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5/7/09 JURY VERDICT: CALIFORNIA MAN GUILTY ON 16-KILOGRAM COCAINE CHARGE
   
5/7/09 LANNY WELCH APPOINTED INTERIM U.S. ATTORNEY IN THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS
   
5/4/09 GRANTVILLE MAN ADMITS FILING FALSE TAX RETURN
   
5/4/09 12-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE A SIGN OF SUCCESS FOR TOPEKA VIOLENT CRIMES TASK FORCE
   
4/30/09 PRAIRIE VILLAGE MAN WHO SUBSCRIBED TO ‘BEST CHILD PORN SITE” SENTENCED TO 6+ YEARS
   
4/29/09 FORMER GODDARD POLICE OFFICER INDICTED ON FRAUD CHARGE
   
4/28/09 LAWRENCE MAN SENTENCED TO 12+ YEARS IN COCAINE TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY
   
4/28/09 CLIENT SERVICE MANAGER SENTENCED FOR STEALING $1.6 MILLION
   
4/27/09 FORMER PRISON WORKER SENTENCED FOR ACCEPTING BRIBE
   
4/24/09 OTTAWA MAN GETS 24 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON AS LEADER OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS DRUG RING
   
4/23/09 KANSAS MAN CHARGED WITH IMMIGRATION CRIMES IN CONNECTION WITH 1994 GENOCIDE IN RWANDA
   
4/23/09 INDICTMENT CHARGES LENEXA BANK ROBBERY TURNED INTO ATTEMPTED MURDER
   
4/20/09 KANSAS CITY, KAN., MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MORTGAGE FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING
   
4/20/09 MARIJUANA SMUGGLER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
   
4/17/09 OVERLAND PARK MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN CHILD PORN CASE THAT STARTED IN GERMANY
   
4/16/09 MEXICAN CITIZEN LIVING IN DODGE CITY INDICTED ON OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGES
   
4/16/09 TWO MEN INDICTED FOR ASSAULTING FEDERAL AGENT DURING SHOOTING INCIDENT IN TOPEKA
   
4/14/09 FIVE WICHITA MEN FOUND GUILTY ON A FEDERAL RACKETEERING CHARGE
   
4/14/09 LA CYGNE, KAN., MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE A MINOR OVER INTERNET
   
4/14/09 INGALLS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CATTLE THEFT
   
4/9/09 KANSAS MAN SENTENCED IN HATE CRIME
   
4/7/09 KANSAS CITY MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ARMED CARJACKING
   
4/7/09 TOPEKA RESTAURANT OWNER CONVICTED ON CHARGES OF HARBORING ILLEGAL ALIEN WORKERS
   
4/7/09 LEAVENWORTH MAN SENTENCED TO 6+ YEARS FOR BUYING CHILD PORN ON THE WEB
   
4/2/09 WICHITA WOMAN INDICTED ON BANK ROBBERY CHARGE
   
4/1/09 WICHITA AREA PHYSICIAN, PHARMACIST CHARGED WITH UNLAWFULLY DISPENSING PAINKILLERS
   
4/1/09 GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS: FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER, BANK ROBBERY, DRUG TRAFFICKING, CRIMINAL THREATS
   
3/31/09 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN BANK ROBBERY THAT LEFT BYSTANDER WOUNDED
   
3/27/09 FOUR INDICTED IN BURGLARY AT GUN SHOP IN OLATHE
   
3/27/09 WICHITA MAN CHARGED IN TWO BANK ROBBERIES
   
3/26/09 INGALLS MAN CHARGED IN CATTLE THEFT
   
3/25/09 JUNCTION CITY MAN GETS 15 YEARS IN CRACK COCAINE TRAFFICKING CASE
   
3/25/09 SALINA MAN GETS 8+ YEARS IN CRACK COCAINE CASE
   
3/25/09 LEAWOOD WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MORTGAGE FRAUD
   
3/24/09
OLATHE MAN SENTENCED TO 12+ YEARS FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN INCLUDING MOVIES OF PRESCHOOL RAPE VICTIM
   
3/24/09 EMPORIA MANUFACTURER’S CFO AND HIS WIFE PLEAD GUILTY IN EMBEZZLEMENT CASE
   
3/23/09 COOPERATOR IN PROBE OF $12 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
   
3/19/09 INDICTMENT: 200+ POUNDS OF MARIJUANA HIDDEN AMONG BOXES OF COOKIES
   
3/17/09 EMPORIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORN ON LIMEWIRE FILE SHARING SOFTWARE
   
3/17/09 FORMER MANAGER OF HONKY TONK BAR SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
   
3/13/09 SEX OFFENDER WHO FAILED TO REGISTER IN KANSAS SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON
   
3/9/09 OSWEGO MAN SENTENCED IN STOLEN EXPLOSIVES CASE
   
3/9/09 HAYS MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR CONSTRUCTING A BOMB
   
3/6/09 HUTCHINSON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO AIRPORT BURGLARIES IN FOUR STATES
   
3/4/09 FORMER SALINA BANK EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT
   
3/4/09 CARGILL EMPLOYEES INDICTED ON IDENTITY THEFT CHARGES
   
3/3/09 KANSAS CARDIOLOGIST TO PAY U.S. $1.3 MILLION TO SETTLE FALSE CLAIMS ACT ALLEGATIONS
   
2/27/09 ONE OF THE LARGEST COCAINE SEIZURES IN KANSAS SENDS MINNESOTA MAN TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR 19+ YEARS
   
2/27/09 HEROIN TRAFFICKING IN JOHNSON, WYANDOTTE COUNTIES CHARGED IN FEDERAL INDICTMENTS
   
2/25/09 BANK PRESIDENT AND TWO OTHERS CHARGED WITH STEALING MORE THAN $2 MILLION FROM COUNTRYSIDE BANK OF MERIDEN, KAN.
   
2/24/09 LAWRENCE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO VIOLATING CLEAN WATER ACT
   
2/19/09 OKLAHOMA MAN CHARGED IN BANK ROBBERY, DEATH IN COFFEYVILLE
   
2/19/09 FEDERAL CONVICTION FOR IDENTITY THEFT SENDS KANSAS CITY MAN TO PRISON FOR 10 YEARS
   
2/19/09 20 DEFENDANTS HAVE BEEN SENTENCED IN WICHITA ECSTASY TRAFFICKING CASE
   
2/19/09 FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGE FILED AGAINST TOPEKA MAN WHO WAS ON MOST WANTED LIST
   
2/18/09 ST. MARYS MAN HEADED BACK TO PRISON FOR REFUSING TO PAY FEDERAL TAXES
   
2/13/09 WICHITA MAN WHO LED CAR THEFT RING SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON TERM
   
2/13/09 WICHITA MAN SENTENCED IN EXPLOSIVES CASE
   
2/11/09 LAWRENCE MAN ADMITS HE BOMBED MAILBOX, JAYHAWK
   
2/10/09 LEAWOOD REAL ESTATE AGENT GETS 12+ YEARS IN FEDERAL MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE
   
2/10/09 TEN DEFENDANTS HAVE PLEADED GUILTY IN LAWRENCE CRACK COCAINE TRAFFICKING CASE
   
2/6/09 MECHANIC INDICTED ON CHARGES OF SELLING STOLEN AIRCRAFT PARTS
   
2/6/09 COCAINE TRAFFICKING FROM AROMATHERAPY STORE SENDS OWNER TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR 15+ YEARS
   
1/30/09 LAWRENCE MAN CHARGED WITH FAILING TO FILE WITH FEDERAL SEX OFFENDER DATABASE
   
1/30/09 INDICTMENT: DRUG TRAFFICKERS HID CASH IN SECRET COMPARTMENTS IN AUTOS
   
1/29/09 TAX PREPARER SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR FRAUDULENT TAX RETURNS
   
1/28/09 CONCORDIA MAN SENTENCED TO TWO MONTHS IN PRISON FOR LYING ABOUT HARASSING BLACK YOUTH
   
1/27/09 ATCHISON, KAN., MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHILD PORN CHARGE
   
1/27/09 FORMER PRISON WORKER PLEADS GUILTY TO ACCEPTING BRIBE
   
1/26/09 WICHITA MAN SENTENCED IN STOLEN EXPLOSIVES CASE
   
1/26/09 WICHITA MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR IMPERSONATING IRS AGENT
   
1/26/09 OPERATION LITTLE BIG MAN GENERATES ANOTHER DRUG CONVICTION IN PARSONS, KAN.
   
1/23/09 TOPEKA MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE+ YEARS ON GUN CONVICTION
   
1/22/09 FEDERAL JURY ORDERS $2.6+ MILLION FORFEITURE IN KC BUILDER’S MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE
   
1/21/09 INDICTMENT: BANK ROBBER WAS FEDERAL ESCAPEE
   
1/21/09 TOPEKA MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS ON DRUG CHARGES
   
1/20/09 LOS ANGELES MEN CONVICTED ON CHARGES OF FILING FALSE CLAIMS IN KANSAS BANKRUPTCY COURTS
   
1/16/09 FIGHT WITH POLICE IN JUNCTION CITY LEADS TO 30-MONTH FEDERAL SENTENCE
   
1/16/09 NEODESHA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING $719,000
   
1/14/09 FEDERAL GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENT AGAINST TWO WICHITANS IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
   
1/14/09 KANSAS MAN GETS 15 YEARS FOR TRADING CHILD PORN ONLINE
   
1/8/09 FEDERAL INDICTMENT SEEKS $945,000 JUDGMENT, PRISON IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
   
1/7/09 PRAIRIE VILLAGE MAN SUBSCRIBED TO ‘BEST CHILD PORN SITE ON THE NET’
   
1/7/09 LAWRENCE MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN
   
1/6/09 OVERLAND PARK MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORN IN CASE THAT STARTED IN GERMANY
   
1/6/09 KANSAS CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE
   
1/5/09 FORMER CHEROKEE COUNTY ATTORNEY SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON
   
1/5/09 JAIL ESCAPEE PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGE
   
1/5/09 DODGE CITY MAN GETS 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR FIRING ON CAR FULL OF PEOPLE
   
12/30/08 KANSAS CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ARMED CARJACKING
   
12/19/08 KANSAS CITY BUILDER AND ASSOCIATES FOUND GUILTY IN $5 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE
   
12/18/08 INDICTMENT: OBERLIN MAN WAS ARMED WITH EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WHEN AGENTS CAME TO ARREST HIM
   
12/18/08 FEDERAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED IN ROBBERY AT CREDIT UNION IN LAWRENCE
   
12/17/08 OFFICE MANAGER SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR EMBEZZLING MORE THAN $300,000 FROM DOCTOR
   
12/16/08 OSWEGO MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN STOLEN EXPLOSIVES CASE
   
12/16/08 MAIZE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BANK ROBBERIES, FIREARMS VIOLATIONS
   
12/12/08 FIVE HUTCHINSON MEN ARRESTED FRIDAY ON FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGES
   
12/12/08 SELF-PROCLAIMED INDIAN CHIEF SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR IMMIGRATION FRAUD
   
12/10/08 HAYS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSTRUCTING A BOMB
   
12/10/08 WICHITA WOMAN INDICTED ON BANK FRAUD CHARGES
   
12/9/08 LEAVENWORTH MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BUYING CHILD PORN ON THE WEB
   
12/9/08 LOAD OF COCAINE INTERCEPTED ON WAY TO WICHITA SENDS DRIVER TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR SIX YEARS
   
12/9/08 CLIENT SERVICE MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING $1.6 MILLION
   
12/5/08 CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED FOR CHEATING FAMILY, FRIENDS IN KANSAS
   
12/05/08 LYME DISEASE TREATMENT WAS FRAUD FEDERAL INDICTMENT CHARGES
   
11/20/08 TEXAS-TO-KANSAS MARIJUANA TRUCKING OPERATION SENDS MAN TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR 5+ YEARS
   
11/19/08 SIX MEN AND A WOMAN FROM HAYS FACE FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES
   
11/19/08 FEDERAL INDICTMENT TARGETS DRUG HOUSE NEAR HIGH SCHOOL
   
11/18/08 TWO PLEAD GUILTY IN ARMED ROBBERY AT PRAIRIE VILLAGE BANK
   
11/17/08 CALIFORNIA MAN STOPPED WITH 27 POUNDS OF COCAINE PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL DRUG CHARGE
   
11/13/08 WICHITA MAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN
   
11/6/08 GRAND JURY RETURNS BANK ROBBERY INDICTMENTS
   
11/5/08 THREE WICHITA AREA MEN CONVICTED IN FEDERAL RACKETEERING CASE
   
11/3/08 KANSAS CITY, KAN., MAN WHO SHOT AT POLICE SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
   
10/29/08 7-YEAR SENTENCE ON FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES BEGAN WITH INVESTIGATION OF FENDER BENDER
   
10/29/08 FEDERAL PROSECUTOR WILL MONITOR ELECTION COMPLAINTS
   
10/29/08 BELLEVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE
   
10/24/08 WICHITA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO IMPERSONATING IRS AGENT
   
10/22/08 WICHITA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF STOLEN EXPLOSIVES
   
10/22/08 INSURANCE BROKER PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY, WIRE FRAUD IN HOME LOAN SCHEME
   
10/17/08 KANSAS CIGARETTE WHOLESALER CHARGED WITH $25 MILLION FRAUD SCHEME
   
10/16/08 KANSAS CITY, KAN., WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO $120,000 WELFARE FRAUD
   
10/16/08 INDICTMENT: POWER WHEELCHAIR SCHEME COST MEDICARE MORE THAN $1 MILLION
   
10/10/08 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN NEWTON BANK ROBBERY
   
10/10/08 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN KANSAS CITY, KAN. BANK ROBBERY
   
10/10/08 REAL ESTATE AGENT PLEADS GUILTY TO $12 MILLION PHONY HOME LOAN SCHEME
   
10/8/08 BANK ROBBERY CONVICTION NOT THE DEFENDANT’S FIRST
   
10/8/08 MELGREN TO TAKE THE FEDERAL BENCH THURSDAY: Assistant U.S. Attorney Marietta Parker becomes Acting U.S. Attorney
   
10/7/08 CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGE OF FAILING TO MAKE SUPPORT PAYMENTS FOR CHILD IN KANSAS
   
10/6/08 PAOLA MAN GETS 15+ YEARS IN A FEDERAL CHILD  PORN CASE
   
10/01/08 SALINA BANK CREDIT CARD MANAGER INDICTED ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE
   
9/29/08 OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT IN KANSAS OPERATED IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL MIGRATORY BIRD ACT
   
9/25/08 KANSAS CITY, KAN., MAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
   
9/25/08 U.S. ATTORNEY NAMES 21 TO CITIZENS ACADEMY IN TOPEKA
   
9/25/08 KANSAS CITY, KAN., MAN USED INTERNET TO FIND MINOR BOYS FOR SEX
   
9/23/08 TOPEKA MAN GETS 12+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR ROBBERY
   
9/18/08 CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SWINDLING FAMILY, FRIENDS IN KANSAS
   
9/17/08 CRACK COCAINE DEALS NEAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEND LAWRENCE MAN TO PRISON FOR 19+ YEARS
   
9/17/08 NEODESHA MAN CHARGED WITH WIRE FRAUD IN THEFT OF $719,529 FROM EMPLOYER
   
9/15/08 TOPEKA DRUG CONSPIRATOR FROM OPERATION HARD TIMES GETS 6 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
   
9/15/08 FORMER TEACHER SENTENCED TO 4+ YEARS IN INTERNET PREDATOR CASE
   
9/12/08 GUN SENDS TOPEKA MAN BACK TO JAIL
   
9/12/08 MISSOURI MAN CHARGED IN OVERLAND PARK BANK ROBBERY
   
9/11/08 KANSAS MAN ADMITS HE KNEW ANTIQUES WERE STOLEN FROM SOLDIERS
   
9/9/08 TOPEKA MAN SENTENCED TO 21+ YEARS ON FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGE
   
9/8/08 FORMER TOPEKA ART TEACHER SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS ON CHILD PORN CHARGES
   
9/04/08 PRAIRIE BAND POTAWATOMI NATION RECEIVES $350,000 GRANT FOR DRUG COURT
   
9/04/08 APPLICATIONS DUE BY MONDAY FOR U.S ATTORNEY’S CITIZENS ACADEMY IN TOPEKA
   
8/26/08 LAWRENCE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORN
   
8/25/08 OVERLAND PARK MAN SENTENCED TO 12.5 YEARS FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
   
8/25/08 DEFENDANT SAYS HE AND HIS PARTNERS HANDLED MORE THAN 6,000 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA IN KANSAS CITY, KAN.
   
8/25/08 NEW YORK MAN SENTENCED FOR FALSE TAX CLAIM
   
8/20/08 WICHITA MAN CONVICTED OF BANK ROBBERY
   
8/20/08 TECUMSEH MAN WHO STOLE FROM TOPEKA NON-PROFIT SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON ON TAX CHARGES
   
8/20/08 EMPORIA MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON IN CHILD PORN CASE
   
8/19/08 TWO MEN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR COCAINE TRAFFICKING IN WICHITA
   
8/19/08 KECHI AUTO DEALER SENTENCED IN $386,000 BANK FRAUD
   
8/18/08 U.S. ATTORNEY’S CITIZENS ACADEMY CLASS IN TOPEKA WILL BE TAUGHT BY FEDERAL AGENTS, PROSECUTORS
   
8/15/08 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY CARJACKING
   
8/13/08 CONSPIRING TO TAMPER WITH WITNESSES SENDS TWO TOPEKA MEN TO FEDERAL PRISON
   
8/13/08 SELF-PROCLAIMED INDIAN CHIEF CONVICTED OF IMMIGRATION FRAUD
   
8/7/08 ONE OF THE LARGEST COCAINE SEIZURES IN KANSAS HISTORY RESULTS IN FEDERAL CONVICTION
   
8/7/08 EMPORIA MANUFACTURER’S CFO EMBEZZLED $2.6 MILLION, INDICTMENT SAYS
   
8/6/08 CATTLE BUYER PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGE
   
8/5/08 MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CARJACKING IN KANSAS CITY, KAN.
   
8/5/08 OHIO MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO USING INTERNET FOR SEX WITH KANSAS TEENAGER
   
8/4/08 SECOND MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR LSD, MUSHROOMS, ECSTASY AT WAKARUSA FESTIVAL
   
7/25/08 LEAVENWORTH MAN SENTENCED TO 24+ YEARS ON DRUG, FIREARMS CHARGES
   
7/24/08 OLATHE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE TAX RETURN
   
7/24/08 TWO INDICTED ON INTERSTATE PROSTITUTION CHARGES
   
7/23/08 LAWRENCE WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD, ID THEFT
   
7/23/08 COUNTERFEITING, DRUG TRAFFICKING, IMMIGRATION INDICTMENTS RETURNED BY GRAND JURY
   
7/22/08 OLATHE WOMAN SENTENCED IN OPERATION ICEBERG DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
   
7/22/08 TWO PLEAD GUILTY IN WICHITA ECSTASY CASE
   
7/22/08 WICHITA MAN GOES TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR LYING TO BANKRUPTCY COURT
   
7/17/08 METHAMPHETAMINE SEIZED IN WICHITA , THREE MEN CHARGED IN KANSAS CITY, KAN.
   
7/17/08 TWO CHARGED IN WICHITA EXPLOSIVES CASE
   
7/16/08 TRUCK DRIVER ARRESTED WITH $448,000 CASH SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, MONEY LAUNDERING
   
7/15/08 THIRD MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING ABOUT HARASSING BLACK YOUTH
   
7/15/08 FORMER FEDERAL PRISON CASE MANAGER SENTENCED FOR LYING ABOUT AFFAIR WITH INMATE
   
7/14/08 BAXTER SPRINGS MAN SENTENCED FOR BLACKMAIL AT SENSATIONS GENTLEMEN’S CLUB
   
7/9/08 GALENA MAN CHARGED WITH BANKRUPTCY FRAUD
   
7/8/08 COCAINE SMUGGLER MADE MISTAKE WHEN HE IGNORED EMERGENCY VEHICLE
   
7/2/08 10-, 20-, AND 30-YEAR FEDERAL SENTENCES HANDED DOWN IN OTTAWA DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
   
7/3/08 WICHITA MAN SENTENCED FOR CLAIMING HE WON PURPLE HEART
   
7/2/08 TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO TRYING TO DRIVE BLACK YOUTH OUT OF TOWN
   
7/1/08 MEXICAN NATIONAL SENTENCED IN COUNTERFEITING, FORGERY CASE
   
7/1/08 FORMER ARKANSAS CITY VETERINARIAN AGREES TO $10,000 SETTLEMENT FOR VIOLATING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT
   
7/1/08 MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FOUR BANK ROBBERIES
   
6/27/08 OLATHE MAN CHARGED WITH COUNTERFEITING
   
6/27/08 TRIAL SET FOR WICHITA DAYCARE PROVIDER CHARGED WITH $300,000 THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS
   
6/25/08 INDICTMENT: MANAGER OF DOCTOR’S OFFICE EMBEZZLED MORE THAN $300,000
   
6/24/08 KANSAS CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ROLE IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
   
6/24/08 LARNED MAN SENTENCED TO 6+ YEARS FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN
   
6/23/08 NEW JERSEY MAN SENTENCED TO 1 YEAR IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR TRYING TO GET A PASSPORT USING STOLEN IDENTITY
   
6/23/08 FORMER CHEROKEE COUNTY ATTORNEY PLEADS GUILTY TO EXTORTION CHARGES
   
6/19/08 COUPLE FAKED INFO ON INHERITANCE TO GET CASH ADVANCES, INDICTMENT SAYS
   
6/19/08 PAKISTANI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SHAM MARRIAGE, FUGITIVE CHARGES
   
6/18/08 “STREET CORNER DRUG DEALER” SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
   
6/17/08 40 POUNDS OF POT, FIREARMS SEND OVERLAND PARK MAN TO PRISON FOR 5 YEARS
   
6/13/08 INDICTMENT SAYS CONSPIRATORS MADE MORE THAN $1 MILLION DISTRIBUTING DRUGS IN WICHITA
   
6/13/08 TOPEKA MAN USED CREDIT CARD TO BUY ACCESS TO CHILD PORN WEB SITE
   
6/12/08 INDICTMENT SAYS CATTLE BUYER DEFRAUDED KANSAS RANCHER
   
6/11/08 NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS REPORTED CRIME THAT LED TO 10-YEAR FEDERAL SENTENCE
   
6/11/08 TOPEKA MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN DRUG CASE
   
6/11/08 FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICER SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
   
6/10/08 MEXICAN MAN WHO BOUGHT TRIBAL MEMBERSHIP BEING DEPORTED AFTER 9 MONTHS IN JAIL
   
6/10/08 LAWRENCE MAN SENTENCED TO 7+ YEARS IN FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
   
6/10/08 KANSAS CITY, KAN., BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 12 ½ YEARS
   
6/9/08 LSD, ECSTASY, MUSHROOMS FOUND IN VAN AT WAKARUSA FESTIVAL SENDS MAN TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR 33 MONTHS
   
6/9/08 TOPEKA MAN’S ATTEMPT TO HAVE SEX WITH 13-YEAR-OLD SENDS HIM TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR 5 YEARS
   
6/6/08 FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS WICHITA MAN ON DRUG, FIREARMS CHARGES
   
6/3/08 GOVERNMENT FILES NOTICE IT WILL SEEK DEATH PENALTY IN CASE AGAINST GANG MEMBER
   
6/3/08 OVERLAND PARK MAN’S CHILD PORN COLLECTION CAME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
   
6/2/08 APPRAISER ADMITS HE TOOK PART IN $25 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
   
6/2/08 FORMER TOPEKA ART TEACHER PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORN CHARGES
   
5/30/08 DRUG TRAFFICKING INDICTMENT UNSEALED
   
5/29/08 GRAND JURY IN WICHITA INDICTS SEX OFFENDER ON CHARGE OF FAILURE TO REGISTER
   
5/23/08 FOUR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASES POINT TO BIGGER PROBLEM, U.S. ATTORNEY MELGREN SAYS
   
5/22/08 MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN BLAST FAX FRAUD CASE
   
5/20/08 MAN FROM VALLEY FALLS, KAN. , PLEADS GUILTY TO GROWING POT
   
5/20/08 FORMER PARK CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN
   
5/20/08 CATTLEMAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
   
5/19/08 KANSAS CITY MAN GETS 15 YEARS ON FEDERAL DRUG CHARGE
   
5/15/08 INVESTIGATORS FOLLOWED WINDING TRAIL BEFORE FILING CHARGES IN IDENTITY THEFT CASE
   
5/15/08 FEDERAL INDICTMENT CHARGES LAWRENCE MAN WITH VIOLATING CLEAN WATER ACT
   
5/13/08 TWO-YEAR-OLD’S ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING SENDS ATCHISON MAN TO FEDERAL PRISON
   
5/13/08 THREE SENTENCED IN BIG KCK DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
   
5/7/08 FORMER BANKER PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT
   
5/6/08 OWNER OF MEXICAN RESTAURANTS PLEADS GUILTY TO KNOWINGLY HIRING ILLEGAL ALIENS
   
5/6/08 57 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ROBBER BANK TELLERS RECOGNIZED WHEN HE WALKED IN THE DOOR
   
5/5/08 SALINA MAN SENTENCED IN THEFT OF FIREARMS
   
5/1/08 RETIRED PHYSICIAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON IN INTERNET PHARMACY CASE
   
5/1/08 PITCHING LOPROX AS TREATMENT FOR DIAPER RASH VIOLATED FOOD AND DRUG LAW, SALES REPS ADMIT
   
5/1/08 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN INTRUST BANK ROBBERY
   
4/30/08 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN SEIZURE OF 13+ KILOS OF COCAINE
   
4/29/08 KANSAS CITY, MO., MAN SENTENCED TO 6.5 YEARS FOR SENIOR INSURANCE SCAM
   
4/29/08 TECUMSEH MAN ADMITS HE DIDN’T PAY TAXES ON MONEY STOLEN FROM TOPEKA NON-PROFIT
   
4/28/08 NEW JERSEY MAN ADMITS FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING PASSPORT, ASSUMING ANOTHER MAN’S IDENTITY
   
4/28/08 BAXTER SPRINGS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO EXTORTION CHARGE
   
4/25/08 DRUG TRAFFICKER USES HOT IRON TO SEND MESSAGE, INDICTMENT SAYS
   
4/23/08 THREE OUTSTANDING AGENTS WHO INVESTIGATED SHERIFF MATT SAMUELS’ MURDER RECEIVE GUARDIAN OF JUSTICE AWARDS
   
4/21/08  
   
4/21/08 DR. STEPHEN SCHNEIDER SHOULD BE RELEASED PENDING TRIAL, FEDERAL MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S ORDER SAYS
   
4/21/08 WICHITA MAN SENTENCED IN APARTMENT BOMBING
   
4/21/08 KANSAS CITY MAN SENTENCED TO 21+ YEARS FOR SEXUAL ACTS INVOLVING TEENAGED GIRL
   
4/18/08 FEDERAL JUDGE REVOKES BONDS ON TWO CHARGED IN MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE
   
4/17/08 METHADONE TREATMENT CENTER TO PAY $25,000 TO SETTLE FEDERAL LAWSUIT
   
4/17/08 SALINA MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN THEFT OF FIREARMS
   
4/17/08 FEDERAL INDICTMENT CHARGES MAN WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING IN KANSAS TOWN OF 200
   
4/15/08 THREE MEXICAN NATIONALS PLEAD GUILTY IN COUNTERFEITING, FORGERY CASE
   
4/14/08 LAWRENCE MAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 5 YEARS ON FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGE
   
4/11/08 BB GUN BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 55 MONTHS
   
4/9/08 WICHITA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FALSE CLAIM HE HAD A PURPLE HEART
   
4/8/08 EMPORIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORN CHARGE
   
4/4/08 FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL GUN CHARGE
   
4/2/08 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST FATHER ACCUSED OF FAILING TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT
   
3/27/08 FEDERAL WIRE FRAUD CHARGES FILED AGAINST ONLINE MORTGAGE LOAN OFFICER
   
3/27/08 JURY CONVICTS PREPARER OF FALSE OR FRAUDULENT RETURNS
   
3/25/08 TRAFFIC STOP IN LYON COUNTY LEADS TO 4 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE, 5-YEAR SENTENCE
   
3/25/08 TWO PLEAD GUILTY IN THEFTS OF FOOD FROM TYSON WAREHOUSE
   
3/25/08 PAOLA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE
   
3/24/08 EDGERTON BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 17+ YEARS
   
3/20/08 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN TOPEKA BANK ROBBERY
   
3/17/08 WICHITA DISTRIBUTOR FINED $20,000 FOR MISHANDLING EPHEDRINE
   
3/13/08 INDICTMENT: FAMILY, FRIENDS IN KANSAS WERE VICTIMS OF CALIFORNIA MAN’S $1.8 MILLION FRAUD
   
3/10/08 APPRAISER PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY IN LOAN FRAUD SCHEME
   
3/10/08 TWO MEN SENTENCED FOR CAUSING EXPLOSIONS THAT DAMAGED WICHITA APARTMENT BUILDINGS
   
3/5/08 MORE FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN HAYSVILLE NIGHTCLUB ARSON
   
3/4/08 DEFENDANT CHARGED IN BANKRUPTCY FRAUD A FLIGHT RISK, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY
   
3/3/08 15+ YEARS FOR MAN WHO ADMITTED HIS DRUG RING DISTRIBUTED A TON OF POT
   
2/29/08 LOS ANGELES MAN CHARGED WITH FILING FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY CLAIMS IN KANSAS
   
2/28/08 PROMOTER CONVICTED IN $70 MILLION TAX FRAUD
   
2/28/08 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN LAWRENCE CARJACKING
   
2/27/08 FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SET UP HOTLINE FOR VICTIMS IN PBS GLOBAL FRAUD CASE
   
2/26/08 FORMER TEACHER PLEADS GUILTY IN INTERNET PREDATOR CASE
   
2/22/08 JURY FINDS WICHITA MAN GUILTY OF BANKRUPTCY FRAUD
   
2/21/08 GRAND JURY INDICTS TWO FROM ARIZONA ON CHARGE OF POSSESSING 480 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA
   
2/20/08 GUN, DRUGS ADD UP TO 15-YEAR SENTENCE
   
2/19/08 PROSECUTORS, FEDERAL AGENTS WILL TEACH U.S. ATTORNEY'S CITIZENS ACADEMY CLASSES IN WICHITA
   
2/15/08 JURY FINDS TWO GUILTY IN INTERNET PHARMACY CASE
   
2/12/08 KANSAS CITY MAN WILL STAND TRIAL ON CHARGES OF SEX ACTS WITH TEENAGE GIRL
   
2/11/08 FORMER SCHOOL LIBRARIAN SENTENCED TO 17.5 YEARS FOR SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS WITH GRADE SCHOOL GIRL
   
2/11/08 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN PRAIRIE VILLAGE BANK ROBBERY
   
2/8/08 THREE MEN FROM MEXICO INDICTED ON CHARGES OF PASSING COUNTERFEIT MONEY
   
2/5/08 Fact Sheet: OPERATION STONEWALLED
   
2/5/08 43 CHARGED IN FEDERAL OPERATION STONEWALLED
   
2/4/08 TWO MEN PLEAD GUILTY IN THEFT OF FIREARMS
   
2/2/08 THREE CHARGED IN THEFT OF FOODS FROM TYSON WAREHOUSE IN OLATHE
   
1/31/08 WICHITA MAN CHARGED WITH BANK ROBBERY
   
1/29/08 WICHITA GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS
   
1/28/08 WICHITA MAN CONVICTED OF APARTMENT BOMBING
   
1/25/08 27 CHARGED IN FEDERAL DRUG PROBE IN WICHITA
   
1/25/08 THREE MEN FROM MEXICO CHARGED WITH PASSING COUNTERFEIT $100 BILLS
   
1/24/08 MANHATTAN WOMAN CHARGED WITH MAIL THEFT
   
1/16/08 MISSOURI CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY IN KANSAS MORTGAGE FRAUD CASE
   
1/15/08 TRIAL IN $70 MILLION TAX FRAUD CASE EXPECTED TO LAST SIX WEEKS
   
1/15/08 WICHITA MAN SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS IN DRUG CASE INVOLVING HIS FATHER, BROTHER
   
1/8/08 MISSOURI WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BANK FRAUD CONSPIRACY IN KANSAS
   
1/8/08 KANSAS MAN SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS FOR ENTICING A MINOR
   
1/7/08 BROTHER, SISTER SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON IN LEAVENWORTH DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
   
1/04/08 FRAUD CASES MARKED HIGHLIGHTS OF ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY’S 13 YEARS
   
1/03/08 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN PRAIRIE VILLAGE BANK ROBBER
   
1/02/08 KANSAS COMPANY AGREES TO PAY $600,000 TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS OF FALSE CLAIMS UNDER DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM
   
12/21/07 FEDERAL GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENTS IN CHILD PORN, BANK FRAUD, EMBEZZLEMENT CASES
   
12/21/07 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN WICHITA COCAINE TRAFFICKING CASE
   
12/20/07 HAYSVILLE, KAN., DOCTOR CHARGED IN DEADLY PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERDOSES
   
12/19/07 FEDERAL GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENTSIN CHILD PORN, BANK FRAUD, EMBEZZLEMENT CASES
   
12/18/07 LAWRENCE MAN SENTENCED FOR BOGUS BOMB CALLS
   
12/18/07 WICHITA TREATMENT CENTER TO PAY $10,000 TO SETTLE ALLEGATION OF BAD RECORD KEEPING
   
12/17/07 KANSAS MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN $25 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
   
12/10/07 WICHITA MAN WHO FLED SENTENCING IN CHILD PORN CASE GETS 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
   
12/10/07 ROUTE THROUGH KANSAS LED STRAIGHT TO 5 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
   
12/6/07 FEDERAL INDICTMENT CHARGES HUTCHINSON MAN IN SERIES OF BURGLARIES AT AIRPORTS
   
12/4/07 KANSAS CITY, MO., MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD AND CONSPIRACY
   
12/03/07 TWO MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO CAUSING EXPLOSIONS THAT DAMAGED WICHITA APARTMENT BUILDINGS
   
11/30/07 BODY SHOP OWNER SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS ON FEDERAL COCAINE TRAFFICKING CHARGES
   
11/30/07 LIMO DRIVER WHO LIED ABOUT CLIENT, CARGO SENTENCED TO 8+ YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
   
11/29/07 TOPEKA BANKER CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT
   
11/27/07 KANSAS CITY, MO, MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ROLE IN MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
   
11/27/07 KANSAS CITY, MO., MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD IN SENIOR INSURANCE SCAM
   
11/27/07 SALINA MAN SENTENCED IN THEFT OF FIREARMS
   
11/26/07 BAXTER SPRINGS WOMAN SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS FOR EMBEZZLING $500,000 FROM BANK
   
11/20/07 DRUG DEAL DIDN’T GO WELL, BUT THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING...
   
11/20/07 LAWRENCE MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE
   
11/16/07 APPEALS COURT HEARS ORAL ARGUMENTS IN SPACE ARTIFACT CASE
   
11/16/07 24 CLASS MEMBERS COMPLETE U.S. ATTORNEY’S CITIZENS ACADEMY IN TOPEKA
   
11/15/07 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED IN JAIL BREAK
   
11/8/07 $14 MILLION LOAN FRAUD SCHEME ALLEGED IN FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTMENT
   
11/7/07 KANSAS CITY, KANSAS MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS ON DRUG, FIREARM CHARGES
   
11/05/07 PARSONS WOMAN SENTENCED TO 33 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR LAUNDERING DRUG MONEY
   
11/05/07 KANSAS CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY, AGREES TO 18-YEAR SENTENCE FOR SEXUAL ACTS INVOLVING TEENAGED GIRL
   
11/1/07 INDICTMENTS RETURNED IN TOPEKA DRUG PROBE
   
10/29/07 VALLEY CENTER MAN OBTAINED $400,000+ FROM FRAUDULENT BILLS TO LEARJET
   
10/26/07 FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGE FILED AGAINST TOPEKA WOMAN
   
10/25/07 DRIVER SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON IN ILLEGAL ALIEN HOSTAGE CASE
   
10/24/07 FORMER SCHOOL LIBRARIAN ADMITS SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS WITH GRADE SCHOOL GIRL
   
10/24/07 EMPLOYEE RECOGNIZED ROBBER WHEN HE WALKED IN THE BANK, FEDERAL CHARGES SAY
   
10/24/07 HAWKER BEECHCRAFT TO PAY UNITED STATES $286,000 UNDER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
   
10/22/07 15 YEARS LATER, BANK ROBBER TURNS UP AGAIN
   
10/18/07 $18 MILLION FORFEITURE SOUGHT IN BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS FRAUD CASE
   
10/15/07 LAWRENCE MAN SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS IN FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
   
10/15/07 MAN WHO PLANNED TO ROB ARMORED CAR SENTENCED TO 9+ YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
   
10/04/07 TOPEKA MAN INDICTED ON BANKRUPTCY FRAUD CHARGE
   
10/03/07 7-YEAR FEDERAL SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO ROBBED TOPEKA BAR
   
9/28/07 DEFENDANTS, CHARGES, PENALTIES IN RICO GANG INDICTMENT
   
9/28/07 FEDERAL RACKETEERING CHARGES FILED AGAINST CRIPS GANG MEMBERS IN WICHITA
   
9/26/07 HAYS MAN TO REMAIN IN JAIL ON PIPE BOMB CHARGE
   
9/21/07 11 INDIVIDUALS FROM SO-CALLED INDIAN TRIBE INDICTED IN PROBE OF IMMIGRATION SCHEME
   
9/20/07 FRAUD SCHEME TARGETED OWNERS WHO WANTED TO SELL BUSINESSES FEDERAL INDICTMENT CHARGES
   
9/19/07 CHEROKEE COUNTY ATTORNEY INDICTED ON EXTORTION CHARGES
   
9/12/07  
   
9/10/07 ILLEGAL ALIEN GETS 3 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER, ULAWFUL RE-ENTRY AFTER DEPORTATION
   
9/07/07 APPLICATIONS DUE FOR U.S ATTORNEY’S CITIZENS ACADEMY IN TOPEKA
   
9/07/07 FEDERAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST SELF-DESCRIBED INDIAN CHIEF
   
9/06/07 INDICTMENT SAYS KANSAS MAN DIDN’T PAY TAXES ON MONEY STOLEN FROM TOPEKA NON-PROFIT
   
9/05/07 MANHATTAN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORN CHARGE
   
9/02/07 PIPELINE FIRM PLEADS GUILTY TO ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATION, AGREES TO PAY $1 MILLION IN AMMONIA PIPELINE RUPTURE