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Mountain goat rescued from overpass ledge in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, MO.—Firefighters were called on Monday, April 8th, after people spotted a mountain goat that had escaped from its owner and somehow got stuck under a Kansas City bridge. The KC Pet Project Animal Services team worked with the Kansas City Missouri Fire Department to try and get him off the bridge. It appeared he had walked along a ledge to reachthe point where he was found. Once he was off the bridge, he was transported to the KC Pet Project Shelter, where he received fluids from the veterinary team and was set up overnight to rest. Authorities did not know where or how the goat wound up on the bridge. (Hays Post)
Kansas school resource officer investigation led to sex crime arrest
BUTLER COUNTY—On Friday, April 5th, Detectives from the El Dorado Police Department and School Resource Officers with USD 490 investigated a report of a sexually motivated crime with a suspect not affiliated with the school district, according to Deputy Police Chief Jeff Murphy. The investigation led to the arrest of 50-year-old PatrickA. Jeffers from El Dorado. He is being held on requested charges that include multiple counts ofAggravated Criminal Sodomy and Rape. Police said they are grateful for their partnership with the Sunlight Child Advocacy Center and USD 490 in addressing these particular heinous crimes. (Hays Post)
Ellis County man pleads guilty in wife’s death
ELLIS COUNTY—A 66-year-old Ellis County man, Jay Naldo Schumacher, accused of beating his wife, Karen Schumacher, to death in 2022, pleaded guilty on Friday, April 5th, to three felony charges that are expected to put him behind bars for a decade or more. According to court documents, Jay Schumacher was initially charged with murder in the first degree, mistreatment of a dependent adult, aggravated battery, domestic battery, and mistreatment of a dependent adult. Following more than two years of court proceedings, the Ellis County Attorney’s Office and Schumacher reached a plea agreement following mediation. According to the plea agreement, Schumacher agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter, aggravated battery, and mistreatment of a dependent adult. The voluntary manslaughter plea is an Alford plea. Under the Alford plea, the defendant does not have to admit to the criminal act and can maintain innocence. It also allows the State to reach an agreement on the length of a prison sentence that may not have coincided with the actual charge. Under the agreement, both parties agreed Schumacher would serve a minimum sentence of 114 months, or nine years and six months in prison, for counts one and two: voluntary manslaughter and aggravated battery. The full length of the sentence will be determined by the judge at sentencing later this year. The State wants the 34-month sentence for the final charge, mistreatment of a dependent adult, to run consecutively with the 114-month sentence. Under Kansas sentencing guidelines, the sentence would be capped at 142 months. The defendant is going to argue the 34-month sentence for mistreatment of a dependent adult, to run concurrently with the first two charges for a total of 114 months in prison. Schumacher’s attorneys are also requesting that he be placed in custody of the Larned State Correctional Facility instead of with the Kansas Department of Corrections. Because of the defense’s request, Schumacher must undergo another examination to determine if he can be placed at the Larned facility. Schumacher was previously found competent to stand trial after an examination by a therapist at High Plains Mental Health Center. The latest examination is expected to delay sentencing for several weeks. (Hays Post)
Kansas woman arrested for fatal hit-and-run
HARVEY COUNTY—Police arrested a Kansas woman Monday evening,April 8th, in the fatal hit-and-run crash that killed Laurie Robinson, 64, of Newton Monday morning. Samara Maple, 23, was booked into Harvey County Jail on requested charges of failure to stop at an accident resulting in death, which is a felony. She is being held without bond. Robinson died Monday morning after she was struck by a car while walking on Southeast 24th Street just east of Interstate 135 in Newton. Police began searching for a white Honda orAcura with passenger-side damage. Police took Maple’s white Honda after her arrest. (Great Bend Post)
Body of alleged Kansas domestic violence suspect found in rural area
MISSION—An actor who appeared in a spinoff of the popular television western “Yellowstone” was found dead after he went missing amid a domestic violence investigation in Kansas, authorities said, Friday, April 5th. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that deputies found the body of 27-year-old Cole Brings Plenty in a wooded area. Crime scene investigators and the medical examiner were at the location, but no details were released about the cause of death. Two days earlier, Brings Plenty was charged in a nearby county with aggravated burglary, domestic battery, and criminal restraint. An arrest warrant was issued. Police in the town of Lawrence said officers responded on Sunday to an apartment where a woman was screaming for help, but Brings Plenty had left before they arrived. He then missed an audition for an upcoming film project that was scheduled for that Monday morning over Zoom, his agent Peter Yanke of Phirgun Mair Worldwide said. Brings Plenty appeared in two episodes of the first season of “1923,” a Paramount+ series starring Harrison Ford that is a prequel to the Paramount Network hit “Yellowstone.” His uncle Mo Brings Plenty is a star of “Yellowstone” and acts as a cultural advisor for Native American issues on both that show and “1923.” He posted a flyer about his nephew’s disappearance on Instagram, and police said the family reported the younger man missing. (Hays Post)
