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Sedgwick County officials seek ways to reduce probation failure rate
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 1 month ago
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Criminals in Sedgwick County are flunking out of probation at a higher rate than the rest of the state, committing more crimes and jeopardizing public safety, officials said...In part, it's because offenders considered very high risk are getting sent
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Trial begins for former cheer coach charged with molesting girls
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 2 months ago
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A Sedgwick County jury is learning about the world of competitive cheerleading this week as they hear evidence in the case of a former cheer coach charged with sexually molesting four of his underage students. Timothy Wells-Lee, 29, is charged with
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Bennett presenting first case to a jury since becoming D.A.
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 2 months ago
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Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett this week will be arguing a case before a jury for the first time since taking office in January. The case is being prosecuted under Jessica's law, and the defendant, Timothy J. Wells-Lee, faces a
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Kan. bill seeks to change human trafficking focus
Topeka :: KS :: USA | 2 months ago
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Legislation that would heavily amend Kansas laws regarding human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of young women is expected to be signed by Gov. Sam Brownback in the coming weeks...It creates the crime of commercial sexual exploitation of a
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Kansas on brink of enacting human trafficking law inspired by Wichita programs
Topeka :: KS :: USA | 2 months ago
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How to help Give to or contact the Wichita Children's Home's Anti-sexual Exploitation Roundtable for Community Action...Street Outreach, which operates out of the home and tries to bring help to runaways and homeless young people 21 or younger, can
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Sedgwick County district attorney announces program to get nonviolent offenders through the courts quicker
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 3 months ago
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Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett on Thursday announced a new program designed to get some nonviolent offenders facing probation through court quicker. Bennett said he hopes the Initial Assessment Docket will help relieve the backlog of
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To catch a burglar: It’s not easy, but things could get tougher for thieves
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 4 months ago
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Tips for preventing burglaries The Wichita Police Department offers these tips to prevent burglaries and help you recover your property: Be able to identify your possessions...Or borrow an engraver from the nearest police substation and engrave items
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Bennett takes over as Sedgwick County DA
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | 5 months ago
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With his family and co-workers watching on, Marc Bennett was sworn in Monday as Sedgwick County district attorney, the first Republican to hold the office in 24 years. After the ceremony on the eighth floor of the Sedgwick County Courthouse, Bennett
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Girls testify in rape, human trafficking trial
City of The Dalles :: OR :: USA | 7 months ago
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A Kansas City, Kan., woman described to a Sedgwick County jury Wednesday how she made repeated trips to Wichita with her young teenage daughters so a Wichita man could have sex with them in an east Wichita motel room...He told me he's the head of the
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Trial begins in rape, trafficking of young teens
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 7 months ago
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A Sedgwick County jury began hearing evidence Tuesday in a trial involving a woman who sat passively on a bed as her young teenage daughters were being raped in an east Wichita motel room. She sat on that bed and watched, Deputy District Attorney
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