Traffic slowdown reported on I-70 at 78th
Month: November 2015
Former Glock manager and wife sentenced for taking bribes, kickbacks
A former regional manager for the company that makes Glock firearms was sentenced Monday to 1.5 years in federal prison for conspiring to take bribes and kickbacks, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
The man’s wife was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for her part in the scheme.
Welcome D. “Bo” Wood Jr., 66, Oviedo, Fla., who was the eastern regional manager for Glock, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy. His wife, Paula Ann Wood, 65, Oveido, Fla., pleaded guilty one count of conspiracy, too.
Co-defendant John Sullivan Ralph III was sentenced to 1.5 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy. Ralph, who owned Global Guns and Hunting, Inc., of Olathe, doing business as OB Guns, admitted he paid 140 bribes and kickbacks to Glock employees totaling approximately $900,000.
Welcome Wood accepted gifts, payments and other things of value from Ralph in return for preferential treatment. Paula Wood received checks made payable to her as part of a plan to conceal the bribes.
Grissom commended the FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Hathaway for their work on the case.
Rain to continue through Wednesday morning
Rain that fell in Wyandotte County on Tuesday morning may continue through Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
By the end of the rain on Wednesday morning, about 1 to 3 inches are expected to have fallen area-wide, the weather service said.
Severe weather is not expected, the weather service said. Thunderstorms are possible on Wednesday.
Today’s high will be near 64, and showers and thunderstorms are possible during the daytime, according to the weather service. A west wind of 5 to 15 mph will become south southeast in the morning, and gusts of up to 23 mph are possible. New rainfall amounts will be between a quarter and half of an inch.
Tonight, there is a 20 percent chance of rain, the weather service said. The low will be 44. A south southeast wind of 11 to 14 mph is possible, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Wednesday, there is a 20 percent chance of showers before noon, the weather service said. The high will be near 54. It will be breezy, with a west southwest wind of 13 to 20 mph, and gusts as high as 28 mph.
Wednesday night, it will be partly cloudy with a low of 35, according to the weather service. There will be a west wind of 6 to 11 mph.
Thursday’s forecast is sunny with a high of 51, the weather service said, and a west wind of 8 to 10 mph. Thursday night’s low will be around 33.
Friday, there will be a high of 52, according to the weather service, with partly sunny skies. Friday night, the low will be around 33.
Saturday’s forecast is mostly sunny with a high near 41, according to the weather service. Saturday night, the low will be around 26.
Sunday, expect mostly sunny skies with a high near 46, the weather service said. Sunday night’s low will be around 34.
On Monday, temperatures will reach 52, with mostly sunny skies, according to the weather service.