BARTON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on.drug charges after a Wednesday arrest.

Just after 11:30 a.m. officers searched a home at 1407 22^nd Street in Great Bend, according to a media release from police. They found a large quantity of marijuana and drug paraphernalia inside of the residence.

Officers arrested 41-year old Jared Alan Disney. He was booked into the Barton County Jail on requested charges ofDistribution of marijuana. Possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held on a bond of $100,000, according to police.

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WICHITA, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced Wednesday to serve a year on probation and pay a $1,000 fine for trying to get out of a traffic ticket by pretending to be an FBI agent, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.

Jarrod M. Andra, 36, Milan, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of impersonating an agent.

In his plea, he admitted that on Nov. 30, 2018, he was stopped for speeding in Sumner County by a Sumner County Sheriff’s Deputy. Andra claimed he was a special agent for the FBI and presented what appeared to be an FBI identification card with his photo.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 26-year-old man shot by Wichita police in July is charged with making a criminal threat.

Christian Joel Washington was charged last week with criminal threat and violating a protection order.

Police have said Washington displayed “aggressiveness” toward an officer before he was shot on July 14. They say the officer thought Washington had a gun but it was later determined that he was holding a pouch with a metal piece.

The confrontation occurred when officers responded to a woman’s call saying her son was causing a domestic disturbance.

Washington was shot once in the abdomen and was hospitalized before he was booked into jail.

In court documents, Washington said he was homeless and unemployed. He is being held in the Sedgwick County Jail.

DOUGLAS COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating another case of possible swatting in Kansas.

Just after  1am Tuesday, officers from the Lawrence Police Department responded to the 2400 block of Cedarwood Ave, on what was initially called a domestic disturbance with weapons, according to a media release.

An as of yet unidentified man called dispatch claiming to have shot his wife.

After arriving at the scene, officers learned the call was a probable attempt at swatting, stemming from a disagreement in an online video game chat room. Police have not released the caller’s name or additional details.

In December 2017 two online gamers whose alleged dispute over a $1.50 Call of Duty WWII video game bet ultimately led police to fatally shoot a Wichita man not involved in the argument in a case of “swatting” that received national attention.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An Ohio woman who said she lost a job offer at Wichita State University after she revealed she was pregnant has reached a $50,000 settlement with the university.

Evangeline Heiliger sued Wichita State in December because she said the school withdrew a job offer for an assistant professor of women’s studies a day after she told Center of Women’s Studies director Chinyere Okafor that she was expecting a baby and asked about child care options on campus.

Heiliger was a visiting assistant professor of gender, sexuality and feminist studies at Ohio’s Oberlin College when she applied for the Wichita State job in 2017. She said she was offered the position after interviewing in February 2018.

A day after she told Okafor in March of that year about her pregnancy, then-department head Ron Matson told her in an email that she had been removed from consideration and also ignored a follow-up email saying she was eager to begin the job, according to her lawsuit.

Court records show that Heiliger and Wichita State agreed to settle the lawsuit following a seven-hour mediation session in May.

Wichita State spokesman Joe Kleinsasser said Wednesday that school would not comment on the settlement. The university’s general counsel, David Moses, said previously that an administrative agency investigation found the university didn’t violate any laws and that the school “remains committed to creating a fair and equitable workplace.”

As part of the settlement, Heiliger agreed to dismiss her lawsuit and never again apply for employment with Wichita State, according to a settlement agreement released by the university last week. The agreement also bars her from discussing or commenting on the settlement or her pregnancy discrimination claims.

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting and looking for suspects.

Just before 11:30p.m. Tuesday, police responded to report of a shooting near the intersection of 17th and Poplar in Wichita, according to officer Charley Davidson.

A 47-year-old man at the scene told police he was walking in the area when an unknown suspect fired multiple shots that wounded him.

EMS transported the victim to an area hospital for treatment of serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to Davidson.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact police.

WELCH, Okla. (AP) — Authorities in Oklahoma are starting a new search for two 16-year-old girls missing and presumed dead for nearly 20 years.

Craig County District Attorney’s spokeswoman Michelle Lowry said the search for Ashley Freeman and Lauria Bible began Tuesday near the Picher area, about 85 miles northeast of Tulsa and where authorities have said the girls’ bodies are believed to have been dumped.

The girls disappeared Dec. 30, 1999, from Freeman’s home in nearby Welch. Freeman’s parents, Danny and Kathy Freeman, were found fatally shot in the burned home.

In April 2018, authorities charged 68-year-old Ronnie Dean Busick with four counts of first-degree murder in the case and said two other suspects are dead.

Busick has denied involvement in the case and is undergoing a mental competency evaluation.

Busick had multiple Kansas drug convictions, and was imprisoned off-and-on in the state starting in the 1980s, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.