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May 8, 2021
Wabaunsee-photo Shawnee County
SHAWNEE COUNTY Law enforcement authorities including deputies from Atchison County are investigating a suspect on multiple charges after an investigation.
On May 6, numerous police agencies conducted a search warrant in a home in the 900 block of NE Michigan Avenue in Topeka, according to Topeka Police spokesperson Gretchen Spiker.
Investigators recovered dozens of stolen items, guns and drugs inside the home. The recovered items had previously been reported stolen from Atchison and Jackson counties.
As a result of the investigation, police arrested Lindsey L. Wabaunsee, 34 of Topeka, and booked her into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges that include Possession of stimulant, Possession of marijuana, Criminal use of weapons, Defacing identification marks on a firearm, Use/Possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body and Theft.
Associated Press
Atchison An inmate who is accused of threatening an officer with piece of lumber after escaping from a Kansas jail was captured early Saturday.
The Atchison County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that 20-year-old Taggart Darnell Lee escaped about 48 hours earlier when staff failed to follow several security procedures, allowing him to manipulate a door lock and make his way into an unsecured area of the jail. From there he made his way outside, where an officer chased him for several blocks.
Lee, who had been in custody since January on charges of aggravated robbery, got away after picking up the piece of lumber and using it to threaten the unarmed officer.
Updated: 9:30 AM CDT Apr 24, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff A man who escaped from a county jail in Kansas early Thursday has been taken into custody.According to the Atchison County Sheriff s Office, Taggart Darnell Lee, 20, was taken into custody just after 2 a.m. with help from the Kansas Highway Patrol.Authorities said they will release more information later Saturday.The sheriff s office said that Lee had been in custody on aggravated robbery charges since Jan. 8, stemming from a New Year s Eve robbery.Sheriff Jack Laurie said an early investigation into the escape revealed that several security policies were not followed by jail security staff, which allowed Lee to manipulate a door lock into an unsecured area of the jail, and then outside.Laurie said a jail officer, who was unarmed, pursued Lee for several blocks on foot before Lee picked up a piece of lumber and threatened the officer.