Liberal man allegedly soliciting sex online
Garden City police detectives arrested 35-year-old Robert Shoemaker after he allegedly solicited sex from a fictitious 13-year-old girl online. He planned to meet at Country Corner in Liberal, was charged with aggravated indecent solicitation of a child and attempted rape, and held without bond. Detectives used online decoys to deter online predators, referencing a prior case in Memphis and a 2002 murder linked to online liaisons.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
Robert Shoemaker
Utz
Shoemaker
Campus Drive
Finney County
Liberal
New Mexico Veterans
Chi Nguyen
Nguyen
Kim Lam
Memphis
Tenn
Lam
Garden City DUI Saturation Patrol Limiting Impaired Driving
Garden City police officers will run a DUI saturation patrol from 10 30 p m Friday to 2 30 a m Saturday adding five officers to look for signs of impairment in an effort to reduce intoxicated drivers on the streets Police Capt Mike Utz said.
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Garden City
Mike Utz
Freed lawyer warns of liberty erosion after Madrid case
Oregon lawyer Brandon Mayfield, wrongfully imprisoned as a material witness in the Madrid bombings, says the ordeal highlights threats to civil rights and privacy under the Patriot Act. He recalls writing a Washburn University paper on liberty and notes his targeting may reflect his religion.
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Topeka
Brandon Mayfield
Oregon
Spain
Washburn University
Washburn
Mayfield
Liberty
FBI
Madrid
Big Pool opens with new kiddie section and elephant slide
More than 900 people attended Garden City’s Big Pool opening featuring a zero depth entry wading area, a popular elephant slide, and shaded kiddie space. Families praised the facility as a safer, nicer place for children with plans for cardboard canoe races, Luau Week, night swims, and doggie events through summer. Admission is $1 for five and up, season passes are $20 single or $40 family, with four free days on select dates.
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Kelly Foreman
Garden City
Braden
Joslyn
Alexander
Foreman
Beatrice Terrazas
Memo Trevino
Adriel Trevino
Adriel
Dashawn Heath
Terrazas
Dashawn
Jerell
Garden City Recreation Commission
Police and Fire Logs Reflect City Arrests and Citations
Reports list multiple arrests and citations including Richard Jelinek 26 for city warrant and criminal threats, Hunter Schlegel 16 for curfew, Enrique Espanoza 34 cited for battery, Jeremy Arteaga 19 for failure to appear, Edward Rojas III 20 cited for suspended license, Jessica Heath 31 for battery, Levi Rojas 20 for marijuana and paraphernalia, Carmelo Montes 21 for battery, Julie Echeverria 19 cited for battery, Sergio Marraquin 23 DUI and open container, Jesse Guzman 22 for suspended license and disorderly conduct, plus others for dog at large and driving while suspended.
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Richard Jelinek
Country Corner
Campus Drive
Hunter Schlegel
N. Main St
East Fair Street
Enrique Espanoza
N. 13 St
St. Catherine Hospital
E. Walnut St
North Seventh Street
Levi Rojas
N. Seventh St
North Second Street
Carmelo Montes
E. U.S. Highway 50
West Fulton
Julie Echeverria
W. Fulton St
Jesse Guzman
Joseph Gonzalez
Hattie St
Hattie Street
Stephanie Davis
Apt
Devera Lea Nevin
Glendale
Ariz
Main Street
Bascue seeks re election as Finney County sheriff
Finney County Sheriff Kevin Bascue, 42, filed for re election citing years in office since 1984 and service since 1996. He notes evolving law enforcement risks including domestic terrorism and bioterrorism training after 9 11. Challenger Robert Becker, 42, owner of Kansas Truck and Trailer Repair, joins Republican primary seeking the seat. Filing runs until noon June 10 with the primary on August 3.
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Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Sheriff's Office
Robert Becker
Kansas Truck and Trailer Repair Inc
Garden City
Rascue
Becker
Register of Deeds
Local construction steadies in April across Finney County
Finney County and Garden City see steady April permitting with Home Depot project driving city totals, while countywide figures rise modestly. Garden City posted 723 039 dollars for April and 5 18 million year to date, offset by 10 21 million in early 2008. Holcomb shows modest gains and year to date totals around 349 590 dollars.
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Garden City
Holcomb
Finney County
Home Depot
Kansas Ave
Jones Ave
Grandview Drive
Hamlin
Ryan Ave
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Medina
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