition at a hospital in Wichita.

At the scene of the shooting, Police also found Ramirez’s dog&nbsp; deceased from an apparent gunshot. In addition, a front window at the Fresh Market, 511 E. Iron and City Go bus stop sign sustained damage from bullets fired during the shooting.

Surveillance videos near the shooting scene showed a vehicle circling the area, then stop and two occupants exit and begin shooting, the news release noted.

Through their investigation, Salina Police detectives developed the names of two persons of interest: Jamie Leos, Jr., 24-years old and Juan Doroteo Morales, 34-years old.

On Monday at approximately 8:26 p.m., Jamie Leos, Jr. was contacted by Salina Police on Centennial Road&nbsp;near W. Crawford Street. Jamie Leos, Jr. was subsequently transported to the Salina Police Department for questioning.

At approximately 11 p.m. on Monday, Salina Police detectives went to Jaime Leos, Jr.’s residence in the 100 block of E. Jewell Avenue to secure it for a search warrant. Upon arrival Morales was located and taken to the Salina Police Department for questioning.

After the search warrant was executed, evidence related to the Ramirez shooting was discovered and police seized more than&nbsp;80 grams of methamphetamine.

Both Leos&nbsp; and Morales were subsequently arrested and booked into the Saline County Jail.

Leos is being held on requested charges of Attempted first degree murder, Felony animal cruelty, Felon in possession of a firearm, Possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and Other narcotics-related charges

&nbsp;Morales is being held on requested charges of&nbsp;Attempted first degree murder, Felony animal cruelty Felon in possession of a firearm

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629837479785.jpeg" alt="Jamie Leos Jr Photo Saline Co." />
 <figcaption>Jamie Leos Jr Photo Saline Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>SALINA —Police identified the victim of a Monday morning shooting in Salina as 25-year-old Camilo Renaldo Ramirez&nbsp; from Salina, according to a media release. He remains in critical condition at a hospital in Wichita.At the scene of the shooting, Police also found Ramirez’s dog&nbsp; deceased from an apparent gunshot. In addition, a front window at the Fresh Market, 511 E. Iron and City Go bus stop sign sustained damage from bullets fired during the shooting.Surveillance videos near the shooting scene showed a vehicle circling the area, then stop and two occupants exit and begin shooting, the news release noted.Through their investigation, Salina Police detectives developed the names of two persons of interest: Jamie Leos, Jr., 24-years old and Juan Doroteo Morales, 34-years old.On Monday at approximately 8:26 p.m., Jamie Leos, Jr. was contacted by Salina Police on Centennial Road&nbsp;near W. Crawford Street. Jamie Leos, Jr. was subsequently transported to the Salina Police Department for questioning.At approximately 11 p.m. on Monday, Salina Police detectives went to Jaime Leos, Jr.’s residence in the 100 block of E. Jewell Avenue to secure it for a search warrant. Upon arrival Morales was located and taken to the Salina Police Department for questioning.After the search warrant was executed, evidence related to the Ramirez shooting was discovered and police seized more than&nbsp;80 grams of methamphetamine.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629837534627.jpeg" alt="Juan Doroteo Moralez mugshots.jpg" />
 <figcaption>Juan Doroteo Moralez mugshots.jpg</figcaption>
 </figure>Both Leos&nbsp; and Morales were subsequently arrested and booked into the Saline County Jail.Leos is being held on requested charges of Attempted first degree murder, Felony animal cruelty, Felon in possession of a firearm, Possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and Other narcotics-related charges&nbsp;Morales is being held on requested charges of&nbsp;Attempted first degree murder, Felony animal cruelty Felon in possession of a firearm.

Police: Victim in Salina shooting remains in critical condition

JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspect including a woman wanted on a felony warrant in Texas.

Just after 5:30a.m. Sunday,&nbsp;a Jackson County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop on a Toyota passenger car for a traffic infraction near 302nd Road on U.S. 75 Highway, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.

The deputy discovered illegal contraband during a search of the vehicle.&nbsp;The passenger was identified as Julie Diane Klen, 38, of Brownfield, Texas.

Klen was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and for an outstanding felony warrant out of Abilene, Texas, according to Morse.

Deputies arrested the driver identified as Tracey Glenn Myers, 39, of Brownfield, Texas. arrested and booked on requested charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, no proof of insurance and no vehicle registration.&nbsp;

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629745861508.png" alt="Myers photo Jackson Co." />
 <figcaption>Myers photo Jackson Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspect including a woman wanted on a felony warrant in Texas.Just after 5:30a.m. Sunday,&nbsp;a Jackson County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop on a Toyota passenger car for a traffic infraction near 302nd Road on U.S. 75 Highway, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.The deputy discovered illegal contraband during a search of the vehicle.&nbsp;The passenger was identified as Julie Diane Klen, 38, of Brownfield, Texas.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629745818732.png" alt="Klen photo Jackson Co." />
 <figcaption>Klen photo Jackson Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>Klen was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and for an outstanding felony warrant out of Abilene, Texas, according to Morse.Deputies arrested the driver identified as Tracey Glenn Myers, 39, of Brownfield, Texas. arrested and booked on requested charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, no proof of insurance and no vehicle registration.&nbsp;

Woman wanted in Texas arrested in Kansas

SEDGWICK COUNTY –&nbsp;The suspect injured in the late Friday officer-involved shooting in Augusta has been moved from the hospital to jail, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

Barrye W. Lightner, 49, of Augusta, was released from Wesley Medical Center on Sunday evening. He was then booked into the Sedgwick County Detention Facility just before 8 p.m. Lightner is being held on requested charges of aggravated domestic battery and multiple probation violations. He has not yet been charged related to the officer-involved shooting incident.

Preliminary information indicates that the Augusta Police Department received a 911 call where no report was made, but the caller did not hang up the phone. They tracked the call to the Phillips 66 at 610 W 7th&nbsp;St. in Augusta. Once an officer from Augusta Police Department arrived he made contact the subject who called 911 and learned that a man inside the convenience store had felony warrants for his arrest. The man was identified as Lightner.

The officer entered the store and attempted to make contact with Lightner, who pulled out a knife. The officer gave several commands to Lightner which were not followed. Lightner took steps toward the officer who fired once striking Lightner in his hands. Lightner then used the knife to cut his own throat. The shooting occurred at approximately 8:25 p.m. No law enforcement officers were injured during the incident.

EMS arrived on scene and provided life-saving measures. Lightner was then transported to Wesley Medical Center.

BUTLER COUNTY –&nbsp;The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) responded to investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred Friday night in Augusta, according to a media release from the agency.

Preliminary information indicates that the Augusta Police Department received a 911 call where no report was made, but the caller did not hang up the phone. They tracked the call to the Phillips 66 at 610 W 7th&nbsp;St. in Augusta. Once an officer from Augusta Police Department arrived he made contact with the subject who called 911 and learned that a man inside the convenience store had felony warrants for his arrest. The man was identified as 49-year-old Barrye W. Lightner, of Augusta.

EMS arrived on scene and provided life-saving measures. Lightner was then transported to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita where he is currently in serious, but stable condition.

BUTLER COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Augusta.

Just before 9 p.m. Friday, an officer with Augusta Dept. of Public Safety was investigating an open 911 call from a cell phone, according to a media release.

The cell phone was traced to a convenience store in the 700 block of W. 7th Street in Augusta. When the officer arrived at the store, he learned there was a man wanted for a felony probation violation in the store. The man identified as 49-year-old Barrye Lightner&nbsp; brandished a knife and was shot by the officer. 

Lightner also suffered an intentional, self-inflicted, knife wound. He was transported to Wesley Medical Center by Butler County EMS in critical condition.&nbsp; The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is handling the investigation.&nbsp;

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629735245817.png" alt="Police on the scene of the officer-involved shooting photo courtesy KWCH" />
 <figcaption>Police on the scene of the officer-involved shooting photo courtesy KWCH</figcaption>
 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY –&nbsp;The suspect injured in the late Friday officer-involved shooting in Augusta has been moved from the hospital to jail, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629734634583.png" alt="During the incident, Lightner used a knife to cut his own throat. He as over a dozen previous convictions that include burglary, stalking, violation of protection orders, theft, criminal damage to property and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections-photo Sedgwick Co. Jail" />
 <figcaption>During the incident, Lightner used a knife to cut his own throat. He as over a dozen previous convictions that include burglary, stalking, violation of protection orders, theft, criminal damage to property and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections-photo Sedgwick Co. Jail</figcaption>
 </figure>Barrye W. Lightner, 49, of Augusta, was released from Wesley Medical Center on Sunday evening. He was then booked into the Sedgwick County Detention Facility just before 8 p.m. Lightner is being held on requested charges of aggravated domestic battery and multiple probation violations. He has not yet been charged related to the officer-involved shooting incident.Preliminary information indicates that the Augusta Police Department received a 911 call where no report was made, but the caller did not hang up the phone. They tracked the call to the Phillips 66 at 610 W 7th&nbsp;St. in Augusta. Once an officer from Augusta Police Department arrived he made contact the subject who called 911 and learned that a man inside the convenience store had felony warrants for his arrest. The man was identified as Lightner.The officer entered the store and attempted to make contact with Lightner, who pulled out a knife. The officer gave several commands to Lightner which were not followed. Lightner took steps toward the officer who fired once striking Lightner in his hands. Lightner then used the knife to cut his own throat. The shooting occurred at approximately 8:25 p.m. No law enforcement officers were injured during the incident.EMS arrived on scene and provided life-saving measures. Lightner was then transported to Wesley Medical Center.-------------<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629552510764.png" alt="Lightner has over a dozen previous convictions that include burglary, stalking, violation of protection orders, theft, criminal damage to property and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections" />
 <figcaption>Lightner has over a dozen previous convictions that include burglary, stalking, violation of protection orders, theft, criminal damage to property and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections</figcaption>
 </figure>BUTLER COUNTY –&nbsp;The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) responded to investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred Friday night in Augusta, according to a media release from the agency.Preliminary information indicates that the Augusta Police Department received a 911 call where no report was made, but the caller did not hang up the phone. They tracked the call to the Phillips 66 at 610 W 7th&nbsp;St. in Augusta. Once an officer from Augusta Police Department arrived he made contact with the subject who called 911 and learned that a man inside the convenience store had felony warrants for his arrest. The man was identified as 49-year-old Barrye W. Lightner, of Augusta.The officer entered the store and attempted to make contact with Lightner, who pulled out a knife. The officer gave several commands to Lightner which were not followed. Lightner took steps toward the officer who fired once striking Lightner in his hands. Lightner then used the knife to cut his own throat. The shooting occurred at approximately 8:25 p.m. No law enforcement officers were injured during the incident.EMS arrived on scene and provided life-saving measures. Lightner was then transported to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita where he is currently in serious, but stable condition.-------BUTLER COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Augusta.Just before 9 p.m. Friday, an officer with Augusta Dept. of Public Safety was investigating an open 911 call from a cell phone, according to a media release.The cell phone was traced to a convenience store in the 700 block of W. 7th Street in Augusta. When the officer arrived at the store, he learned there was a man wanted for a felony probation violation in the store. The man identified as 49-year-old Barrye Lightner&nbsp; brandished a knife and was shot by the officer. Lightner also suffered an intentional, self-inflicted, knife wound. He was transported to Wesley Medical Center by Butler County EMS in critical condition.&nbsp; The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is handling the investigation.&nbsp;

KBI: Kan. felon cut his throat after shot by police

SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a child abduction and have made an arrest.

Around 11:30 a.m. Monday, police responded to a report of a 2-month old child being abducted when the vehicle he was in was stolen near 6th and Clay, according to Lt. Kelvin Johnson.

 The vehicle was found a short time later with child located inside and unharmed. A suspect was identified as Don Womack Jr., 47 of Topeka, and was located and taken into custody in the area of 3rd and Buchanan around 2:45 p.m.

Womack was booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges of Aggravated Robbery, Kidnapping, Aggravated Child Endangerment and Aggravated Vehicle Burglary

SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a child abduction and asking the public for help to locate a suspect.

Just after 11a.m. Monday, a 2-month-old child was abducted in a stolen vehicle near SW 6th&nbsp;Avenue and SW Clay Street in Topeka, according to police spokesperson Gretchen Spiker.

The child has been located and is safe. Police also located the stolen vehicle, according to Spiker.

The suspect is described as a black male and was wearing a white shirt, blue pants and white shoes at the time of the abduction.&nbsp;

Police released no additional details early Monday afternoon.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629741394678.png" alt="Security camera images of the child abduction suspect from Topeka Police" />
 <figcaption>Security camera images of the child abduction suspect from Topeka Police</figcaption>
 </figure>SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a child abduction and have made an arrest.Around 11:30 a.m. Monday, police responded to a report of a 2-month old child being abducted when the vehicle he was in was stolen near 6th and Clay, according to Lt. Kelvin Johnson. The vehicle was found a short time later with child located inside and unharmed. A suspect was identified as Don Womack Jr., 47 of Topeka, and was located and taken into custody in the area of 3rd and Buchanan around 2:45 p.m.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629759094709.png" alt="Womack booking photo Shawnee Co." />
 <figcaption>Womack booking photo Shawnee Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>Womack was booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges of Aggravated Robbery, Kidnapping, Aggravated Child Endangerment and Aggravated Vehicle Burglary-------------SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a child abduction and asking the public for help to locate a suspect.Just after 11a.m. Monday, a 2-month-old child was abducted in a stolen vehicle near SW 6th&nbsp;Avenue and SW Clay Street in Topeka, according to police spokesperson Gretchen Spiker.The child has been located and is safe. Police also located the stolen vehicle, according to Spiker.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629741465995.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>The suspect is described as a black male and was wearing a white shirt, blue pants and white shoes at the time of the abduction.&nbsp;Police released no additional details early Monday afternoon.

UPDATE: Police locate Kan. child abduction suspect

KANSAS CITY (AP) — The Hawaii lieutenant governor watched in horror as protesters showed up outside his condo, yelled at him through bullhorns and beamed strobe lights into the building to harass him over vaccine requirements.

A parent in Northern California barged into his daughter's elementary school and punched a teacher in the face over mask rules. At a school in Texas, a parent ripped a mask off a teacher's face during a “Meet the Teacher” event.

A Missouri hospital leader was approached in a parking garage this week by a man from Alabama who handed him papers accusing him of “crimes against humanity,” and it was not the only in-your-face encounter over vaccines and masks. School board members, county commissioners, doctors and local leaders are regularly confronted at meetings and in public with angry taunts that compare them to the Taliban, Nazis, Marxists and the leaders of Japanese internment camps.

Across the country, anti-vaccine and anti-mask demonstrations are taking scary and violent turns, and educators, medical professionals and public figures have been stunned at the level at which they have been vilified for even stating their opinion. And they have been terrified over how far protesters will go in confronting leaders outside their homes and in their workplaces.

“The heat definitely got turned up this week," said Shannon Portillo, a county commissioner in Kansas who was berated at a meeting Wednesday in which the board mandated masks indoors for unvaccinated children. "It got much more hostile than anything I had seen.”

The pandemic rage has coincided with a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, a growing movement to require vaccines and a new round of mask requirements, most notably in schools where exhausted families had hoped the worst days of the virus were over. Now, the country is averaging nearly 1,000 coronavirus deaths a day.

Anger from parents over masks has been simmering in rural Amador County in Northern California, and it reached a peak earlier this month when for the first time a teacher was attacked. A father became irate when he saw his daughter come out of school wearing a mask but teachers in a lounge were unmasked. Vaccinated staff are allowed to take off their masks if students aren't present, said Amador County Unified School District Superintendent Torie Gibson. The father was told this and left, but returned later to speak with the principal.

A concerned male teacher went to the principal's office. An argument ensued and the father struck the teacher.

“The teacher had some lacerations and bruising on his face and a knot on the back of his head,” Gibson said.

He was treated at a hospital and returned to work the following day. Still, the incident has shaken teachers and the community.

“The teachers have definitely been on edge. They are fearful because the last thing they want is to have an issue with a parent,” Gibson said. “They definitely looked over their shoulder for quite a few days, but I think things are now a little bit more calm.”

Meanwhile, the father is prohibited from entering the school and could face prosecution.

Since Hawaii announced a mandate earlier this month that state and county workers would have to show proof of vaccination or face weekly tests, 50 to 100 unmasked vaccine opponents have gathered almost nightly outside the downtown Honolulu condominium building where Lt. Gov. Josh Green lives with his wife and two children, ages 14 and 10.

Some yell into bullhorns and shine strobe lights into apartment units, Green said. Flyers with his photo and the words “Jew” and “fraud" have been plastered around the neighborhood. Green, who is Jewish, has been tearing them down and turning them over to the state attorney general’s office.

He understands the right to protest, but not why demonstrators subject bystanders to such rage.

“They should protest me at my place of work, where I’m the lieutenant governor,” Green said. “But it’s different than flashing a strobe light into a 90-year-old woman’s apartment or a strobe light into a family’s apartment, where they have two kids under age 4.”

Ironically, Green wasn't home during a recent intense weekend of protests. He was on the Big Island working on his other job as an emergency room doctor and treating mostly COVID-19 patients during a record surge in coronavirus hospitalizations in the state.

“I will personally be taking care of these individuals in the hospital as their doctor when they get sick from refusing to wear masks and refusing to be vaccinated,” he said.

In Kansas, commissioners in Douglas County in the Lawrence area were confronted with an angry, mostly unmasked crowd Wednesday before they mandated indoor public masks for 2- to- 12-year-olds who are too young to be vaccinated. During four hours of public comment, opponents invoked the Holocaust, the Taliban and Japanese internment camps.

As the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, Portillo was outraged at the comparisons.

“It is really insulting to families all over who lost loved ones in genocides,” she said.

Researchers, professors and political experts have varying opinions about how and why discourse seems to keep plunging to new lows over the pandemic, but many agree that social media is a big factor.

Barbara Rosenwein, professor emerita at Loyola University Chicago and author of “Anger: The Conflicted History of an Emotion,” said social media can make minority views look more like the majority. On the many social media platforms, people validate each other's anger as being from a just and righteous place.

“Over time the possibility of feeling righteous anger has become democratized. Everybody feels almost obligated to feel it,” Rosenwein said. “That locks you into a position that will allow for no compromise, which is terrible for our country.”

That anger also makes it seem OK to buck authority such as teachers and government at a time of heightened culture wars on topics like education. Getting punished or even arrested might feel like “a badge of courage," she said.

“I don’t think these people are running into old-age homes and telling granny she better not get vaccinated,” Rosenwein said. “I think they’re telling the school teachers because teachers represent an elite that’s teaching their kids.”

Rosenwein said there's no grand, one-size-fits-all solution to talking to a friend or family member who may be taking an anti-mask and anti-vaccine stance to extreme levels.

“You have to start where they are ... 'Let’s hear your reasons and try to go from there,'” Rosenwein said.

Dr. Cadey Harrel, who practices family medicine in Tucson, Arizona, was among four health care workers who testified in favor of mask mandates earlier this month at a local school board meeting. She recently transferred her children out of that school district over the issue but still felt compelled to speak. An anti-mask group of four or five followed them out of the building after the meeting.

“They started saying things along the lines of we were paid actors, we were paid to be there, that masks don’t work,” Harrel said. “They were getting right in our face.”

Harrel was unnerved but felt better after a few teachers thanked them for talking. And that motivated her to keep testifying at public meetings to provide a voice of science and reason amid all the outrage from mask and vaccine opponents.

“The thing is that somebody’s got to speak up," she said.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629638297023.png" alt="At Friday's Sedgwick County commission meeting, this man threatened to show up commissioners homes with a megaphone.&nbsp; Commissioners voted down the proposed mask&nbsp; mandate." />
 <figcaption>At Friday's Sedgwick County commission meeting, this man threatened to show up commissioners homes with a megaphone.&nbsp; Commissioners voted down the proposed mask&nbsp; mandate.</figcaption>
 </figure>KANSAS CITY (AP) — The Hawaii lieutenant governor watched in horror as protesters showed up outside his condo, yelled at him through bullhorns and beamed strobe lights into the building to harass him over vaccine requirements.<div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S-MxtG2j1HI?start=6345" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>A parent in Northern California barged into his daughter's elementary school and punched a teacher in the face over mask rules. At a school in Texas, a parent ripped a mask off a teacher's face during a “Meet the Teacher” event.A Missouri hospital leader was approached in a parking garage this week by a man from Alabama who handed him papers accusing him of “crimes against humanity,” and it was not the only in-your-face encounter over vaccines and masks. School board members, county commissioners, doctors and local leaders are regularly confronted at meetings and in public with angry taunts that compare them to the Taliban, Nazis, Marxists and the leaders of Japanese internment camps.Across the country, anti-vaccine and anti-mask demonstrations are taking scary and violent turns, and educators, medical professionals and public figures have been stunned at the level at which they have been vilified for even stating their opinion. And they have been terrified over how far protesters will go in confronting leaders outside their homes and in their workplaces.“The heat definitely got turned up this week," said Shannon Portillo, a county commissioner in Kansas who was berated at a meeting Wednesday in which the board mandated masks indoors for unvaccinated children. "It got much more hostile than anything I had seen.”The pandemic rage has coincided with a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, a growing movement to require vaccines and a new round of mask requirements, most notably in schools where exhausted families had hoped the worst days of the virus were over. Now, the country is averaging nearly 1,000 coronavirus deaths a day.Anger from parents over masks has been simmering in rural Amador County in Northern California, and it reached a peak earlier this month when for the first time a teacher was attacked. A father became irate when he saw his daughter come out of school wearing a mask but teachers in a lounge were unmasked. Vaccinated staff are allowed to take off their masks if students aren't present, said Amador County Unified School District Superintendent Torie Gibson. The father was told this and left, but returned later to speak with the principal.A concerned male teacher went to the principal's office. An argument ensued and the father struck the teacher.“The teacher had some lacerations and bruising on his face and a knot on the back of his head,” Gibson said.He was treated at a hospital and returned to work the following day. Still, the incident has shaken teachers and the community.“The teachers have definitely been on edge. They are fearful because the last thing they want is to have an issue with a parent,” Gibson said. “They definitely looked over their shoulder for quite a few days, but I think things are now a little bit more calm.”Meanwhile, the father is prohibited from entering the school and could face prosecution.Since Hawaii announced a mandate earlier this month that state and county workers would have to show proof of vaccination or face weekly tests, 50 to 100 unmasked vaccine opponents have gathered almost nightly outside the downtown Honolulu condominium building where Lt. Gov. Josh Green lives with his wife and two children, ages 14 and 10.Some yell into bullhorns and shine strobe lights into apartment units, Green said. Flyers with his photo and the words “Jew” and “fraud" have been plastered around the neighborhood. Green, who is Jewish, has been tearing them down and turning them over to the state attorney general’s office.He understands the right to protest, but not why demonstrators subject bystanders to such rage.“They should protest me at my place of work, where I’m the lieutenant governor,” Green said. “But it’s different than flashing a strobe light into a 90-year-old woman’s apartment or a strobe light into a family’s apartment, where they have two kids under age 4.”Ironically, Green wasn't home during a recent intense weekend of protests. He was on the Big Island working on his other job as an emergency room doctor and treating mostly COVID-19 patients during a record surge in coronavirus hospitalizations in the state.“I will personally be taking care of these individuals in the hospital as their doctor when they get sick from refusing to wear masks and refusing to be vaccinated,” he said.In Kansas, commissioners in Douglas County in the Lawrence area were confronted with an angry, mostly unmasked crowd Wednesday before they mandated indoor public masks for 2- to- 12-year-olds who are too young to be vaccinated. During four hours of public comment, opponents invoked the Holocaust, the Taliban and Japanese internment camps.As the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, Portillo was outraged at the comparisons.“It is really insulting to families all over who lost loved ones in genocides,” she said.Researchers, professors and political experts have varying opinions about how and why discourse seems to keep plunging to new lows over the pandemic, but many agree that social media is a big factor.Barbara Rosenwein, professor emerita at Loyola University Chicago and author of “Anger: The Conflicted History of an Emotion,” said social media can make minority views look more like the majority. On the many social media platforms, people validate each other's anger as being from a just and righteous place.“Over time the possibility of feeling righteous anger has become democratized. Everybody feels almost obligated to feel it,” Rosenwein said. “That locks you into a position that will allow for no compromise, which is terrible for our country.”That anger also makes it seem OK to buck authority such as teachers and government at a time of heightened culture wars on topics like education. Getting punished or even arrested might feel like “a badge of courage," she said.“I don’t think these people are running into old-age homes and telling granny she better not get vaccinated,” Rosenwein said. “I think they’re telling the school teachers because teachers represent an elite that’s teaching their kids.”Rosenwein said there's no grand, one-size-fits-all solution to talking to a friend or family member who may be taking an anti-mask and anti-vaccine stance to extreme levels.“You have to start where they are ... 'Let’s hear your reasons and try to go from there,'” Rosenwein said.Dr. Cadey Harrel, who practices family medicine in Tucson, Arizona, was among four health care workers who testified in favor of mask mandates earlier this month at a local school board meeting. She recently transferred her children out of that school district over the issue but still felt compelled to speak. An anti-mask group of four or five followed them out of the building after the meeting.“They started saying things along the lines of we were paid actors, we were paid to be there, that masks don’t work,” Harrel said. “They were getting right in our face.”Harrel was unnerved but felt better after a few teachers thanked them for talking. And that motivated her to keep testifying at public meetings to provide a voice of science and reason amid all the outrage from mask and vaccine opponents.“The thing is that somebody’s got to speak up," she said.___

🎥  Mask, vaccine conflicts descend into violence, harassment

JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man on drug charges after a traffic stop.

Just after 4p.m. Saturday, a sheriff's deputy&nbsp;stopped a vehicle near 142nd and U. S. Highway 75 for a traffic infraction, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.

Deputies arrested the driver, Bo Martin Selley, 29, of Topeka, for allegedly being in the possession of illegal contraband. 

Selley was booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges that include possession of ecstasy, possession of a hallucinogenic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal use of a weapon, driving while suspended, no registration and transporting an open container.&nbsp;&nbsp;

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629719300896.png" alt="Selley photo Jackson County" />
 <figcaption>Selley photo Jackson County</figcaption>
 </figure>JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man on drug charges after a traffic stop.Just after 4p.m. Saturday, a sheriff's deputy&nbsp;stopped a vehicle near 142nd and U. S. Highway 75 for a traffic infraction, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.Deputies arrested the driver, Bo Martin Selley, 29, of Topeka, for allegedly being in the possession of illegal contraband. Selley was booked into the Jackson County Jail on requested charges that include possession of ecstasy, possession of a hallucinogenic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal use of a weapon, driving while suspended, no registration and transporting an open container.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Sheriff: Kansas man was transporting ecstasy, other drugs

KANSAS CITY (AP) — Kansas City police are investigating two separate homicides that were reported Saturday night.

In the first incident, officers found a 15-year-old boy with gunshot wounds on the front porch of a home around 7:45 p.m. Saturday, police department spokesman Sgt. Jake Becchina said. The boy died at the scene.

Police believe the shooting took place in front of the home in the 3500 block of Agnes Avenue. No arrests were reported immediately.

The teen was identified as Damario Gentry.

In the second incident, officers found a man with stab wounds who was unresponsive after a disturbance was reported around 11:15 p.m. Saturday.

Becchina said the man, who was found in a car, was taken to hospital where he died. Detectives spoke with witnesses and detained a person of interest afterward.

These&nbsp; two killings were the 99th and 100th homicides of the year in Kansas City.

Police did not immediately release the name or age of the stabbing victim.

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 <figcaption>Police have not reported an arrest -photo KCPD</figcaption>
 </figure>KANSAS CITY (AP) — Kansas City police are investigating two separate homicides that were reported Saturday night.In the first incident, officers found a 15-year-old boy with gunshot wounds on the front porch of a home around 7:45 p.m. Saturday, police department spokesman Sgt. Jake Becchina said. The boy died at the scene.Police believe the shooting took place in front of the home in the 3500 block of Agnes Avenue. No arrests were reported immediately.The teen was identified as Damario Gentry.In the second incident, officers found a man with stab wounds who was unresponsive after a disturbance was reported around 11:15 p.m. Saturday.Becchina said the man, who was found in a car, was taken to hospital where he died. Detectives spoke with witnesses and detained a person of interest afterward.These&nbsp; two killings were the 99th and 100th homicides of the year in Kansas City.Police did not immediately release the name or age of the stabbing victim.

Police: Teen victim is 99th homicide of 2021 in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – Two Kansas men are facing prison sentences after taking part in a pair of bank robberies, according to the United State's Attorney.

A federal jury convicted Michael Shiferaw, 22, of Olathe of two counts of Armed Bank Robbery and two counts of Discharging a Firearm in Connection with a Bank Robbery. Kenya Breakfield, 23, of Olathe pleaded guilty to one count of Armed Bank Robbery and one count of Discharging a Firearm in Connection with a Bank Robbery.

According to court documents, in October 2018, Shiferaw and Breakfield went into a Wells Fargo bank in Leawood, Kansas wearing face masks and carrying handguns. Shiferaw fired a shot into the ceiling upon entering. 

He then pointed a gun at the tellers and forced them to fill a duffel bag with money. The men fired another round into the ceiling, yelling “happy holidays” before fleeing the bank with the money.

In March 2019, the men robbed the Commerce Bank in Roeland Park, Kansas. This time Breakfield remained in the vehicle as the getaway driver, and Shiferaw entered the bank alone. Shiferaw fired four rounds during the robbery, including one aimed at a customer trying to enter the bank.

The defendants were arrested shortly after the second robbery, and law enforcement recovered the firearm used in both crimes. Prosecutors agreed to drop the charges against Breakfield in connection with the Commerce Bank robbery in exchange for his guilty plea in the Wells Fargo case. 

A Bank Robbery conviction carries a maximum of 25 years in prison for each count. A conviction of Discharging a Firearm During a Bank Robbery carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, consecutive with any other sentence.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Olathe Police Department, Leawood Police Department, Roeland Park Police Department, and the U.S. Marshals Service investigated the case.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629232104778.png" alt="Shiferaw-photo Wyandotte Co." />
 <figcaption>Shiferaw-photo Wyandotte Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>KANSAS CITY, KAN. – Two Kansas men are facing prison sentences after taking part in a pair of bank robberies, according to the United State's Attorney.A federal jury convicted Michael Shiferaw, 22, of Olathe of two counts of Armed Bank Robbery and two counts of Discharging a Firearm in Connection with a Bank Robbery. Kenya Breakfield, 23, of Olathe pleaded guilty to one count of Armed Bank Robbery and one count of Discharging a Firearm in Connection with a Bank Robbery.According to court documents, in October 2018, Shiferaw and Breakfield went into a Wells Fargo bank in Leawood, Kansas wearing face masks and carrying handguns. Shiferaw fired a shot into the ceiling upon entering. He then pointed a gun at the tellers and forced them to fill a duffel bag with money. The men fired another round into the ceiling, yelling “happy holidays” before fleeing the bank with the money.In March 2019, the men robbed the Commerce Bank in Roeland Park, Kansas. This time Breakfield remained in the vehicle as the getaway driver, and Shiferaw entered the bank alone. Shiferaw fired four rounds during the robbery, including one aimed at a customer trying to enter the bank.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629232187579.png" alt="Breakfield-photo Wyandotte Co." />
 <figcaption>Breakfield-photo Wyandotte Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>The defendants were arrested shortly after the second robbery, and law enforcement recovered the firearm used in both crimes. Prosecutors agreed to drop the charges against Breakfield in connection with the Commerce Bank robbery in exchange for his guilty plea in the Wells Fargo case. Shiferaw elected to go to trial.A Bank Robbery conviction carries a maximum of 25 years in prison for each count. A conviction of Discharging a Firearm During a Bank Robbery carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, consecutive with any other sentence.The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Olathe Police Department, Leawood Police Department, Roeland Park Police Department, and the U.S. Marshals Service investigated the case.

Kansas man fired gun at customers during bank robbery

SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a&nbsp;series of burglaries to a car wash in the 6100 block of SW 29th Street in Topeka have made two arrests.

On Friday, police arrested Kip L. Lehman, 49, and Sonny J. Blanton, 52, both of Topeka and booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections, according to Police Lt. Shane Hilton.

&nbsp;Lehman is being held on requested charges that include counts 7 of Burglary and 7 counts of Theft.&nbsp;Blanton remains jailed on requested charges that include 5 counts of Burglary and 5 counts of Theft.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629581885254.png" alt="Blanton photo Shawnee Co." />
 <figcaption>Blanton photo Shawnee Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a&nbsp;series of burglaries to a car wash in the 6100 block of SW 29th Street in Topeka have made two arrests.On Friday, police arrested Kip L. Lehman, 49, and Sonny J. Blanton, 52, both of Topeka and booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections, according to Police Lt. Shane Hilton.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629581944325.png" alt="Lehman photo Shawnee Co." />
 <figcaption>Lehman photo Shawnee Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>&nbsp;Lehman is being held on requested charges that include counts 7 of Burglary and 7 counts of Theft.&nbsp;Blanton remains jailed on requested charges that include 5 counts of Burglary and 5 counts of Theft.

Police make arrest in series of Kansas burglaries

NEOSHO COUNTY –&nbsp;Brandon Lee Schlichting, the 28-year-old Chanute man injured in an officer-involved shooting on Friday died of his injuries at 1:15 a.m. Sunday at the University of Kansas Medical Center, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

Preliminary information indicates that the Chanute Police Department received a report of a suspicious person who was looking into vehicle windows in the area of 4th&nbsp;Street and Evergreen Avenue in Chanute, according to a media release from the KBI.

An officer from the Chanute Police Department responded to the area and located the man, later identified as Brandon Lee Schlichting, 28, of Chanute. 

When the officer tried to make contact with Schlichting, he pulled a weapon from a holster and pointed it at the officer. The officer fired one time striking Schlichting in the head. The shooting occurred just before 7:30 p.m. The officer was not injured in the incident.

Life-saving measures were attempted by the officer. Additional law enforcement officers and EMS responded to the scene and continued life-saving measures. 

Schlichting was taken to the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center and was later transported to the University of Kansas Medical Center. He is currently in critical condition.

NEOSHO COUNTY –&nbsp;The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Friday night in Chanute, Kansas.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629566919846.png" alt="Schlichting from an earlier arrest in Allen County" />
 <figcaption>Schlichting from an earlier arrest in Allen County</figcaption>
 </figure>NEOSHO COUNTY –&nbsp;Brandon Lee Schlichting, the 28-year-old Chanute man injured in an officer-involved shooting on Friday died of his injuries at 1:15 a.m. Sunday at the University of Kansas Medical Center, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.Preliminary information indicates that the Chanute Police Department received a report of a suspicious person who was looking into vehicle windows in the area of 4th&nbsp;Street and Evergreen Avenue in Chanute, according to a media release from the KBI.An officer from the Chanute Police Department responded to the area and located the man, later identified as Brandon Lee Schlichting, 28, of Chanute. When the officer tried to make contact with Schlichting, he pulled a weapon from a holster and pointed it at the officer. The officer fired one time striking Schlichting in the head. The shooting occurred just before 7:30 p.m. The officer was not injured in the incident.Life-saving measures were attempted by the officer. Additional law enforcement officers and EMS responded to the scene and continued life-saving measures. Schlichting was taken to the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center and was later transported to the University of Kansas Medical Center. He is currently in critical condition.NEOSHO COUNTY –&nbsp;The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Friday night in Chanute, Kansas.Preliminary information indicates that the Chanute Police Department received a report of a suspicious person who was looking into vehicle windows in the area of 4th&nbsp;Street and Evergreen Avenue in Chanute, according to a media release from the KBI.An officer from the Chanute Police Department responded to the area and located the man, later identified as Brandon Lee Schlichting, 28, of Chanute. When the officer tried to make contact with Schlichting, he pulled a weapon from a holster and pointed it at the officer. The officer fired one time striking Schlichting in the head. The shooting occurred just before 7:30 p.m. The officer was not injured in the incident.Life-saving measures were attempted by the officer. Additional law enforcement officers and EMS responded to the scene and continued life-saving measures. Schlichting was taken to the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center and was later transported to the University of Kansas Medical Center. He is currently in critical condition.

KBI Update: Man shot by police officer has died

SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man arrested after a fatal weekend shooting at a birthday party has made his first court appearance.

 Marcello Ibarra,  42 of Wichita, was charged with 2nd degree murder and aggravated assault, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.

Just before 9 p.m. August 15, police were dispatched to a shooting call in the 2300 block of South Laura in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy.

 Upon arrival, they located a victim – identified as 25-year-old Robertino Gomez of Wichita. He was pronounced deceased on scene.

Through the investigation, officers learned that 42-year-old Marcello Ibarra and Gomez were at a birthday party together, and Ibarra decided to leave. When Gomez went to check on Ibarra outside the party, witnesses reported hearing gunshots.&nbsp;

Police arrested Ibarra and his&nbsp;next court appearance is Sept. 2.&nbsp; His bond is $200,000, according to the district attorney's office.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/8/1629131297508.png" alt="Ibarra photo Sedgwick Co." />
 <figcaption>Ibarra photo Sedgwick Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man arrested after a fatal weekend shooting at a birthday party has made his first court appearance. Marcello Ibarra, 42 of Wichita, was charged with 2nd degree murder and aggravated assault, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.Just before 9 p.m. August 15, police were dispatched to a shooting call in the 2300 block of South Laura in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy. Upon arrival, they located a victim – identified as 25-year-old Robertino Gomez of Wichita. He was pronounced deceased on scene.Through the investigation, officers learned that 42-year-old Marcello Ibarra and Gomez were at a birthday party together, and Ibarra decided to leave. When Gomez went to check on Ibarra outside the party, witnesses reported hearing gunshots.&nbsp;Police arrested Ibarra and his&nbsp;next court appearance is Sept. 2.&nbsp; His bond is $200,000, according to the district attorney's office.