The following individuals were booked into the Osage County Jail, Lyndon, Kan., in connection with charges or warrants as listed by the arresting agency.
Sept. 13, 2026
- Anthony Shelton, 38, Topeka, domestic battery, knowing or reckless bodily harm to family or person in dating relationship, $1,000 cash or surety bond, OSSO.
Sept. 14, 2026
- Nathan Cook, 44, Overbrook, domestic battery, knowing rude physical contact with family member or dating relationship, $300 own recognizance bond, OPD.
Sept. 17, 2026
- Lamont Richardson, 28, Chicago, Ill., possession of opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant, use or possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body, possession of marijuana, taxation drugs, no drug tax stamp for marijuana or controlled substance, possession of THC, $5,000 cash or surety bond, OSSO.
- Richard Morrison, 45, Melvern, Melvern city warrant, $135 cash bond, OSSO.
Arresting agencies: BPD, Burlingame Police Department, CPD, Carbondale Police Department, CFSO, Coffey County Sheriff’s Office, KDOC, Kansas Department of Corrections, KDWP, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, KHP, Kansas Highway Patrol, LPD, Lyndon Police Department, MPD, Melvern Police Department, OCPD, Osage City Police Department, OPD, Overbrook Police Department, OSSO, Osage County Sheriff’s Office, QPD, Quenemo Police Department, SPD, Scranton Police Department.
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Sheriff’s reports:
At 2:34 p.m. Sept. 16, 2026, an Osage County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop at milepost 160 on Interstate 35 for a traffic violation. During the stop, illegal narcotics were located. Lamont T. Richardson, 28, of Chicago, Ill., was taken into custody and transported to the Osage County Jail on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine, possession of THC, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and no drug tax stamp.
At 4:47 p.m. Sept. 22, 2026, an Osage County Sheriff’s investigator conducted a traffic stop in the 200 block of North Ninth Street in Osage City for a traffic violation. During the stop, a K-9 was deployed and illegal narcotics were located. Travis W. Hill, 66, Burlingame, Kan., was arrested on suspicion of the following possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
