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Attorney general files charges in Trego Co. murder case (UPDATE)

Posted on February 25, 2014February 26, 2014

WAKEENEY — A man arrested last week in Trego County has been formally charged with murder.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today filed formal criminal charges against Scott Robert Bollig, WaKeeney, who was arrested Feb. 20.

Bollig, 30, has been charged with first-degree murder for what the complaint says was the killing of an unborn child, “believed to be between 8 and 10 weeks gestation.” The complaint cites KSA 21-5419, commonly known as Alexa’s Law.

The crime is alleged to have occurred on or about Jan. 26 in Trego County. The filing said Bollig is accused of putting a crushed form of medication used to terminate a pregnancy on food. The complaint, filed in Trego County District Court, called the allegation “intentional and premeditated.”

Bollig also was charged with alternate counts of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery and distribution of adulterated food, which the complaint said was a pancake.

The state’s witness list includes several law enforcement and medical professionals, as well as the mother of the unborn child.

Bollig made a first appearance in court Tuesday afternoon in Ellis County in front of Judge Glenn Braun, according to Clint Blaes, spokesman for Schmidt’s office.

Blaes said the defense withdrew a request to modify bond, which remains set at $500,000. A preliminary hearing has not been scheduled.

The Kansas Attorney General’s Office is prosecuting the case at the request of the Trego County Attorney Tony Potter, who will assist with the prosecution. Assistant Attorney General Jessica Domme filed the charges on behalf of Schmidt.

Police frustrated over four unsolved killings in Kansas

Posted on January 6, 2014

WICHITA (AP) — Wichita police say the city’s residents can feel good about having one of the lowest homicide totals in a decade last year with 16.

But it’s the four that remain unsolved that have local law enforcement frustrated because nobody is stepping forward with information that could bring the killers to justice.

The Wichita Eagle reports two of the unsolved homicides were gang-related, while the other two involved gang members.

Two of the victims — 27-year-old James Gary Jr. and 25-year-old Kolby Hopkins — were shot in the midst of large crowds.

Aaron Bohannon was with Hopkins when he was fatally shot in the city’s Old Town district. Bohannon says it’s tough to start the healing process without knowing who is responsible for taking his friend’s life.

Man in custody after New Year’s Day homicide (UPDATE)

Posted on January 2, 2014January 2, 2014

ST. MARYS (AP) — A suspect has been charged with killing a northeast Kansas man who was driven to a police station after being shot.

Pottawatomie County authorities said passengers in the car called deputies to the St. Marys police station around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. The deputies found Levi W. Bishop, 24, Rossville, dead with a gunshot wound.

Prosecutor Sherri Schuck told WIBW-TV on Thursday her office has charged Pablo Alberto Gonzalez, 21, with second-degree murder. The St. Marys man was being held on $1 million bond and did not have a lawyer.

Authorities said Bishop had been a passenger in Gonzalez’s car.