KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City, Kansas, man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and child abuse in the death of his 4-year-old daughter.

The Kansas City Star reports that 28-year-old Devondre Sanders was scheduled to go to trial Monday but instead entered the guilty pleas. Sentencing is set for Dec. 15.

The child, Honesty Sanders, died in May 2016. Officers tried to save her with CPR, but she never regained consciousness and died at a hospital.

Sanders’ 24-year-old girlfriend, Sierra Mitchell, is also charged in the case and is scheduled for trial in March.

JACKSON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating four suspects on drug and charges.

On Saturday, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Holton Police Department served a search warrant on a Holton apartment house located at 511 New Jersey Street in the City of Holton.

The investigation originated from an initial report of battery that allegedly occurred at the residence.

Deputies arrested Danny Ross Adams, 28, of Holton at the scene on the follow charges:  Battery, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Methamphetamine, the use of a communication facility device in the commission of a felony drug violation. They arrested Stanley Morris Drinkard, 27, of Holton for Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Methamphetamine, the use of a communication facility device in the commission of a felony drug violation, Possession of Hydrocodone, Distribution of Methamphetamine within 1000′ of school, Possession of Marijuana within 1000′ of school.

Alexander Morris Mercer-Jones, 28, of Holton was arrested for Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Crystal Diane Bratcher 37, of Mayetta was arrested for Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of Methamphetamine.

On Monday, Bratcher, Drinkard and Mercer-Jones remain jailed.  Drinkard is being held on a $20,000 bond, according to the sheriff’s department.

ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The poor black community of Kansas City, Kansas, is outraged but not surprised by alleged wrongdoing that led to the conviction of a man who spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he didn’t commit.

Lamonte McIntyre was freed on Oct. 13 after a local district attorney said there had been “manifest injustice” in the case.

The white detective who investigated McIntyre for murder in 1994 had sexually harassed McIntyre’s mother earlier and she says she spurned his advances. Witnesses who told the prosecutor that McIntyre was not the killer say they were threatened or ignored. The judge at McIntyre’s trial had been romantically involved with the prosecutor.

None of those officials has been punished.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The special master looking into the taping of attorney-client meetings and phone calls at the pretrial detention facility in Leavenworth, Kansas, says in a new report that the U.S. Attorney’s office in Kansas is no longer cooperating with the investigation.

Special Master David R. Cohen says in a report obtained by KCUR Radio that he received a 24-page letter last month from the U.S. Attorney’s Office stating that it will no longer provide him with information and documents he seeks.

A message on Monday seeking comment from the U.S. Attorney’s office was not immediately returned.

The decision may heighten suspicions that the office is concealing information about tapings from criminal defense lawyers, many of whom have filed motions to dismiss cases on the grounds that clients’ constitutional rights were violated.

COWLEY COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating an aggravated and are searching for a suspect last seen near downtown Winfield.

Just after 11:30 a.m. Monday, the Winfield Police Department received a request for assistance from officers with the Arkansas City Police Department concerning their search for a subject in connection with an aggravated robbery that occurred Saturday the Ark City Sonic. A residence was searched in the 1900 block of Booth Street but the subject in question was not located, according to a  social media report.

At approximately 1:50 p.m., officers spotted the subject in question, believed to be 23-year-old Austin Ty Brownell.

He was last seen wearing a white tee shirt, red hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and a green backpack. Officers searched the area west of Millington in between the 1700 and 1800 blocks.

The subject was not located. After watching security camera video from a local business, it was determined the he fled northbound in the alley on the east side of Main Street. He  is considered dangerous. If you see this subject, please call 911 immediately. Anonymous tips can also be reported by calling Crimestoppers at 620-221-7777.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A large downtown entertainment venue in Lawrence is ramping up security in the wake of recent fatal shootings nearby.

The Lawrence Journal World reports that all people attending events at Liberty Hall must now pass by handheld metal detectors to enter. The venue already prohibited guns, large bags and purses.

Three people were killed and two others injured on Oct. 1 near Liberty Hall, following an altercation. General manager Dean Edington says the venue wants to make sure that everyone there feels welcome and safe. He says the “world that we live in” requires more stringent security measures.Anthony L.

Roberts Jr. of Topeka is charged with killing all three victims, and with attempted murder of one of the men who survived.