Month: August 2019

Unbeaten Crowder rallies past Blue Devils, 4-2

KCKCC sophomore Leonardo Bonelli tumbled to the ground but not before delivering the Blue Devils first goal on a shot past goalkeeper Anthony Garcia in a 4-2 loss to Crowder Wednesday night. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins)
Sophomore Alejandro Maillet (in white) eluded a Crowder defender to launch a shot in KCKCC’s 4-2 loss to the Roughriders Wednesday. The Blue Devils are home again Sunday against Iowa Central with games at noon and 2 p.m. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins)

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

Unbeaten Crowder rallied in the second half to hand Kansas City Kansas Community College its first soccer loss of the season 4-2 Wednesday night.

The loss dropped the Blue Devils to 0-1-1 heading into a home clash Sunday with Iowa Central at 2 p.m. The game will follow a noon kickoff between KCKCC and Iowa Central’s women’s teams,

KCKCC held a 2-1 halftime lead against Crowder only to have the Roughriders (2-0) take advantage of two fouls to tie the game and then go ahead. The go-ahead goal came on a free kick that was deflected once or twice crossing the goal.

Crowder took a 1-0 lead 14 minutes into the game but sophomore Leonardo Bonelli took a pass from Marcos Cabral and drove a kick behind goalkeeper Anthony Garcia while falling to the turf for the tying goal with 28 minutes into the half. Three minutes later, sophomore Marcus Kawah rifled a go-ahead goal past Garcia from 20 yards out. The spectacular goal came on an assist from freshman Javier Blanco.

Freshman goalkeeper Bosco Pery was credited with three saves on shots on goal while Garcia had two for the Roughriders, who controlled the contest much of the way,

“We played well the first half, not as well the second half,” KCKCC assistant coach Burke Slusher said. “The two fouls really hurt because both led directly to Crowder goals. We just have to keep getting better starting Sunday against Iowa Central.”

Jury finds man guilty of murder

Orlando T. Taylor

A Wyandotte County District Court jury on Aug. 28 found Orlando T. Taylor, 37, guilty of first-degree murder in the Shannon Keithley case, according to a spokesman for the Wyandotte County district attorney’s office.

Taylor also was found guilty of two counts of aggravated burglary. He was found not guilty of rape.

Keithley, 39, was in a vehicle that hit a pillar on the I-635 overpass on the morning of Aug. 18, 2017, fleeing from a suspect who broke into a house. Keithley died after the crash.

Residents warned about scam in Piper area

The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a scam operating in the Piper area.

According to Capt. David Thaxton, public information officer for the Sheriff’s Department, a scammer called a few Piper residents on Aug. 25 and gave a false name, impersonating an officer in the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department.

The scammer asked for gift cards of $500, after telling people that there was a warrant for their arrest for not appearing for jury duty.

“If you have a warrant, we’re not going to call you and we’re sure not going to ask for gift cards as payment,” Capt. Thaxton said.

The scammer gave a name with a rank of “lieutenant,” and the sheriff’s office doesn’t even have that rank, he added.

There are no reports of anyone in Piper actually paying the scammers anything, he said.

He said the Sheriff’s Department hears of scams like this at least a couple times a year. Sometimes it happens close to the holidays, he added.

The Sheriff’s Office doesn’t solicit for any money or gift cards through the telephone, he said. Occasionally they may do a news report about conducting a charitable event, but they don’t call individuals over the phone, he said.

Another scam was mentioned on Aug. 27 by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office. Scammers were posing as religious leaders in the community, asking for charitable contributions in the form of a gift card, according to a release on the attorney general’s website.

The AG’s office warned residents to be careful of emails that ask for donations of gift cards, and that come from an email address that looks different from the one that would usually be associated with that charity. Sometimes scammers make spelling or grammatical mistakes in the email.

Before making a donation, follow up by contacting the charity, looking up the phone number and not using contact information from the possible scammer, to find out if it was a legitimate request, according to the AG’s office. Residents also might want to talk to the charity’s representatives in person.