Month: June 2016

Collision reported after vehicle tries to make U-turn on K-7

A Dodge Caliber was southbound on K-7 about 1:57 p.m. on June 6 when it attempted to make a U-turn from the shoulder to southbound K-7 and struck a Mazda 3 car parked on the right shoulder, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

The crash location was on K-7 at Canaan Drive, near I-70.

The driver of the Caliber, a 60-year-old Lenexa, Kan., woman, was injured and taken to a hospital, according to the trooper’s report.

An 18-year-old Independence, Mo., woman in the Caliber had a possible injury, the report stated.

The driver of the Mazda 3, a 68-year-old Leavenworth, Kan., woman, was not injured, according to the report. A passenger in the Mazda 3, a 10-year-old boy from Leavenworth, Kan., also was not injured, the report stated.

Weather heats up this week

Dry weather will return today, according to the National Weather Service.

It will be sunny with a high near 79, the weather service said.

On Wednesday, expect a high temperature of 83 with mostly sunny skies, according to the weather service. A south southeast wind on Wednesday will be 5 to 10 mph.

Temperatures will climb into the low 90s Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

Thursday, the high will be near 91 with sunny skies, the weather service said. A south southwest wind of 8 to 15 mph will gust as high as 22 mph.

Friday, expect a high of 92 with sunny skies, according to the weather service, and Saturday, the high also will be about 92.

Increased humidity across the region combined with the hot temperatures will create muggy conditions during this time, the weather service said.

Man sentenced to life in federal drug trafficking case

A Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced Monday to life in federal prison for drug trafficking, acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.

Juan Manuel Lopez-Garcia, 27, a citizen of Mexico who lived in Kansas City, Kan., was convicted by a jury in January on one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

During trial, prosecutors presented evidence that Lopez-Garcia was the main supplier of methamphetamine to a drug trafficking ring that operated in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Lopez-Garcia, who was from Sinaloa, Mexico, received 50 to 60 kilograms of methamphetamine from his brother, who was a high ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, according to prosecutors.

Lopez-Garcia paid for methamphetamine shipments he received by arranging to send payments in the form of $50,000 to $80,000 in cash at a time to Mexico in vehicles with hidden compartments. Lopez-Garcia was arrested Sept. 5, 2014, at a residence in the 400 block of Shawnee in Kansas City, Kan.

Beall commended the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney James Ward and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri Catania for their work on the case.