Crime of the Week - Wichita and Sedgwick County
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RIME STOPPERS CASE No. 1145

On Monday, Oct. 17, the Wichita/Hutchinson Labor Federation at 3219 W. Central was burglarized. The suspect or suspects forced their way into the building and took electronics and checks. On Wednesday, Oct.19, a white male attempted to cash a forged check stolen in the burglary.

The Wichita Police Department needs your help to identify the suspect. He is of average height and build, mid 30s, balding, with a full beard. He was possibly driving a late model Toyota Camry with a sunroof.

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Shortly after midnight on Friday, Oct., 14, 2011 three suspects waited outside the Golden Corral Restaurant at 616 S. Ridge Rd. As two employees left the restaurant, three men with handguns forced them back inside. The men were able to get money out of the safe before leaving on foot. They were last seen running east from the restaurant. Although no vehicles were seen, they may have fled in a white SUV.

The three suspects were black males in their mid-20s. Both suspects were between 5-feet-11-inches and six-feet tall, had thin builds and were carrying black handguns. One was wearing a white jacket. The other suspect was wearing red pants.

The third suspect was between 5-feet-1-inch and 5-feet-6-inches tall, had a stocky build, was wearing khaki pants and was carrying a silver handgun.


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RIME STOPPERS CASE No. 1143

  On Tuesday, August 2, 2011 a man driving a white and brown older model Ford flatbed truck was able to make his way into the back compound of The Yard store at 725 E. Central. While in the back lot the suspect loaded 3 blocks of aluminum valued at over $5,000.00 dollars. A second suspect that assisted the first has been taken into custody. Now police need help identifying the main suspect.

  The suspect at large is described as a white male in his 40s with a medium build, of average height, and wearing glasses. The suspect vehicle is an older two toned Ford flatbed truck with wooden rails. The tag is possibly a Kansas Antique tag. Photos of the suspect and the truck are attached. 

 

 

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On Saturday, September 30 at 9:30 A.M. three black males entered the EZ Payday Advance business at 3750 N. Woodlawn. The suspects were armed with silver handguns, and told the cashier to give them the money. After getting the money from the cashier the suspects unsuccessfully tried to open the safe. No one was injured.

All three suspects were black males, wearing white hoodies and white bandannas over their face.


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Doller General Robbery At 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 25, two men entered the Dollar General Store at 2747 W. Pawnee. One pulled out a knife and ordered the cashier to open the registers. The other held another employee on the ground while the first suspect took the money. There were no injuries.

Suspect number one is described as a black male, about five-feet-four-inches tall, weighing about 145 pounds, and wearing a red shirt with Nebraska on the front, red pants, a black Red Sox cap, black shoes and a black bandanna over his face. Suspect number two is described as a black male, about five-feet-seven-inches tall, weighing about 145 pounds, and wearing a black shirt, white shorts and a red bandanna over his face. A surveillance camera photo of the two robbers is provided.


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A man was convicted Friday of strangling a Wichita woman in 2011 while on parole for murdering a woman in Lawrence more than two decades earlier.

A Sedgwick County jury deliberated less than four hours before convicting Tyrone Walker, 47, of first-degree murder in the death of Janis Sanders, 44. Her nude body was found between an abandoned house and a small business in the 1100 block of South Washington on June 4, 2011.

During his trial, jurors were told that Walker was convicted in Douglas County of second-degree murder in the death of Tamara Baker, 25, who was reported missing on Oct. 31, 1989. Her body was found six months later in a wooded area of Lawrence. Walker was sentenced to 12 years to life in prison on that charge and was paroled to Wichita in February 2011.

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Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:52 CDT

An inmate serving a life sentence for the April 2005 killing of Harvey County sheriff’s Deputy Kurt Ford will not collect more than $4,000 in cash that was seized from his home on the day of the shooting, a judge has ruled.

District Judge Warren Wilbert denied a motion filed by Gregory A. Moore, who was hoping to recover the money. A search warrant shows that the KBI found $200 in an envelope and $4,360 in a zip-top plastic bag in the master bedroom of the home at 131 SE 14th St. in Newton where the shooting occurred.

Harvey County Attorney David Yoder said in a written response to Moore’s motion that Moore owes more than $200,000 in damages that was awarded to Ford’s widow in a wrongful death lawsuit. Yoder also said the state may file a claim against Moore for back child support.

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Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:01 CDT

The state is expected to rest its case today in the retrial of a Wichita man accused of strangling a Wichita woman in 2011 while on parole for murdering a woman in Lawrence more than two decades earlier.

Tyrone Walker, 47, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Janis Sanders, 44, whose nude body was found between an abandoned house and a small business in the 1100 block of South Washington on June 4, 2011. A jury deadlocked 11-1 in favor of conviction at Walker’s first trial in March.

During that trial, jurors were told that Walker was convicted in Douglas County of second-degree murder in the death of Tamara Baker, 25, who was reported missing on Oct. 31, 1989, and whose body was found six months later in a wooded area of Lawrence. Walker was sentenced to 12 years to life in prison on that charge and was paroled to Wichita in February 2011.

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