KANSAS CITY – A man was sentenced in federal court Thursday for robbing the U.S. Bank inside Truman Medical Center.

Jimmy Lee Bozeman II, 57, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to 12 years and seven months in federal prison without parole, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

On June 6, 2018, Bozeman pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery. Bozeman stole $1,450 from U.S. Bank on March 14, 2018.

According to court documents, Bozeman demanded a bank teller give him all of her $50 and $100 bills. The teller briefly hesitated because she thought he was joking; he told her it was not a joke and he possessed a handgun.

After the teller handed him money from her top drawer, he demanded the money from the second drawer. As she was attempting to open the second drawer, a hospital cafeteria employee approached the bank to make change for the register in the cafeteria.

When Bozeman turned to look at him, the teller activated the hold-up alarm. Bozeman then fled from the hospital, got into a vehicle parked nearby and left the area.

Bank surveillance photos were released to the media. Several social workers at Truman Medical Center recognized Bozeman as a former client. Bozeman’s ex-wife also identified him from the surveillance photos.

Bozeman was previously convicted of bank robbery in the Western District of Missouri in 2009. He also has prior felony convictions for robbery and armed criminal action.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas is offering a free food pantry at the Memorial Union on the Lawrence campus.

The Campus Cupboard on the fourth level of the union opened Monday.

The space allows students, faculty and staff to pick up such items as fresh fruit, cereal, steaks and even gluten-free products.

Shoppers can visit the store twice a week. They receive 15 points each time they visit and they spend the points as they see fit. For example, a package of meat is five points and rice is three pounds.

The food bank is a collaboration of several organizations. Some items were donated by local grocery stores, area farms and from food drives. Just Food, the Douglas County food bank, bought some of the food

KANSAS CITY (AP) — Federal officials are mailing more than 1 million checks worth a combined $505 million to consumers that former pro racecar driver Scott Tucker swindled through a payday lending scheme.

The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department announced the refunds Thursday. The agencies evaluated loan portfolios from seven of Tucker’s brands under his company, AMG Services — 500FastCash, Advantage Cash Services, Ameriloan, OneClickCash, Star Cash Processing, UnitedCashLoans and USFastCash — to find consumers who took the short-term loans.

Tucker, of Leawood, Kansas, is among those convicted of running a payday lending enterprise that used indigenous tribes as fronts to charge predatory interest rates. He began serving a 16-year, eight-month prison sentence earlier this year.

RENO COUNTY — A Kansas man who allegedly threatened and choked the victim in a domestic altercation will come back to court Oct. 26 after the defense indicated Friday it wants plea negotiations with the state.

Jason Thiel, 29, Hutchinson, is charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of interference with law enforcement.

On June 15, police were called to a residence on East 9th Street in Hutchinson for the report of a “trouble with subject” call.

The victim told police she was strangled and threatened with a knife during the altercation.

Thiel also ran from officers as they tried to take him into custody.

Thiel is no stranger to law enforcement officials. He has nine previous convictions for theft, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, obstruction, criminal damage and aiding a felon, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

LANSING, Kan. (AP) — The adopted daughter of a retired Army officer living in northeastern Kansas may soon be sent back to South Korea.

On Friday, a federal judge in Kansas ruled in favor of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which seeks to deport Hyebin Schreiber, the legally adopted daughter of retired Lt. Col. Patrick Schreiber of Lansing.

Schreiber sued after immigration authorities rejected visa and citizenship applications for Hyebin. The woman had been Schreiber’s niece when he and his wife legally brought the then-15-year-old girl to the U.S. in 2012.

Schreiber’s deployment the following year to Afghanistan and bad legal advice led the couple to put off her legal adoption until she was 17. But under immigration law, foreign-born children must be adopted before reaching 16 to derive citizenship from their American parents.

Schreiber, who has served six overseas tours in a 27-year U.S. military career, has said he and his wife would go to South Korea with their daughter if she’s deported.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Shawnee County district judge says a Kansas man convicted of second-degree murder should get a new trial.

William Spangler, 27, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2013 shooting death of 22-year-old Faustino Martinez II, of Wichita.

Spangler, who was sentenced to 15 years in jail, filed a petition in October 2015 that questioned the effectiveness of his attorneys.

Spangler was robbed and beaten a few weeks before Martinez was shot.

District Judge Mark Braun ruled Tuesday that Spangler’s defense attorney did not consider how Spangler’s beating might have affected his mental health.

Spangler said if he hadn’t been robbed or beaten, he wouldn’t have bought any weapons or reacted aggressively to being threatened in his apartment.

A new trial date hasn’t been set.

SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — An infestation of bedbugs has closed a Kansas City suburb library until further notice.

Johnson County Library Director Sean Casserley says the Shawnee branch library on Johnson Drive will be closed at least until Wednesday so the building can be treated to get rid of the infestation.

Updates on the state of the branch will be posted on the library’s website and social media accounts.

Casserley says library staff spotted the pests in a book turned in Thursday. Dogs trained to detect the pests were brought in, and officials learned Friday that the pests had spread to furniture in the building.

Bed bugs have recently been discovered in other public places in the Kansas City area, including in a Kansas City International Airport terminal.

BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — Authorities in northeastern Kansas are investigating the discovery of a body on a railcar in Bonner Springs.

The body was found early Friday morning. Officials say they don’t yet know the name, age or even the gender of the person.

Police say the railcar had been parked at the Bonner Springs location since Sept. 19. Before then, police say, the railcar had been in Illinois and southeastern Missouri.

A police spokeswoman says the body was discovered by workers unloading a car containing a dry cement mix.

The FBI is helping in the investigation, and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation says its crime scene response team was dispatched to help police.

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BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the discovery of a body on a railroad car in Bonner Springs.

Police say employees at a quarry Friday as they unloaded a rail car, which is used to haul dry cement mix.

Bonner Springs police said the death is being investigated as a homicide.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s crime scene response team helped with the investigation.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Uber will pay Kansas more than $730,000 after hackers obtained names and driver’s license information of some Uber drivers.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed a lawsuit against the ride-hailing company. A consent judgment was entered Thursday in Shawnee County District Court.

In 2016, hackers obtained the names and driver’s license information from about 600,000 of its drivers, but didn’t immediately reveal the breach. Schmidt argued the lack of transparency violated the Kansas Consumer Protection Act. He also said Uber didn’t maintain reasonable security measures.

Uber’s attorney, Tony West, said the company has reached agreements with the attorney generals of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. According to the consent judgment, Uber will pay a total of $148 million.

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities continue to investigating an alleged attempted abduction and are asking the public for help with additional information.

Just after 2:30 p.m. Thursday, police responded to a residence in the 1500 block of north Chautauqua in Wichita in reference to a possible attempted abduction, according to officer Charley Davidson.

A 13-year-old girl told police that while she was walking home from school a newer black 4-door sedan (Chevy Impala or Audi A6) pulled up beside her at the intersection of 14th and Erie. An unknown suspect threatened her if she did not get into the car. The girl then ran home and called police.

The suspect is described as a light skinned black male, in his 50s, thin build, thin framed glasses, wearing a green flat billed baseball cap, according to Davidson.

Anyone with additional information on this case is encouraged to call Wichita Police or Crime Stoppers at 267-2111

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Ten Kansas nurses or nurse aides face charges stemming from a state investigation into allegations of Medicaid fraud, the theft of narcotic medications and the mistreatment of vulnerable adults.

Online records show that at least eight of those charged are still licensed to work in Kansas. Three health care workers from the Kansas City area were working at nursing homes when authorities say they committed the crimes, according to witness lists provided by the attorney general’s office.

Carol Moreland, executive director of the Kansas State Board of Nursing, declined to discuss the cases.

Lenexa resident Catherine Santaniello is charged with two felony counts of mistreatment of a dependent adult, including allegations of “knowing infliction of physical injury, unreasonable confinement or unreasonable punishment.” She also faces two misdemeanor charges for battery and making a false claim to Medicaid.

The charges were filed against Santaniello this week, but the incidents allegedly occurred in January 2017.

Santaniello didn’t respond to requests for comment. She’ll appear in court Oct. 24.

Erin Whitlow, the former nursing director at Parkway Care and Rehabilitation in Edwardsville, is charged with felony possession of morphine with the intent to distribute. The Leavenworth woman is also charged with felony mistreatment of two dependent adults by depriving them of “treatment, goods or services that were necessary to maintain” their physical or mental health.

The alleged incidents occurred in July and August 2017.

Whitlow’s attorney, Brian Costello, said she’s sought drug abuse treatment and is “willing to accept what she did.”

“We’ve been cooperating with the attorney general and she’s taking full responsibility for it,” Costello said.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Ten Kansas nurses and nurse aides have been charged with Medicaid fraud, stealing narcotic medications and mistreating vulnerable adults.

The charges came after an enforcement sweep by the state’s attorney general. Online records show that eight of those charged are still licensed to work in Kansas.

State Board of Nursing Executive Director Carol Moreland declined to comment on pending litigation and questions about the licenses.

Witness lists show that three Kansas City area health care workers were working at nursing homes during the alleged crimes.

Lenexa resident Catherine Santaniello is charged with two felony counts of mistreatment of a dependent adult. She also faces two misdemeanor charges for battery and making a false claim to Medicaid.

Santaniello didn’t respond to requests for comment. She’ll appear in court Oct. 24.