The Junction City Police Department has announced that they have received a few calls from concerned citizens about scammers claiming to be with the JCPD and utilizing the police department’s telephone number.
The scammers have told people that they are suspects of identity theft and that they are required to pay a certain amount of money in cards from Walmart. They are claiming that there will be officers outside the victim’s house in ten minutes to arrest them.
This is a scame and if you need to contact the Junction City Police Department to verify, call 785-762-5912.
The brand new “Celebration on 7th Street” will be Saturday in Junction City.
Coordinators Theresa Bramlage and Phyllis Fitzgerald developed the idea for the celebration which will feature a concert by the “Reminders” and Hip Hop. There will be a Hip Hop Story Time at the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library, Hip Hop Culture 101 workship at 11 a.m. at the C.L. Hoover Opera House, and Parents as Teachers events from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on 7th Street. Those will range from books for families with chidren up to eight years of age to water play with a floating alphabet and floating numbers.
Fitzgerald stated activities continue at 3 p.m. “There’s going to be a Poppin’ workshop at the Opera House where you can learn some great Hip Hop music. It’s open to all ages. You might get the opportunity to perform on stage with the “Reminders” during their concert at 6 o’clock.”
A Taste of JC area restaurants will be present with samples of their specialties as well.
Bramlage explained there was so much success with the Hometown Christmas event last December that they decided to do something that would show off downtown. “I approached the Markley’s at the Opera House. From there we decided to do this Hip Hop event. They’ve seen them perform and they’re a very inspirational youth-family inspired group so we’re very excited to have them.”
( Photo courtesy of Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce )
The JC Breakfast Optimist Club presented a check for $200 this week to Laurie McCauley with the Fort Riley Special Needs Rodeo. The funds will be used to purchase t-shirts.
The rodeo will be held July 20th from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Geary County 4-H Arena on South Spring Valley Road. Activities will include hand-rocked bareback riding, face painting, arena rides with the rodeo queen, horse and buggy rides and roping of an artificial steer.
The rodeo will be free for Fort Riley Exceptional Family Members. EFMP is a Department of Defense program for any active duty Soldier’s family member diagnosed with a physical, emotional, development or intellectual disorder that requires special treatment, therapy, education, training or counseling.
As part of the observance the Manhattan Military Relations Committee and the Junction City – Geary County Military Affairs Council hosted a luncheon at Fort Riley.
Deployed 1st Infantry Division commanders talked with Brig. Gen. Todd Wasmund and community supporters providing division updates.
Wells Fargo, the country’s fourth largest bank, has been stained by a series of scandals.-google image
Wells Fargo has agreed to a second round of payments to more than 400 members of the military whose personal vehicles the banking giant repossessed while they were on active duty.
Each service member victimized by the bank will receive $12,300 from a $5 million-plus settlement fund Wells Fargo has agreed to set up. The settlement resolves a federal class action lawsuit filed in Topeka in 2017 by Jin Nakamura, a soldier stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas.
In agreeing to resolve the case, Wells Fargo denied the allegations and said in a statement that it settled “to avoid the distraction of burdensome and protracted litigation.”
Julie Fogerson, a spokeswoman for Wells Fargo, said the agreement “is a step forward in making things right for customers and we remain deeply focused on caring for our neighbors, family members and team members who serve our country.”
An attorney for Nakamura did not respond to a request for comment.
Wells Fargo had previously agreed to pay the same individuals $10,000 each. Those payments came under an order by the U.S. Department of Justice and federal banking regulators to which Wells Fargo consented in 2016.
Wells Fargo, the country’s fourth largest bank, has been stained by a series of consumer scandals. The bank has agreed to more than $2 billion in settlements and government orders stemming from various complaints, including claims it opened millions of unauthorized accounts, added customers to its online banking service without their knowledge, required customers to buy unneeded car insurance and charged them excessive fees to lock in mortgage loan rates.
In the Nakamura case, Wells Fargo repossessed his car even though Nakamura had set up automatic payments for the vehicle, according to his lawsuit. By the time he figured out what was happening, the car had been sold along with some military gear he’d stowed in the vehicle.
As the lead plaintiff, Nakamura will receive a bigger payment than the other members of the class. The case required him to make two trips from his duty station in South Korea.
Court documents make it clear that payments under the settlement will be in addition to money service members were eligible to receive under the earlier government case.
In that action, the Justice Department claimed that Wells Fargo had illegally repossessed active service members’ vehicles even though they were protected under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003. The act requires lenders to get a court order before repossessing an active service member’s vehicle.
Federal investigators had responded to a North Carolina man’s complaint after Wells Fargo repossessed his used car just as he was deploying to Afghanistan in 2015. Investigators were able to corroborate the Army National Guardsman’s complaint and found “a pattern of unlawful repossessions spanning over more than seven years,” according to a Department of Justice statement.
The suspect arrested in connection with the Monday night stabbing death of Eddie Starks, 55, Junction City, had her first appearance in Geary County District Court on Wednesday.
Police reported that Vondra Brown , 49, Junction City, was arrested on suspicion of Murder in the Second Degree. A check with the Geary County Attorney’s office revealed that her bond has been set at $100,000 cash/surety. A status and preliminary hearing date in her case has been scheduled on June 18th.
Police responded to the 100 block of East Vine Street at 9:24 p.m. Monday for a subject who had been stabbed. Upon arrival officers found Starks suffering from a stab wound. He was transported to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka where he was later pronounced dead.
Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark Esper and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley have announced that Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Grinston will assume responsibilities as the 16th sergeant major of the Army.
Grinston currently serves as the senior enlisted leader for U.S. Army Forces Command — the U.S. Army’s largest command provider of expeditionary land forces. He is a combat veteran who has served in every leadership position from team leader to division command sergeant major.
His deployments include two tours each to Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, as well as Desert Shield, Desert storm and to Kosovo. Grinston also served as the senior enlisted leader for the Army’s first deployment of a divisiion headquarters, with the 1st Infantry Division, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve from October 2014 to June 2015.
A handbell ensemble from the greater Kansas City area, “Rezound,” will perform at the C.L. Hoover Opera House on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Established in June of 2001, the ensemble presents a sound blending the timbres of Schulmerich handbells, Petit & Fritsen bells, Malmark handchimes, Whitechapel bells and Mass-Rowe bells. Rezound promotes the art and skill of handbell ringing in performance, serving the community through educational endeavors, and providing a quality and challenging outlet for skilled ringers.
Stuff the Bus will be a key summer effort coordinated by Junction City – Geary County United Way. The Back to School supply collection effort for students in USD 475, Saint Xavier School and some daycares is scheduled July 13-27.
United Way Executive Director Nicole Mahder said they collect items ranging from pens, pencils and paper to crayons. “Those supplies will be delivered to the schools before the first day of school. ”
Stuff the Bus brought in more than 15,000 items in 2018. Mahder stated, “We raised more money in cash donations than we have in the past.” She added they almost tripled the number of supplies provided from the time Stuff the Bus began. This will be the tenth year for the program. Volunteers will be needed for this effort.
MANHATTAN — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a robbery and searching for a suspect.
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Just before 2a.m. Wednesday, officers responded to a report of a robbery at Kwik Shop, 1337 Anderson Avenue in Manhattan, according to a media release from Riley County Police.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a man entered the store and demanded money. He left with an undisclosed amount of cash. No weapon was displayed during the incident.
Anyone with information about this crime, please contact the Riley County Police Department at (785) 537-2112 or Crime Stoppers using www.p3tips.com/353 or at (785) 539-7777. Using the Crime Stoppers service allows you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000.00.
The Junction City Police Department has announced that they have received a few calls from concerned citizens about scammers claiming to be with the JCPD and utilizing the police department’s telephone number.
