A Marlatt Elementary School teacher was arrested on Saturday for charges of child endangerment and assault with a gun. The Grandview Plaza Police Department arrested Brianna Monique Little, 34, of Junction City on Saturday at 9:32 p.m. She faces charges in Geary County District Court of aggravated endangering a child, two counts of aggravated assault [...]
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A man from Lincoln, Nebraska, faces a federal charge of traveling for sex crimes following his Sept. 18 arrest in Manhattan. Vitaliy Smal, 29, is charged with travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct in the United States District Court, District of Kansas. Law enforcement officers arrested him at Dara’s corner market [...]
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A Riley County District Court jury on Wednesday convicted a Manhattan man of attempted voluntary manslaughter connected to an October 2025 shooting on Marlatt Ave. The jury found Jacques LaShawn Toliver, 38, guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter caused by a sudden quarrel, aggravated battery and criminal discharge of a firearm at a dwelling. The victim [...]
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The case of a Manhattan man charged with attempted first-degree murder is now in the hands of a jury in Riley County District Court. Jacques LaShawn Toliver Sr., 38, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, criminal discharge with a firearm, aggravated assault, disorderly conduct and assault against a 36-year-old man in March, May [...]
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The victim of a shooting in October 2025 took the stand Tuesday in Riley County District Court during a trial for the incident against Jacques LaShawn Toliver Sr. The victim, a 36-year-old man, told the jury he and his significant other on Oct. 11, 2025, dropped their children off at a birthday party at an [...]
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A Junction City man responsible for the death of his 1-year-old daughter will serve 14 years and one month in prison for the crime and two others. Riley County District Court Judge Grant Bannister sentenced Matthew Paul Wesley Miller, 26, to serve 10 years and eight months in the Kansas Department of Corrections for involuntary [...]
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The Kansas Court of Appeals on Tuesday are hearing arguments at the K-State Alumni Association regarding a Manhattan man charged with drug-related crimes in Geary County. Tuesday’s arguments, starting at 9:30 a.m., concern the case of Joseph Frank Fabre, 61, who in 2023 received Geary County charges for possession of fentanyl and cocaine with intent [...]
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A Topeka grand jury on Wednesday indicted a former Junction City police officer for one count of bribing a confidential informant to perform sex acts. Troy Dwayne Watson, 55, of High Point, North Carolina, served as an officer with the Junction City Police Department. Watson is accused of soliciting sexual favors from a confidential informant [...]
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The son of a long-time Manhattan public servant made his first appearance Monday in Riley County District Court. Randall Reitz, 58, of Manhattan is charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder person, aggravated assault and criminal threat. Reitz told the judge his relationship with one victim has been difficult. He said the other [...]
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A Manhattan man facing multiple charges across two cases in Riley County District Court — including attempted murder — now looks to a jury trial for the cases after he pleaded not guilty on Monday. Tyrell Demond Harper, 19, entered not guilty pleas to charges including attempted murder, two counts of aggravated battery, aggravated assault [...]
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