Kansas
Kansas aims to strengthen stalking laws with focus on tracking devices
TOPEKA, Kan. — The stalking legal guidelines in Kansas might quickly be getting stronger.
A invoice filed this month would make it clear that monitoring units or monitoring machine knowledge could be added to the stalking standards.
It might additionally assist defend those that have restraining or safety orders by clarifying the legislation about monitoring units.
Final Could, the KSHB 41 I-Group uncovered the outdated legal guidelines in Kansas and Missouri when it got here to monitoring units.
The I-Group found greater than 20 different states had legal guidelines on the books about these units, however Kansas and Missouri didn’t.
The I-Group centered on a Lenexa double murder-suicide from February of 2022. Police stated an ex-boyfriend tracked Sara Beck with a GPS machine earlier than she and a good friend had been shot and killed.
KSHB investigator Cameron Taylor caught up with Sara’s father virtually a 12 months later.
“As a father, it’s type of arduous to not look inward, take a look at myself and ask myself, what did I do incorrect?,” stated Desmond Theel, Sara Beck’s father.
A invoice making its approach by way of the Kansas legislature would strengthen stalking legal guidelines.
Ed Klumpp, legislative liaison with the Kansas Sheriffs’ Affiliation, helped develop the invoice.
“Similar to any good factor, dangerous individuals will discover dangerous methods to make use of it and so we’ve received to always be on alert for that,” Klumpp stated.
Klumpp has heard from legislation enforcement businesses throughout the state together with Lenexa police.
They inform him they’re having issues with individuals utilizing monitoring units in home violence, stalking and violation of safety order instances.
“This isn’t a Johnson County downside. This isn’t a Sedgwick County downside. It’s a statewide downside and it wants a statewide answer,” Klumpp stated.
Chief Daybreak Layman, with the Lenexa Police Division, has considerations about monitoring units particularly after Sara’s case.
“I’m unhappy in the truth that our household right here in Lenexa and this entire incident that occurred that it needed to occur, proper?” Layman stated. “That legislation enforcement wasn’t in a position to do something sooner in that case to forestall that.”
Layman labored with state officers to take steps to strengthen the stalking legislation.
“I believe it’s a very good begin, proper?” Layman stated.
Virtually a 12 months in the past, the KSHB 41 I-Group revealed no less than 23 states and the District of Columbia had addressed privateness considerations when it got here to somebody monitoring one other individual with out them understanding.
It’s now as much as no less than 26 states, in keeping with the Nationwide Convention of State Legislatures.
Following our investigation, Kansas might quickly be a part of the 11 states that ban location monitoring of their stalking legal guidelines.
Though his daughter’s case could assist change state legislation, Theel hopes for an additional legislation that’s much more responsive.
“Now we have to get it to the place individuals reply instantly and take it critically as a result of take a look at what it escalated to,” Theel stated.
In Missouri, State Consultant Kemp Strickler from Lee’s Summit launched a invoice about this difficulty.
The invoice is somewhat totally different than the one launched in Kansas. It might ban somebody from placing a monitoring machine on somebody’s automobile with out the proprietor’s consent.
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Kansas
Search for missing Reno County man ends, Silver Alert still in effect
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – After three full days of searching on land and in area waters, the search for 80-year-old Gary Foster has been put on hold.
The Reno County Sheriff’s Office said Foster’s family decided to postpone the search until after the holidays, when efforts will resume as a recovery mission.
Over the last 72 hours, crews launched a large-scale effort involving over 200 people combing a five-mile radius around where he was last seen. The Kansas Highway Patrol searched the area via aircraft, and Saline County provided a water rescue team and sonar to scan nearby ponds.
The Silver Alert for Foster remains in effect.
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Kansas man charged after leading an Osceola, Mo. police officer on a high-speed chase on Highway 13
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) – A Kansas City, Kansas man has been charged after leading Osceola police in a high-speed pursuit while under the influence.
According to court documents, 43-year-old Marvin Ruiz is charged with DWI and resisting arrest.
Court documents show that on December 21, around 5:30 p.m., an Osceola police officer noticed a Jeep driving south on Highway 13 at 110 miles per hour in a 65-mph zone. The officer then pulled out of the median and saw the Jeep go through it and start driving north on Highway 13.
The officer started chasing the suspect, at one point reaching speeds nearing 121 mph. He was then able to stop the car as it tried to turn back around and go south. The officer got out of his patrol car and drew his gun as he approached the Jeep.
According to court documents, the officer saw Ruiz behind the wheel and noticed his eyes were bloodshot and in a daze.
Moments later, Ruiz put the Jeep in reverse, almost causing several accidents before driving south in the northbound lanes. The officer followed Ruiz going about 70 mph and noticed Ruiz nearly hit other cars head-on.
The officer tried a PIT maneuver in the median to stop Ruiz, but it did not work. Ruiz then went south in the southbound lanes, and the chase speed reached near 110 mph. The officer says Ruiz then slammed on his brakes, causing him to hit the Jeep and spin out. The chase continued through the Lowry City city limits before Ruiz lost control and wrecked near a curve.
According to the officer, he got out of his patrol car and was able to arrest Ruiz. The officer tested Ruiz for alcohol, and his BAC came back to be 0.169.
According to the Osceola Police Department, the officer involved in the chase was Officer French and his K9 Officer Beck.
The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office and Missouri State Highway Patrol worked the crash since Ruiz hit the officer’s patrol car.
Ruiz appeared in court on December 23 and entered a not-guilty plea for the incident. He is being held in the St. Clair County Jail without bond. He is set to appear in court again on January 8, 2025.
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Steelers Get No Favors Before Chiefs Matchup
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers host the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 17, in a game they hoped carried a different meaning. Heading into their three-games in 11 days stretch, the black and gold had an opportunity to compete for the top seed in the AFC and claim the AFC North crown.
Now, things aren’t different. They’re fighting to remain the division crown, and will need to beat the Chiefs to keep themselves at the top of the race instead of banking on help from the Baltimore Ravens.
The Buffalo Bills didn’t make that challenge any easier. After going down early in Week 16 against the New England Patriots, it looked as if the Bills were going to give Kansas City and early Christmas present. A loss and the Chiefs claimed home-field advantage in the AFC, which would’ve taken a lot of pressure off them to play injured players like Patrick Mahomes and Chris Jones.
Instead, Buffalo climbed their way back and won, keeping the AFC race alive. And heading into Week 17 against the Steelers, it gave Kansas City every ounce of motivation to keep their winning ways alive and beat the Steelers.
The Steelers are 2.5-point underdogs against the Chiefs heading into Week 17. They’ll be looking to get names like George Pickens and DeShon Elliott back on the field, while monitoring a list of Chiefs injuries that includes Jones and offensive tackle D.J. Humphries.
Nothing will come easy this Christmas for Pittsburgh, and thanks to the Bills, their hopes of Carson Wentz and some backups starting at Acrisure Stadium won’t happen. It’ll be good on good for those tuning in for the holiday showdown.
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