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Life sentence for Kansas City man who murdered daughter
KANSAS CITY (AP) — A 43-year-old Kansas City man has been sentenced to two life sentences after being convicted of murdering his teenage daughter.
Jerry Bausby was sentenced Friday for the March 21 2016 death of 18-year-old Daizsa Laye Bausby. Prosecutors say Bausby sexually assaulted his daughter before suffocating her. She was found dead in a Kansas City motel room.
The life sentences will run consecutively.
Bausby was found guilty in July of second-degree murder, sodomy, incest and sexual abuse of his daughter, who was a Southwest High School honors student.
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker asked the court to set maximum sentences for Bausby, in order to “demonstrate that evil will be matched by justice.”
KBI: Barton Co. sheriff’s office employee arrested for alleged rape
BARTON COUNTY – A civilian employee of the Barton County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Wednesday by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI).
According to a media release at just after 10:30 a.m., KBI agents arrested 64-year-old Jimmy L. Hapes, of Great Bend, at 1408 Kansas Avenue in Great Bend, on one count of rape connected to an incident that occurred on June 7.
Hapes is a civil process server for the Sheriff’s Office, and was placed on administrative leave following the accusation.
The KBI initiated the investigation on June 24, when the Great Bend Police Department requested KBI assistance after the rape was reported to them.
Kansas State, Wichita State plan satellite nursing program
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Wichita State University and Kansas State are hoping to offer a satellite nursing program in Manhattan.
The program would allow Kansas State students to earn a three-year bachelor’s of science from the College of Health and Human Sciences. And, if they are accepted, students could also complete a two-year bachelor’s of science in nursing through Wichita State on the Manhattan campus.
The program is intended to address a nursing shortage in Kansas.
Kansas State signed a memorandum of understanding last month. That starts the planning phase leading up to seeking the Kansas State Board of Nursing’s approval for the program.
John Buckwalter, dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences, said the program will attract students who would have attended Kansas State if it had a nursing program.
Police used K9s, drone, chopper after shots fired at Kan. officers
SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating three suspects after a chase and shots were fired at police on Thursday night.
Just before 11:30 p.m., police attempted to stop a 2013 white Chevrolet Silverado for a traffic infraction, according to office Charley Davidson.
The vehicle was occupied by 29-year-old T.J. McMahan, 52-year-old Robert Boots, 24-year-old Skyler Bazil-Lounsbury all of Wichita and a known 25-year-old suspect.
McMahan, who was the driver, refused to stop, accelerated and fled from officers. A vehicle pursuit ensued and McMahan fired two shots at the officers while driving. The first shot fired was in the area of East 1st Street and North Spruce Street and the second was in the area of East 1st Street and North Estelle. The officers were not injured.
The pursuit continued south on Hillside and ended at Range Street after the truck’s tires were flattened by a tire-deflation device during the pursuit. All four suspects ran from the vehicle and into the neighborhood.
Officers set up a perimeter and utilized multiple police K-9s, drones, and a KHP helicopter to search for the suspects. McMahan, Boots, and Bazil-Lounsbury were located in the area and arrested without incident. Officers are working to locate the fourth known suspect.
McMahan is being held on a $250,000 bond on requested charges that include two counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, felony evade and elude, criminal possession of a firearm, as well as other drug and traffic-related charges. Boots of Wichita and Bazil-Lounsbury were both jailed for outstanding warrants, according to Davidson. Boots was no longer in custody Friday. Bazil-Lounsbury has a bond of $150,000 bond for probation violations, according to online jail records.
Officers also located methamphetamine, marijuana, a gun magazine and live ammunition in the vehicle. A handgun was also recovered during the investigation.
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Kansas man avoids injury after small plane makes gear-up landing
KINGMAN COUNTY — A Kansas man avoided injury in an accident just after 12:30p.m. Wednesday in Kingman County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the landing gear on a 1975 Piper aircraft piloted by Daniel Jeremiah Brandt, 42, Wichita,. did not operate.
He conducted a gear-up landing on the Kingman County Airport. Jeremiah was not injured. The accident remains under investigation.
Betty Jean Moreland Barnes
Betty Jean Moreland Barnes, 89, passed away peacefully in her home on September 5, 2019. Betty’s beautiful looks were unmatched by her beautiful spirit. She was born in Nampa Idaho on December 17, 1929. She met and married the love of her life Clyde Spencer Barnes in May of 1949 in Oakland California and they shared 58 years together and raised 4 amazing children.
Betty had no greater passion in her life than the love of her family. As Clyde’s successful career as retail manager at JC Penney progressed the family moved multiple times. Betty was able to create enduring friendships in every new town and make each a home for the entire family. Her smile could light up a room and she had a great joy for life. A passionate artist, Betty captured her love of her early years on her family farm in her paintings.
Betty is survived by her children Earleen Marks of Abilene, Kevin Barnes of Abilene, Rachelle Glass and her husband James of Pikeville KY and Steve Barnes and his wife Kelly of Dallas, TX. She is also survived by her grandchildren Shawn Marks and his wife Jen, Suzanne Albers and her husband David, Krystine Ayers and her husband Paul and Ryan Glass along with five wonderful great grandchildren, Addisen, Keagen, Logan, Isaac and Silas, and two more on the way. She is preceded in death by her husband Clyde, her parents Earl and Thelma Moreland and her son-in-law Pat Marks.
There will be a celebration of Betty’s life at First United Methodist Church in Abilene 4:30-6:30 p.m. today. She will be interred at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Ogden Kansas in a private ceremony. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation and may be sent in care of the Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home, 414 NW 3rd, Abilene, Kansas 67410.
“Remember me with smiles and laughter for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don’t remember me at all.”
7-year-old shot in the head in KC expected to recover
KANSAS CITY (AP) — A 7-year-old boy is expected to make a full recovery after being shot in the head while riding with his mother in Kansas City, Missouri.
The shooting happened just before 10 p.m. Sunday. The mother told officer that she and her son were on their way home when she saw two men shooting at another person.
One of the bullets struck the child. Doctors at Research Medical Center removed a bullet fragment from the boy’s head that had penetrated his skin. Police say the injury is not considered life-threatening.
No arrests have been made.
AG secures $1.2M from dollar store chains for selling expired products
NEW YORK – Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday that discount retail chains Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar will pay $1.2 million in fines and damages for selling expired products.
The settlements resolve a multi-month undercover investigation over the chains’ sale of expired over-the-counter drugs, Dollar General’s sale of obsolete motor oil, and Dollar Tree and Family Dollar’s failure to comply with New York’s bottle deposit law.
“It’s a tough pill for customers to swallow that the over-the-counter drugs they were buying may have been expired,” said New York Attorney General Letitia James.
“Consumers have a right to expect that products on store shelves are safe, fresh and suitable for their advertised use. These settlements will ensure that Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar will not only pay both a substantial fine and damages, but, more importantly, update their business practices to comply with the law so that no expired over-the-counter drugs are sold to a consumer again.”
Beginning in March 2016, investigators for the New York State Office of the Attorney General conducted undercover visits to numerous Dollar stores throughout New York State to inspect store shelves for expired products. At a number of Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar stores, investigators found over-the-counter drugs that were months beyond their expiration dates. New York law prohibits the sale of over-the-counter drugs beyond the date marked on the product’s label.
Additionally, investigators also found on shelves at a number of Dollar General stores a variety of Dollar General-branded motor oils that are obsolete, including DG SAE-30 — which is not suitable for most automobile engines built after 1930 — and DG SAE 10W-40 and DG SAE 10W-30 motor oils — which are not suitable for use in most engines built after 1988. The Dollar-General branded motor oil bottles used the same or similar descriptors as other brands of motor oil that are suitable for modern engines and were placed next to those brands on store shelves. There were also no on-shelf signs near those products to warn consumers of their unsuitability for use in modern engines.
Finally, beginning in December 2017, undercover investigators visited a number of Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores and attempted to return bottles that are subject to New York’s bottle deposit law. At some stores, investigators were either told that the store did not accept deposit bottles for return, or would only accept them with proof of purchase, in violation of New York’s bottle deposit law, which requires retail stores to accept beverage containers for redemption if they are of the design, shape, size, color, composition, and brand sold or offered for sale at the store. At some stores, investigators also purchased a Starbucks brand bottle of Frappuccino, and in some cases, were charged a bottle deposit, even though the bottles are not subject to New York’s bottle deposit law.
The settlements with both Dollar General and Dollar Tree/Family Dollar (Dollar Tree acquired Family Dollar in 2015, but each chain continues to maintain separate store operations) require the New York stores to make significant reforms to their policies and procedures for managing their stock of over-the-counter drugs, including:
- Maintaining and utilizing a system for electronically recording and tracking the expiration dates on merchandise delivered to their distribution centers,
- Maintaining and enforcing policies and procedures that require employees to rotate stock when restocking store shelves, as well as conducting weekly inspections of store shelves to remove any expired products,
- Conducting monthly audits of each retail store to check for expired products, and
- Instituting third-party audits of 10% of the chains’ New York stores for a period of at least one
year to check for expired over-the-counter drugs.
Additionally, Dollar General discontinued the sale of obsolete motor oil during the course of the investigation and has agreed to pay $1,100,000 in restitution, damages, penalties, and costs to the State of New York. Dollar General customers who purchased obsolete motor oil may file a complaint online or call 1-800-771-7755 to be mailed a form.
Police: 3 teens arrested for alleged school threat in Dodge City
FORD COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating and alleged school threat and have made an arrest.
Early Monday, police were made aware of a possible threat of violence to the High School in Dodge City, according to a media release.
Following an investigation, officers arrested an 18-year-old student and two 17-year old-students on requested charges of felony criminal threat, according to the release.
The charges will be filed with the Ford County Attorney’s Office.
Police thanked the High School staff for their quick action and assistance in this case.