The following individuals were booked into the Osage County Jail in connection with charges or warrants as listed by the arresting agency.
Nov. 4, 2024
- Jon Reed, 38, Lyndon, violent offender registration, OSSO.
Nov. 5, 2024
- Richard Watson, 66, Lane, aggravated assault of law enforcement officer, KHP.
Nov. 6, 2024
- Sammy Ward, 31, Dodge City, Maximum Speed Limits, Driving While Suspended, $1,000 cash or surety bond, OSSO.
- Adam Collinge, 44, Topeka, warrant arrest, OSSO.
Nov. 7, 2024
- Ronald Viles, 51, Osage City, domestic battery, own recognizance bond, OCPD.
- Diana Fritchie, 48, Osage City, domestic battery, OCPD.
Nov. 8, 2024
- Joshua B. Franks, 34, Melvern, warrant arrest, distribute opiate, opium, narcotic, certain stimulant, no drug tax stamp, OSSO.
Nov. 9, 2024
- Seth Flowers, 24, Auburn, aggravated assault, OSSO.
- Gary Dieker, 21, Osage City, aggravated assault, OSSO.
- Trevor Woodward, 21, Osage City, aggravated assault, OSSO.
- Derik Johnson, 29, Lyndon, domestic battery, OSSO.
Nov. 10, 2024
- Nathan Cannon, 23, Melvern, domestic battery, OCPD.
- Kristina McWhorter, 40, Quenemo, distribute opiate, distribute, manufacture or possess with intent to distribute controlled substance, possession of opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant, use or possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body, OSSO.
- Martin Marshall, 59, Scranton, warrant arrest, OSSO.
Nov. 11, 2024
- Preston Wamser, 74, Osage City, criminal threat, 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 report:
At 9:08 a.m. Nov. 8, 2024, an Osage County Sheriff’s K-9 unit contacted a subject known to have a felony warrant in the 300 block of Southeast Enderton Street in Melvern. Illegal narcotics were found as the subject, Joshua B. Franks, 34, of Melvern, was taken into custody. He was booked into the Osage County Jail on suspicion of distribution of methamphetamine, no drug tax stamp, and a felony arrest warrant.
