Category: Bonner Springs

Wyandotte County students listed on dean’s honor roll at Fort Hays State

Wyandotte County students are listed on the fall 2017 dean’s honor roll at Fort Hays State University.

The students on the honor roll include:

From Bonner Springs: Samuel Brock Seaton is a senior majoring in computer science.

From Kansas City, Kansas: Shelly Ann Fletcher is a senior majoring in psychology.
Abby Elise Gergick is a junior majoring in nursing.
Mariah E. Smith is a junior majoring in communication (public relations and advertising).
Audrey Compton is a senior majoring in health studies.
Jessica J. Heflin is a freshman majoring in marketing.
Rafaella Cathlena Saltigerald is a senior majoring in early childhood unified.
Jennifer Elizabeth Franz is majoring in early childhood unified.
Christianna Marie Herron is a freshman.
Tatum Nikole Monley is a sophomore majoring in accounting (public).

Students on the dean’s honor roll have completed 12 or more credit hours and earned a minimum grade point average of 3.6 for the semester. Only undergraduate, full-time students are eligible.

Missouri man charged with Bonner Springs robbery

A Kansas City, Mo., man has been charged with robbing a bank in Bonner Springs, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today.

Timothy Karpovich, 39, Kansas City, Mo., was charged with one count of bank robbery.

An investigator’s affidavit filed in the case alleged that on Monday morning Karpovich robbed the KCB Bank at 13010 Commercial in Bonner Springs.

He allegedly gave the teller a handwritten note and kept his right hand in his pocket as if he had a gun, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. He fled the bank on foot.

Police received a tip that the man gambled regularly at Harrah’s Casino in North Kansas City, Mo. Casino employees identified Karpovich from a bank surveillance photo. He was arrested without incident at the casino.

If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison. The FBI, the Bonner Springs Police Department and the Missouri Highway Patrol Gaming Division investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Trent Krug is prosecuting.

Defendant pleads guilty in scam targeting homeowners facing foreclosure

A Missouri man pleaded guilty Monday to charges he and his accomplices swindled homeowners facing foreclosure with false promises to help them save their homes, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.

Tyler Korn, 28, St. Ann, Mo., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas.

In his plea, he admitted he and co-defendants used the address of a UPS store in Overland Park, Kan., to form Reliant Home Financial Group, a company they operated out of the St. Louis metro area.

The indictment alleges the defendants took money from victims and fraudulently promised to:
• Lower their interest rates.
• Lower their monthly payments.
• Help them obtain loan modifications.

When victims received foreclosure notices, the defendants advised them not to worry about it.

Other defendants include:
Amjad Daoud, 33, Lutz, Fla., who is awaiting trial.
Ruby Price, 73, Bonner Springs, Kan., who is awaiting sentencing.

Korn will be scheduled for sentencing later. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $1 million on each count, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

Beall commended the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Office of Inspector General, the Federal Housing Finance Agency – Office of Inspector General, the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Emilie Burdette and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jabari Wamble for their work on the case.