Freshman pitches KCKCC to softball split at Coffeyville

Leslie Ford (KCKCC photo)

by Alan Hoskins
Kansas City Kansas Community College rode Leslie Ford’s strong pitching and hitting to a 3-2 win at Coffeyville Tuesday but had to settle for a split when Coffeyville rallied for a 4-3 win in the nightcap.

The split left the Lady Blue Devils 3-1 in the Jayhawk Conference and 5-1 overall heading into doubleheaders at Hesston Friday and Hutchinson Saturday.
A freshman from Garden City, Ford scattered six hits, struck out 12 and drove in the game-winning run in the 3-2 win. She was backed by an 11-hit attack that included two singles and a triple by leadoff hitter Lacey Santiago and a double and single each by Ford and Justice Scales.
Trailing 1-0 in the fifth, the Blue Devils took the lead on five straight singles by Ford, Megan Dike, Santiago, Scales and Mierra Morisette. Coffeyville tied it in the bottom of the inning before KCKCC scored the decisive go-ahead run on a one-out single by Ashley Henigton and Ford’s RBI double to center.
Coffeyville threatened in the bottom of the sixth with a leadoff double but Ford escaped with a pair of strikeouts and a popup and set down the Red Ravens in order in the seventh.
The Blue Devils took a 3-0 lead in the first inning of the nightcap. After a leadoff single by Santiago, Scales tripled and scored on Morisette’s single. A double by Hanna Barnhart and a single for Ford added the third run.
Santiago and Scales each had a pair of hits in the 9-hit attack but the Blue Devils managed on four more base-runners the rest of the way.
Elizabeth Seimear took the loss despite allowing only six hits and two earned runs. She struck out four and walked one.
After tying the game with two unearned runs in the second, Coffeyville won it on a two-out single in the fifth.
“Elisabeth Seimear threw well but they were able to score on a couple of bloop hits,” said KCKCC coach Kacy Tillery. “Leslie Ford pitched well in the first game and Megan Dike called a good game behind the plate with the 12 strikeouts. And the defense played well both games with just one error.”

Johnson County tax preparer pleads guilty to filing false tax return

A tax preparer in Johnson County pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal tax fraud charges that cost a Kansas company more than $744,000,
U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. John M. Moore, 52, Lenexa, pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false tax return and one count of wire fraud.
In his plea, he admitted a company he owns, Accent Payroll Services (APS), was hired to provide payroll processing services for Tytan International L.L.C. of Lenexa, Kan.
From 2008 to 2010, APS was responsible for paying the wages of Tytan’s employees, withholding employment taxes, filing Tytan’s employment tax returns on Internal Revenue Service form 941 and paying withheld employment taxes to the IRS.
Moore transferred more than $2 million in employment tax withholdings from Tytan’s bank account to his company’s bank account. However, he only paid the IRS approximately $1.3 million.
To keep Tytan from receiving notices from the IRS that taxes were not paid, Moore gave the IRS an address for Tytan at a post office box he controlled. Sentencing is set for May 29.

Former legislator charged with bank fraud

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Kansas legislator, Trent LeDoux, with bank fraud.
Some of the money went into his political account, the indictment alleges.
The U.S. attorney’s office is prosecuting the case, which was investigated by the FBI.
LeDoux, 40, Holton, a Republican who represented Jackson County and part of Shawnee County in Kansas, was charged with three counts of bank fraud and two counts of money laundering.
The alleged crimes took place in 2011 and 2012 while LeDoux was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives.
The indictment alleges LeDoux received three loans — $106,600, $175,500 and $183,000 – from Farmers and Merchants Bank of Colby, Kan.
He allegedly told the bank he would use the funds to buy cattle, but the indictment alleges he transferred $15,000 on Dec. 31, 2011, and $12,000 on Aug. 1, 2012, to his campaign account.