PHILLIPS COUNTY — In August, the Phillips County Sheriff’s Department reported the Kansas Bureau of Investigation was investigating a former sheriff’s department employee.  A deputy assigned to investigate the allegations against the former employee was also allegedly implicated.

On Monday, Phillips County Attorney, Melissa Schoen and Phillips County Sheriff Charles Radabaugh reported the KBI report on allegations of wrong doing against members of the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office had been reviewed and officials determined that no charges will be filed.  The allegation is unsubstantiated.

The KBI in the course of their investigation interviewed multiple witnesses including Phillipsburg Mayor Lance Munyon, Timothy Driggs, Phillipsburg Public Works Supervisor, Travis Wagoner, Daniel Denio, Amy Hanchett, Nicole Wagner, and James Hageman, according to the social media report from the sheriff’s department.

The state has determined after a thorough review of reports submitted by the KBI that there is no verifiable crime committed involving any employee past or present of the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office.

The allegations of burglary and theft by department employees are unfounded.
Through the course of their investigation the KBI could not determine if a video ever existed as only one witness who claimed to see the alleged video later recanted his statement.

Due to privacy concerns and possible pending civil litigation, officials were not going to release the report in its entirety, according to the sheriff’s department.