RENO COUNTY – A Kansas man is in custody on several charges for a dispute about a dog.

Brian Epp, 32, Turon, faces potential charges of aggravated assault, criminal threat, criminal use of weapons, having a sawed-off shotgun and defacing identification marks on the weapon.

A neighbor allegedly fired a gun toward Epp’s dog when she felt threatened. The dog ran home but then started back toward her house.

She told deputies that she didn’t aim at the dog but at some trees near the dog. It was at that time that Epp came out and fired his weapon toward the woman.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Epp after they found the weapon and some drug paraphernalia inside his home.

He’s expected back in court next week for the reading of any formal charges.

CHICAGO (AP) – Police say a baggage handler told them he was drunk when he fell asleep in a cargo hold and flew from Kansas City to Chicago.

American Airlines says the Piedmont Airlines employee was working American Flight 363 on Saturday when the Boeing 737 left Kansas City International Airport with the handler in a heated and pressurized cargo hold.

Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says he was found when the flight landed about an hour later at Chicago’s O’Hare airport. The spokesman says the handler told police he was intoxicated and had fallen asleep.

No charges were filed, and he was sent back to Kansas City.

American says it is grateful the handler wasn’t injured and it’s reviewing what happened.

The handler’s name wasn’t released.

ATCHISON, Kan. – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer involved shooting which occurred in Atchison on Wednesday, Oct. 31.

According to a KBI media release, the Atchison Police Department contacted the KBI at approximately 10:35 a.m. to request assistance investigating an officer involved shooting. KBI agents and the crime scene response team (CSRT) responded to conduct the investigation.

Preliminary information indicates that an officer from the Atchison Police Department was dispatched to a theft of services call at a residence at N. Fourth St. and L St. in Atchison. When the officer arrived on scene at approximately 10:20 a.m., a male subject on the property approached the officer while carrying a rifle. The officer gave verbal commands to drop the gun, and the subject complied by putting down the rifle.

Then, the verbal conflict with the resident escalated, and the officer deployed a Taser toward the subject. The subject produced a handgun he had in his possession, and fired at the officer. The officer was not hit by gunfire, and returned fire at the subject. The subject was struck during the exchange.

The subject was taken into custody, and EMS was called. He was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The subject was later identified as Bryan C. Boldridge, 44, of Atchison.

The KBI will conduct a thorough and independent investigation into this shooting. Once the investigation is complete, the findings will be turned over to the Atchison County Attorney for review.

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ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — An Atchison homeowner was wounded when he was involved in a gunfight with a police officer.

Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson said the officer was not injured during the confrontation Wednesday.

Wilson says police responded to a call to help utility crews and a homeowner confronted the officer.

Wilson says the man shot at the officer, who returned fire. The man’s condition was not immediately available.

Details about what prompted the police call and the confrontation have not been released.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating the shooting.

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal accident and have filed charges against the driver.

On Tuesday, James N. Dalrymple, 35, was charged with two counts of Involuntary Manslaughter and Failing to Yield the Right of Way in connection with a crash in April that that killed a 37-year-old off-duty Wichita Police 37-year-old Stacey Woodson officer and his 9-year-old son Braeden, according to a media release from the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s department.

Police say the crash happened around 8:15 p.m. when a pickup truck driven by Dalrymple pulled out in front of a motorcycle operated by Woodson. The officer’s son was riding on the back of the bike.

Woodson was a 16-year veteran of the Wichita Police Department.

The two counts of Involuntary Manslaughter are felony crimes. Failing to Yield the Right of Way is a misdemeanor crime.

SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating burglaries and have a suspect in custody.

Just before 10a.m. Tuesday the Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a residence in the 8400 block of NW 24 Highway in t check on the welfare on an individual that was displaying erratic and suspicious behavior, according Shawnee County Sgt. Todd Stallbaumer.  Family members indicated that the individual could potentially be a threat to himself or others.  The investigating briefly shut down a portion of the highway while deputies investigated.

Deputies determined that the individual involved at the residence was also connected to several burglaries in the Shawnee County area earlier Tuesday.

Deputies arrested Zachary Dean Gonzales-Rook, 19, Topeka, into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on charges of Aggravated Burglary, Burglary, theft, conspiracy, and criminal possession of a firearm.

MANHATTAN —Just before At 3 p.m. Wednesday, the Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to 1220 North 17th Street, Burt Hall on the Kansas State University Campus for a reported chemical spill.

According to a media release from the Manhattan Fire Department, crews found a small chemical container had overpressurized on the second floor.  Two persons possibly exposed to the chemical were evaluated by Riley County EMS and released.  The hazardous materials alarm brought a total of nine firefighters on four fire apparatus to the scene.

Burt Hall was evacuated as a precaution while crews identified and neutralized the chemical.  Crews determined the building was safe and were preparing to clear the scene at 5:00 p.m.  The MFD Hazardous Materials Team was assisted by Kansas State University Environmental Health and Safety.

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal weekend shooting and have identified the victim.

Just before 2a.m. Sunday, police responded to a report of gunshots in the 1900 Block of East Diedrich in Haysville, according to a media release.

Officers found a large crowd leaving a party at a local venue after a fight. Officers found a man identified Wednesday as Jaylin Jacobs, 19, Wichita, who had been shot and had died of his injuries, according to a media release.

Police have reported no arrests. Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to contact police in Haysville.

HARVEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating  a high-tech interstate theft ring and have made two arrests.

Over the past few weeks, area police departments had received warnings from banks and other law enforcement agencies about ATM thefts in Colorado and western Kansas, according to a media release from Newton Police. The thieves were using special cards that allowed the ATMs to dispense money without the use of pin numbers. 

Police in Newton arrested Alexandru Ion-Florin, 44, and Maria Bacelan, 22, on Oct. 27 after a series of thefts at Newton’s Citizens State Bank locations. A total of $22,600 had been taken in six cases.

Both of Newton’s Citizens State Bank branches were hit multiple times on Oct. 26, and the bank captured two suspects on surveillance video. The following day, a Newton officer spotted a car with Texas license plates stopped at the north and then the south Citizens Bank ATMs.

The officer stopped the car, and the occupants matched the description of the suspects in the surveillance video.