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Newton police have taken an unidentified person into custody after finding dozens of illegal explosives in the garage of a home. Police said a suspect fled from a North Newton Police officer during an unrelated traffic stop. Newton Police assisted Read More …
A homemade pipe bomb found in an empty lot in Newton drew response from both Newton and Wichita police. A Newton police offer responded to a call of a “suspicious device” around 6:15 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Read More …
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office (MGSO) arrested a man Tuesday morning after a standoff involving multiple law enforcement agencies. Montgomery County Detectives searched his home and found what appeared to be explosives inside the room where Whittley was located. The Read More …
The 67th Military Police Detachment (Military Working Dog), Special Troops Battalion, teamed up with 523rd MP Detachment (MWD) out of Fort Riley, Kan., as well as local police K9 agencies for training March 8 at the old Patton Junior High Read More …
A Kansas woman who spent years leading an all-female battalion of the Islamic State group in Syria was sentenced this week to 20 years for providing material support to ISIS. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, organized the “Khatibah Nusaybah,” a unit comprised Read More …
A US woman has confessed to leading an all-female squadron for the so-called Islamic State group in Syria, as well as plotting attacks on American soil. Allison Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to one count of providing support to the group and Read More …
A Kansas woman was charged with providing material support to ISIS, according to charges unsealed by the Justice Department on Friday night. On six separate occasions between 2014 and 2017, authorities say Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, allegedly expressed interest in carrying Read More …
A bomb squad had to be called in after an employee found a military-grade mortar in a city building in Rich Hill. According to the Bates County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to assist the Rich Hill Police Department around Read More …
Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies are trying to find out how and why a pipe bomb was placed on Ottawa University’s campus. According to new information released by the Ottawa police department, the “suspicious device” that caused a Read More …
Boomer is a two-and-a-half-year-old Golden Retriever and he loves running on the treadmill. He’s WPD’s new explosive detection canine and like his co-workers, he tries to stay healthy and in shape to keep up with the job. He and his Read More …
A preliminary investigation shows an IED was intentionally placed in a car’s passenger compartment Monday night, according to the Topeka Fire Department. TPD was dispatched to the 4100 block of Southwest 6th St. to investigate a suspicious item found in Read More …
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is working with Logan County officials after some improvised explosive devices were found on a rural property. The devices were found Monday morning on a property at 2504 U.S. Highway 83 in rural Logan County. Read More …
The sentencing of a U.S. Army soldier whose two convictions for providing information on how to manufacture an explosive device and napalm has been postponed to mid-July, U.S. District Court records show. Jarrett William Smith, 24, had been scheduled to Read More …
A man fatally injured by the FBI was planning a bomb attack on a medical facility in the Kansas City area, the agency said in a news release on Wednesday. Timothy Wilson, 36, was injured on Tuesday when FBI agents served a Read More …
Investigators say they may have found the source of explosions heard over the past several weeks in the City of Hutchinson. With the discovery, police make two arrests. South Hutchinson police say officers arrested two 18-year-old men Saturday after finding Read More …
A soldier with the 1st Infantry Division has been charged with sending instructions for making a bomb over social media, some of which would have resulted in viable explosives, and were sent with the knowledge that they could be used Read More …
An improvised explosive device was tossed into a vehicle Sunday morning in the 3100 block of North 61st Street in Kansas City, Kansas. The KCK Police Department’s Bomb Unit responded at the request of the KCK Fire Department after the Read More …
