Tuesday, September 29, 2009

News 9-29-09

ONE MANHATTAN MAN IS IN TROUBLE AFTER A RUN IN WITH THE POLICE. LAST NIGHT 20-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA GARCIA WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE…NO KANSAS DRUG TAX STAMP…FELONY POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA…AND MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. HE IS ON A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. THIS ARREST CAME FROM AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF THE DRUG DISTRIBUTION IN MANHATTAN.

JUNCTION CITY’S FORMER MAYOR’S TRIAL IS UNDERWAY. THE JURY WAS SELECTED YESTERDAY. MICK WUNDER IS ACCUSED OF BANK FRAUD…CONSPIRACY…AND UNLAWFUL MONETARY TRANSACTIONS FOR A DEAL WITH LAWRENCE DEVELOPER DAVID FREEMAN. WUNDER PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN JULY.


A YEAR LONG INVESTIGATION IN JUCTION CITY HAS LED TO AN ARREST. 54-YEAR OLD THOMAS STAWSKI WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY AND CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL THERAD AND AGGRAVATED INTIMIDATION AT A WITNESS. LAST OCTOBER SOMEONE REPORTED GETTING MAIL WITH PICTURES OF RACIAL VIOLENCE AGAINST MINORITIES. THIS LED THE POLICE TO AN INVESTIGATION AND AFTER FORENSICS TESTING LED THEM TO STAWSKI.


TWO ARE NOW DEAD AFTER A SHOOTOUT YESTERDAY. ACCORDING TO SEDGWICK COUNTY OFFICIALS… 26-YEAR OLD DEPUTY BRIAN ETHERIDGE WHO WAS SHOT YESTERDAY HAS DIED. HE WAS ON THE SCENE OF WHAT NOW COULD HAVE POSSIBLT BEEN A FAKE CALL IN SOUTHEAST WICHITA. POLICE SURROUNDED THE HOUSE WHERE THEY BELIEVED SUSPECT WAS. AFTER SPOTTING HIM IN A FIELD…THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE AND THE SUSPECT DIED TOO. RIGHT NOW THE SUSPECT IS ONLY BEING NAMED AS 27-YEAR OLD PAROLEE.


RIBBONS WILL BE CUT THURSDAY IN SALINA AT THE NEW KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD HEADQUARTERS. THE NEW CENTER IS CALLED THE GREAT PLAINS JOINT TRAINING CENTER. AFTER THAT RIBBON IS CUT…ANOTHER WILL BE FOR THE CRISIS CITY TRAINING VENUE. THIS HEADQUARTERS IS FOR THE 284TH AIR SUPPORT OPERATIONS SQUADRON.


LAWRENCE BUSINESS JOE COLLEGE HAS A CHUNCK OF MONEY THEY HAVE TO PAY. THE T-SHIRT COMPANY HAS TO PAY KANSAS ATHLETICS MORE THAN 667-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER LEGAL FEES AND CASE EXPENSES. JOE COLLEGE WAS MAKING T-SHIRTS THAT INFRINGED ON THE JAYHAWK’S TRADEMARK. THEY WERE ALSO ORDERED EARLIER TO PAY 127-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PENALTIES. UNFORTUNATELY FOR JOE COLLEGE’S OWNER LARRY SINKS…HE SAYS HE DOESN’T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY.


THREE PEOPLE ON A BOAT FROM FLORIDA TO THE BAHAMAS HAVE NOT BEEN SCENE SINCE SUNDAY. ACCORDING TO A NEWS RELEASE…A FRIEND OF THE BOAT’S OWNER SAID HE QUIT GETTING SATTELITE SIGNALS FROM THE BOAT AND CALLED EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. THE BOAT CALLED THE FLYING PIG’S LAST SIGNAL WAS FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF THE GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND. THE COAST GUARD HAS USED A JET TO SEARCH FOR THE MISSING BOAT.



A 9-1-1 DISPATCHER IN MASSACHUESETTES HAD QUITE THE SHOCK WHEN HE ANSWERED A FIRE CALL. THE CALL WAS TO DISPATCHER MIKE BOWES’S OWN HOUSE. HE KEPT ASKING THE CALLER IF THEY WERE SURE OF THE ADDRESS. BOWES RUSHED HOME BECAUSE HIS PARENTS LIVED THERE TOO. FORTUNATLEY,HIS PARENTS WERE IN THE STREET WHEN HE GOT HOME. BOWES SAYS…”NOBODY DIED. WE CAN REBUILD…THE THINGS WE LOST WE CAN GET BACK. THEY’RE MTERIAL THINGS.” ACCORDING TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL…THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A NEIGHBOR’S OUTDOOR FIREPLACE THAT WAS LEFT UNATTENDED.


A FLORIDA MAN IS UPSET AFTER COMING HOME FROM VACATION AFTER A ROOFING COMPANY CALLED AND SAID THEY ACCIDENTLY TOOK OFF HIS ROOF. 76-YEAR OLD DAVID FISCHER WANTS HIS ROOF REPLACED FOR FREE BUT BOSSLER..THE COMPANY…SAYS THAT HE’LL JUST HAVE TO PAY HIS DEDUCTABLE. BOSSLER’S LAWYER IS NOT SURE HOW THIS MISTAKE HAPPENED. IF THIS DOESN’T GET FIXED SOON…FISCHER IS CONDISERING A LAWSUIT.

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