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Hunter Attempted To Falsify Turkey Tag
NORTON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspects for alleged hunting violations. According to a social media report from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Game Wardens, game wardens encountered two individuals hunting for turkey in Norton County. Upon noticing the game warden, one individual attempted to fill out a Nebraska turkey tag for a turkey they had previously killed in Kansas. The wardens seized three turkeys in connection with violations in Kansas and Nebraska. Charges are pending. (North Platte Post)
Salina ATM Pulled From Bank
SALINA—Salina police say an organized crime group may be responsible for the theft from a credit union ATM. Police say officers were called to an alarm at the Great Plains Federal Credit Union. When they arrived, they found an abandoned red 2000 Ford F-250 pickup truck with a chain attached to the credit union’s ATM lodged into the Salina Family Vision Care next-door wall. The ATM, which had been pulled out of the exterior wall of the credit union, had been pried open, and the cashbox was removed from the inside.An undetermined amount of money was stolen, but the ATM, valued at $45,000.00, is a total loss. (KSN News)
Kansas Angler Receives Multiple Citations After Attempt To Fish With 9mm
GARDEN CITY—An angler in Kansas received multiple citations after he attempted to fish in Garden City with a 9 mm. Game wardens with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks said on Tuesday, May 2nd, Finney County wardens seized a handgun used to takefish in Garden City. KDWP noted that the illegal fisherman received violations for unlawful means of taking fish and no fishing license. KDWP said shooting at a body of water can be incredibly dangerous as bullets can ricochet off the surface. (WIBW)
Salina Man Arrested After Allegedly Pushing Wife Out Of Vehicle On I-70
SALINA—A Salina man faces aggravated battery and aggravated endangering of child charges after an incident on Interstate 70 just east of the North Ohio Street exit on Sunday, May 7th. Jeremiah John Bastin, 40, of Salina, was driving westbound on I-70 with his wife and three children when he and his wife allegedly argued. While the vehicle was traveling at approximately 50 mph, Bastin allegedly pushed his wife out of the car. She was caught in the seatbelt and drug along for a while. Bastin stopped the vehicle and allegedly made his wife’s two children leave the car and left them on the shoulder of the Interstate, taking off with his two-year-old son. Bastin was later found and taken into custody. The woman sustained road rash, but otherwise was not injured. (Salina Post)
Kansas Man Convicted Of Killing His Son Sentenced To Life
WICHITA—A Butler County man convicted of killing his infant son has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for 25 years. Kaleb Hogan was also sentenced to an additional 32 months of prison for child abuse. He was convicted in January of first-degree murder and child abuse in the 2021 death of three-month-old Malykai Hogan. On March 23rd, 2021, Kaleb called 9-1-1 to report that Malykai was not breathing. He was rushed to the hospital, where he died three days later. Kaleb told officers he believed Malykai vomited while sleeping on his back. However, a doctor told investigators he observed multiple healing rib fractures and new and old blood around Malykai’s brain. The doctor said the injuries suggested the baby had suffered trauma on more than one occasion. The policy said Kaleb initially claimed that he didn’t know how the injuries happened but later remembered he had “shaken” Malykai six weeks prior. The autopsy showed numerous rib fractures in various stages of healing, bleeding around the brain, and hemorrhages along the left and right optic nerves. (KSNT News)
