Crime of the Week - Wichita and Sedgwick County
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RIME STOPPERS CASE No. 1213
In the past months the Wichita Police Department has been investigating a growing amount of burglaries occurring on the outskirts of town in west, southeast, and northeast Wichita. The burglar(s) are targeting residences in the evening hours between 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Entry is usually made through a back garage door or a patio door. The suspects target the master bedroom taking jewelry and forcing open safes if located. In this particular burglary the garage door was pried open. The suspect(s) stole jewelry, specifically a gold pin shaped like a rose, a large amount of gold Kruggerand coins, and other U.S. coin sets.
  

If you have information about these burglaries or any felony crime, call Crime Stoppers at 267-2111. You can also submit a tip online at www.wsccs.com or from your mobile phone by texting TIP217 then your message to CRIMES (274637). All ways are secure and anonymous. If your tip leads to an arrest you may be eligible for a cash reward up to $1,000 and Crime Stoppers will never ask your name. Crime Stoppers of Wichita/Sedgwick County is a non-profit organization of citizens against crime.
Sometime between Wednesday, Feb. 29, and Thursday, March 1, Apex Engineering at 1804 W. Second was burglarized. The burglar(s) forced entry through the rear door. They took generators and compressors with accessories; toolboxes containing a large amount of hand tools, several drills and other miscellaneous tools; and a 1999 white Dodge Ram truck. The truck was later recovered in southwest Wichita. Loss was valued at more than $40,000.

If you have information about this burglary or any felony crime, call Crime Stoppers at 267-2111. You can also submit a tip online at www.wsccs.com or from your mobile phone by texting TIP217 then your message to CRIMES (274637). All ways are secure and anonymous. If your tip leads to an arrest you may be eligible for a cash reward up to $1,000, and Crime Stoppers will never ask your name. Crime Stoppers of Wichita/Sedgwick County is a non-profit organization of citizens against crime.


RIME STOPPERS CASE No. 1211
The Wichita Police Department is looking for the persons responsible for at least 14 vandalisms that occurred between Dec. 18, 2011, and Feb. 7, 2012. Multiple residences and businesses between Central to Maple and Seneca to Meridian have been vandalized by graffiti. They are believed to be the work of the same suspects. The vandals hit several residences, multiple businesses and Mayberry Elementary School. Damage is estimated at more than $4,000.

 
If you have information about these vandalisms or any felony crime, call Crime Stoppers at 267-2111. You can also submit a tip online at www.wsccs.com or from your mobile phone by texting TIP217 then your message to CRIMES (274637). All ways are secure and anonymous. If your tip leads to an arrest you may be eligible for a cash reward up to $1,000, and Crime Stoppers will never ask your name. Crime Stoppers of Wichita/Sedgwick County is a non-profit organization of citizens against crime.
RIME STOPPERS CASE No. 1210

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On Sunday, February 25th shortly after 10 p.m. Sean McKenzie who was incarcerated in the Sedgwick County Detention Facility was working as a trustee. Three trustees and three deputies were taking out the trash, when McKenzie made a run for it. Two deputies chased McKenzie, but he was able to get away. McKenzie was under arrest for theft, burglary and drug charges.

Sean P. McKenzie is 33 years old, 5’11, 175 pounds, brown hair (usually shaved), blue eyes, tattoos symbols for the Alpha and Omega on the rear of his calves, the English Lion on his right bicep, a large cross with circle on the left bicep, the words “never, never, never give up” across his upper chest, and last seen wearing a tan jumpsuit. 


If you have information about this escape or any felony crime, call Crime Stoppers at 267-2111.  You can also submit a tip online at www.wsccs.com or from your mobile phone by texting TIP217 then your message to CRIMES (274637).  All ways are secure and anonymous.  If your tip leads to an arrest you may be eligible for a cash reward up to $1,000, and Crime Stoppers will never ask your name.  Crime Stoppers of Wichita/Sedgwick County is a non-profit organization of citizens against crime.
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