DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former lottery computer programmer has pleaded guilty in Iowa to running a criminal scheme that allowed him to collect millions of dollars in lottery winnings in four other states.

Former Multi-State Lottery Association security director Eddie Tipton on Thursday admitted that he manipulated the computer software he designed, allowing him to provide winning numbers to his brother and others.

Tipton, his brother Tommy Tipton and Texas businessman Robert Rhodes will repay $2.2 million in prizes they improperly claimed in Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.

Iowa prosecutors will ask for a 25-year prison sentence for Eddie Tipton.

Tommy Tipton also pleaded guilty Thursday in Iowa and was sentenced to 75 days in jail.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s tweet about cable TV host Mika Brzezinski (all times local):

A Republican woman in the House is assailing President Donald Trump for his crude tweet ridiculing a cable news anchor.

Five-term congresswoman Lynn Jenkins of Kansas says on Twitter: “This is not okay. As a female in politics I am often criticized for my looks. We should be working to empower women.”

This is not okay. As a female in politics I am often criticized for my looks. We should be working to empower women. https://t.co/sV6WDE0EUD

— Lynn Jenkins (@RepLynnJenkins) June 29, 2017

In a series of tweets Thursday morning, the president went after Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, who have criticized Trump on their MSNBC show “Morning Joe.” Trump called Brzezinski “crazy” and said he had seen her “bleeding badly from a face-lift.”    

I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came..

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017

…to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year’s Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 29, 2017

 

The White House hasn’t responded to a request for comment.
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Two Republican senators say the president’s crude tweet about a female cable TV host is beneath the dignity of the office.

In a series of tweets Thursday morning, President Donald Trump went after Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, who have criticized Trump on their MSNBC show “Morning Joe.” Trump called Brzezinski “crazy” and said he had seen her “bleeding badly from a face-lift.”

Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse said on Twitter: “Please just stop. This isn’t normal and it’s beneath the dignity of your office.”

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted: “Mr. President, your tweet was beneath the office and represents what is wrong with American politics, not the greatness of America.”

Sasse did not support Trump in the presidential race, and Graham ran against Trump for the GOP nomination.

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President Donald Trump has ridiculed the looks and temperament of a female cable television host whose show he says he’s stopped watching.

Trump has used a series of tweets to go after Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, who’ve criticized Trump on their MSNBC show “Morning Joe.”

Here’s what Trump says: “I heard poorly rated @Morning Joe speaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came … to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year’s Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!”

They spent time at Trump’s Florida resort — a visit Scarborough said was to arrange a Trump interview.

The White House hasn’t responded to a request for comment.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State University has closed its display of a rare stench-emitting “corpse flower” now that the plant has closed out its first-ever bloom.

An estimated 1,000 people turned out to see the Titan Arum from the time it began blooming Tuesday afternoon until it began withering Wednesday, when the display was halted.

Former Kansas State faculty members Ken and Janet Schroeder started the plant about 15 years ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees that require a “close” family or business tie to the United States. The move came after the Supreme Court partially restored President Donald Trump’s executive order that was widely criticized as a ban on Muslims.

Visas that have already been approved will not be revoked, but instructions issued by the State Department Wednesday say new applicants from Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Iran and Yemen must prove a relationship with a parent, spouse, child, adult son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or sibling already in the United States to be eligible. The same requirement, with some exceptions, holds for would-be refugees from all nations that are still awaiting approval for admission to the U.S.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City, Missouri, man is jailed on $150,000 bond after being accused of a drug-related shooting death of a man he thought was a demon.

Jackson County prosecutors charged 30-year-old Prince Conrad with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in Monday’s death of 45-year-old Willie Reaws III.

Authorities allege in court records that Conrad shot Reaws in the head after they snorted methamphetamine in a home’s basement.

Investigators say Conrad told police he thought Reaws was a demon, took took a handgun out of Reaws’ pocket and tried to shoot him, but Conrad shot himself in the leg instead. Authorities allege Conrad said he then shot Reaws at the victim’s request.

Online court records don’t show whether Conrad has an attorney who can speak on his behalf.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The baby sitter of a Wichita toddler whose body was found in a field has been ordered to serve 18 months of probation.

Tyerria Miles was sentenced Wednesday for one count of interfering with the investigation of Jhornee Bland’s death. The 2-year-old died in May 2016 during an overnight stay at a local hotel, where she had attended a pool party.

Miles had been caring for Jhornee in the days before her death and initially told the police she had left the child with a friend. She later admitted that she moved Jhornee’s body to a field instead of reporting her death.

The coroner wasn’t able to determine the cause of death. Miles declined to speak on her own behalf in court.

SHAWNEE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on theft and drug charges.

Just after 3a.m. Wednesday, a Shawnee County Sheriff’s deputy witnessed a white 2002 Buick Century being driven on the wrong side of the road in the 2800 block of SW Bingham Road, according to a media release.

The driver, later identified as Candi S. Croney, 28, of Topeka, left the area at a high rate of speed.

Deputies apprehended her a short time later.

Several items of suspected stolen mail were located in the vehicle along with other stolen property.

Croney was transported to the Law Enforcement Center for further questioning and then booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections with the following charges: Interference with LEO, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Stolen Property, Habitual Violator Driving with Revoked License and Misdemeanor Theft.

TOPEKA – A Salina man was indicted Wednesday on gun and drug charges, According toTom Beall, U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas

Michael Allen Carter, 29, is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm following a felony conviction.

The crimes are alleged to have occurred May 30, 2017, in Salina.  He has four previous convictions in Saline County on drug and and interference with law enforcement officer charges, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

HARVEY COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a woman on various charges after a chase and crash just after 8p.m. Tuesday in Harvey County.

Several citizens reported a reckless driver nearly running other vehicles off the road, according to North Newton Police Chief Randy Jordan.

At the time, a North Newton K-9 officer and KHP Trooper were working another call. The K-9 officer located and attempted a traffic stop on the 2008 Chrysler 300 driven by Jodi Lynn Kennedy, 44, Udall.

The driver stopped two or three times, according to Jordan when the chase started and continued on an all dirt portion of Spencer Road four miles southeast of Newton.

Approximately a mile after the KHP Trooper deployed spike strips, the vehicle left the roadway, struck an embankment, reentered the road northbound again, left the roadway a second time, stuck another embankment and rolled.

Kennedy was transported to the hospital in Wichita.

The Harvey County Attorney is considering possible charges including Aggravated Assault of a Law Enforcement Officer, Flee and Elude and DUI.

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HARVEY COUNTY – A Kansas woman was injured in an accident during a police chase just after 8p.m. Tuesday in Harvey County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Chrysler 300 driven by Jodi Lynn Kennedy, 44, Udall, was being pursued by Law Enforcement northbound on Spencer Road passing 60th Street four miles southeast of Newton.

The vehicle left the roadway, struck an embankment, reentered the road northbound again, left the roadway a second time, stuck another embankment and rolled.

Kennedy was transported to the hospital in Wichita. She was properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

Authorities did not released details on what prompted the chase.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas Highway Patrol trooper has been indicted on a charge alleging that he used excessive force.

Federal grand jurors in Topeka returned the indictment Wednesday in the case against 43-year-old James Carson, of Independence, Kansas. The indictment says Carson “physically assaulted” and caused “bodily injury” to a person identified with the initials R.T. It says the alleged June 2013 incident in southeast Kansas’ Labette County deprived R.T. of the civil right of due process.

The U.S. Justice Department provided no other information about what happened and whether Carson has an attorney. A statement says Carson faces up to 10 years in prison. The department didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking details.

Patrol Lt. Adam Winters says Carson worked for the agency from July 2000 to August 2013.

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — A coroner says a 23-year-old Kansas man died after he fell while working on a roof at an eastern Indiana animal feed plant.

Wayne County Coroner Ron Stevens says Jacob Bugg of Hutchinson, Kansas, was working with a roofing crew about 1 p.m. Tuesday when he fell about 40 feet at Richmond’s Purina Mills plant.

Stevens tells the (Richmond) Palladium-Item it’s not clear what caused the fall because no one witnessed it. He says Bugg was working on a lower section of the roof than the rest of his crew.

Stevens says Bugg sustained blunt force trauma. An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday.