Kansas — Federal Records

DOJ: Kansas woman caught with 115,000 fentanyl pills sentenced to prison 2026-04-06

WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas woman was sentenced to 240 months in prison after being caught with a massive quantity of fentanyl pills that she admitted she intended to sell. According to court documents, ...

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DOJ: Kansas farmer pleads guilty to crop insurance fraud 2026-04-03

WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas man pleaded guilty to defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by falsely claiming severe weather destroyed crops that he had actually sold instead. According to c...

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DOJ: Kansas man sentenced to prison for receiving child pornography 2026-03-24

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to 110 months in prison for receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM) images sent to him over the Internet from a man later convicted of child sexual ...

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DOJ: Kansas man indicted on meth trafficking and firearms charges 2026-03-05

TOPEKA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Topeka returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with offenses related to drug trafficking and illegal firearms.According to court documents, Danny Ray Stano ...

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DOJ: Former Kansas high school coach charged with producing child pornography 2026-03-05

WICHITA, KAN. – A former Kansas wrestling coach was charged through criminal complaint for allegedly creating child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) by clandestinely filming minors showering during a hig...

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DOJ: Kansas man sentenced to prison for meth trafficking 2026-02-18

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to 200 months in prison for selling methamphetamine as part of a drug trafficking network.According to court documents, Chaz Hicks, 28, of Kansas City, K...

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DOJ: Kansas bookkeeper indicted for failing to pay payroll taxes for clients 2026-01-30

WICHITA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas business owner with allegedly defrauding her clients by failing to make tax payments estimated at over $1.5 mil...

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DOJ: Kansas businessman & employee indicted for PPP fraud 2025-12-19

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictment charging two Kansas men for allegedly defrauding the Small Business Administration (SBA) by submitting false inf...

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DOJ: Kansas farmer indicted for insurance fraud 2025-11-26

WICHITA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas farmer for filing a crop loss insurance claim and receiving payment after allegedly failing to disclose the sal...

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DOJ: Kansas woman sentenced for murder of U.S. soldier husband 2025-09-26

TOPEKA, KAN. A Kansas woman was sentenced to 293 months in prison for the murder of her husband, a U.S. Army soldier. On February 14, 2025, a federal jury found Margaret E. Shafe, 31, guilty of murder...

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DOJ: Kansas man indicted for false statements during firearms purchases 2025-08-28

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Kansas City returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with making straw purchases of firearms. According to court documents, N’Darius Sullivan, 24, of Ka...

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DOJ: Kansas man indicted for bank robbery 2025-08-06

WICHITA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with robbing a bank. According to court documents, Darrel D. Gray, 65, of Benton was indicted on one count ...

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DOJ: Kansas man sentenced to 30 years in prison for child pornography production 2025-07-28

WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse materials while engaging in acts of voyeurism.According to court documents, Clell Lacy, 78, of Wichita...

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DOJ: Kansas man Indicted on Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges 2025-07-15

KANSAS CITY, KAN.– A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictment charging a Kansas man on drug trafficking and illegal firearms offenses.According to court documents, Marquis V. ...

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DOJ: Kansas man indicted for machinegun possession 2025-06-10

WICHITA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with a firearms offense.According to court documents, Leonard Rrapaj, 61, of Topeka, is charged with illega...

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DOJ: Kansas woman indicted for unemployment fraud using stolen identities 2025-04-16

WICHITA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas woman with illegally collecting more than $100,000 by defrauding a federal program aimed at helping people who ...

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DOJ: Kansas man sentenced for possession of child sexual abuse materials 2025-03-13

WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to 188 months in prison after federal law enforcement officers discovered child sexual abuse materials at his home.According to court documents, Scott Warren...

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DOJ: Kansas resident sentenced for distributing child sexual assault material while in Laredo 2025-02-28

LAREDO, Texas – A 44-year-old resident of Madison, Kansas, has been sentenced for distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.Terry Lee Trower pleaded guilty Sept. 10...

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DOJ: Kansas man sentenced for crimes related to child sexual abuse 2025-02-21

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas man received a combined sentence of 87 months in prison after pleading guilty in two separate cases related to criminal misconduct involving minors.According to court docu...

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DOJ: Kansas man sentenced for assault on federal officer 2025-01-28

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to 72 months in prison for deliberately ramming his vehicle into a federal law enforcement officer who was attempting to take the passenger of the vehicl...

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DOJ: Kansas man pleads guilty to child pornography possession 2025-01-17

WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas man pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse materials which was found on multiple electronic devices.According to court documents, Alexander James Rosell, 34, of Wi...

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DOJ: Kansas man admits defrauding Montana rancher in hay scam during drought 2024-07-18

BILLINGS — A Kansas man accused of devising a scheme to steal from Montana and Wyoming ranchers who were trying to find hay to feed their livestock during a drought admitted to a fraud charge today, U...

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DOJ: Kansas man sentenced for drug trafficking 2024-07-16

TOPEKA, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to 300 months (25 years) in prison for charges related to drug trafficking and illegal firearms. According to court documents, Christian Michael Woodruff, 33,...

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DOJ: Kansas woman sentenced for drug conspiracy crimes 2024-05-16

TOPEKA, KAN. – A Kansas woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of multiple charges related to drug trafficking. According to court documents, a federal jury convicted There...

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DOJ: Kansas woman indicted for threats to Presidents Biden & Clinton 2024-04-17

WICHITA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas woman with making threats against current and former nationally elected officials. According to court documents...

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DOJ: Kansas car dealer indicted for rolling back odometers 2024-03-18

WICHITA, KAN.– A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas businessman with 27 counts of criminal misconduct connected to altering vehicle odometers. According to court do...

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DOJ: Kansas man indicted on drug trafficking charges 2024-02-21

WICHITA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with drug trafficking and firearms crimes. According to court documents, Horace R. Wright, 40, of Pittsburg...

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DOJ: Former Kansas bank executive charged with embezzling $47 million 2024-02-12

WICHITA, KAN. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Kansas has charged a Kansas man by information with embezzling millions of dollars from his former employer. An information is an accusation ex...

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DOJ: Kansas man sent to prison for counterfeiting money 2024-01-23

WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to 57 months in prison for making counterfeit United States currency. According to court documents, Joseph Bulis, 38, of Wichita pleaded guilty in October 20...

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DOJ: Kansas man charged with assault at a U.S. Army installation 2023-11-27

TOPEKA, KAN. – A Kansas man has been charged through criminal complaint in Topeka, Kansas, following an incident on a federal military installation. According to court documents, Jordan Thompson, 24, ...

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DOJ: Kansas woman indicted for bank robbery 2023-10-13

TOPEKA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Topeka returned an indictment charging a Kansas woman with robbing a Topeka bank. According to court documents, Rodshell Nicole Mays, 51, is charged with one cou...

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DOJ: Kansas man sentenced for child pornography 2023-10-10

KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man was sentenced to 108 months in prison for distribution of child pornography. According to court documents, Bardia Behravesh, 46, of Mission, Kansas, admitted in pleadi...

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DOJ: Kansas man charged with attempting to travel overseas to engage in sex acts with minors 2020-04-02

ATLANTA - Timothy Brown has pleaded not guilty on a federal charge of attempting to travel to the Philippines for the purpose of engaging in illicit sex with a minor. Brown was stopped at Hartsfield-J...

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DOJ: Kansas to Receive Federal Funds To Fight Opioid Epidemic 2017-09-22

TOPEKA, KAN. – Kansas will receive more than $500,000 in federal grants to help fight the opioid crisis, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday. The city of Wichita will receive $398,972 from th...

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