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Local man again arrested on K2 charges By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com
Three Kansas men, including a father and son from Tonganoxie and Lawrence, were indicted Wednesday in federal court on a variety
of drug charges related to the sale of the now-banned synthetic marijuana product known as K2. Jonathan Sloan, 32, of Lawrence; his father, Clark Sloan, 54, of Tonganoxie; and Brad-
ley Miller, 55, of Wichita, all face charges in the case, in which prosecutors allege the men made more than $3 million selling K2 and other synthetic compounds across the country.
Jonathan Sloan, who was co-owner of the Lawrence herbal store Persephone’s Journey and operated Bouncing Bears Botanicals in Oskaloosa, was arrested along with his father in 2011
in Franklin County on drug charges, but those charges were eventually dropped. The indictment alleges that the three men conspired to mislabel and misbrand Please see K2, page 2A
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— who practiced handling a variety of scenarios at the mock party. And the volunteer SAE members certainly had their fun when directed to act wild and crazy for the training session. In one exercise, a student buried his head in his hands
Attorneys representing former Franklin County Sheriff Jeff Curry and former Franklin County Attorney Heather Jones are criticizing the decision to open a sealed court document this week. The unsealing of the document “violates the fundamental principles of due process which we normally expect in this country,” said Robin Fowler, Jones’ attorney. Monday, a judge handling a criminal case against Curry unsealed an ouster petition filed against the former sheriff. The petition included allegations that Jones, Curry while the county attorney, bought methamphetamine from a confidential informant. Curry resigned as sheriff after being charged with obstructing justice and official misconduct for telling Jones — with whom he was having a sexual affair — about the allegations. But the drug accusation was an informant’s attempt to slander Jones, said Trey Pettlon, Curry’s attorney. “All parties who have reviewed the evidence and followed up on the drug-related allegations have confirmed that the (informant’s) report was completely false as it related to Heather Jones,” said Pettlon, who fought against the unsealing of the documents. Pettlon also shed some more light on the case, detailing the events that landed his client in trouble. Last May, Curry, upon hearing that Jones had been implicated in a drug investigation,
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SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON HOUSE MEMBER JOEY REED waits to be questioned by Eric Houston of the Overland Park Police Department and Darci Hamilton of Alcoholic Beverage Control during a training exercise for law enforcement Wednesday. About 40 officers and dozens of volunteers took part in the exercise at the SAE house at Kansas University.
Police exercise trains for underage drinking By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com
With red plastic cups, beer pong and loud music, dozens of rowdy college students rocked out Wednesday afternoon at Sigma Alpha Epsilon near the Kansas University campus.
Then the cops came — breaking up fights, checking IDs and calming down the rowdy partygoers. If it all seemed a little too rambunctious for a midweek, midday bash, it was. But that was by design, as law enforcement officers from across the state converged on the fraternity house as part of an all-day
training exercise on how to safely break up and handle underage drinking parties. The training, funded by a grant and organized by the local substance-abuse prevention and treatment organization DCCCA, included more than three dozen police officers — including several from the KU Department of Public Safety
Town Talk As commission election settles, let’s digest some details
Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
It’s time to clean out the City Commission election refrigerator. There are canned speeches, moldy questionnaires and calorie-laden political advertisements in here. But I’ve had enough of all that, so I’ll just pass along
City Commission meeting. Mike Dever and Bob Schumm were the two incumbent commissioners who were not up for reelection. Mike Amyx and newbies Jeremy Farmer and Terry Riordan will be sworn into their terms
at next week’s meeting. That’s your five.
Schumm’s one-year term as mayor will end on Tuesday. If tradition holds — and it will — Vice Mayor Dever will be elected by his fellow commissioners to serve a one-
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some leftovers of a different type — leftover notes from my notebook.
Let’s set the table for who is who in this new City Commission. Hugh Carter and Aron Cromwell will finish their terms at next Tuesday’s
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year term as mayor. Also, it is expected that Mike Amyx, as the top vote winner in the election, will be elected as vice mayor. That means he’ll be in line to be the mayor in April 2014. If tradition holds, Please see TOWN Talk, page 2A
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A group of 12 local social service agencies have received $310,000 from the United Way of Douglas County to fund a plan that promotes greater sharing of resources. Page 3A
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