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Hunter Freeberg, Mattie Hale

Hale, Freeberg engagement

Mattie Hale and Hunter Freeberg, both of Parsons, an-nounce their engagement. She is the daughter of Becky Hale of Chetopa. He is the son of Rick and Tina Freeberg of rural Parsons.

The future bride is a 2010 graduate of Labette County High School in Altamont and graduated this year from Labette Community College with a degree in nursing. She is a registered nurse at Labette Health.

The future groom is a 2014 graduate of LCHS. He grad-uated in 2015 from Coffeyville Community College, where he studied CNC/machining. He is the dock lead man at Old Dominion in Parsons.

The couple are planning an Oct. 17 wedding in rural Par-sons.

SchoolS

Gartner earns degree

BEMIDJI, Minn. — Erica Gartner of Altamont gradu-ated with a bachelor of sci-ence degree from Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota, at the conclusion of the spring 2020 semester.

Riggs earns degree

EMPORIA — Emporia State University congrat-ulated 250 students who received academic degrees after completing the sum-mer 2020 semester. Among those students was Bobbi Riggs of Erie. Riggs earned a master of science degree in early childhood unified.

Man shot in home invasion faces aggravated burglary, assault charges

A Parsons man made a first appearance on charges alleging he broke into an occupied home and assaulted the homeowner. The homeowner shot the man with a 9 mm handgun.

Jake E. Cervantes, 33, 2001 Ash, is charged in Labette County District Court with aggravated burglary and ag-gravated assault, both felonies.

Law officers found Cervantes bleeding from the chest on U.S. 59 at 17000 Road early Aug. 18 after 911 dispatch received multiple motorist reports about seeing a man lying on U.S. 59. Cervantes was taken to Labette Health and then transferred to Freeman Hospital in Jo-plin for a gunshot wound to his chest area.

Deputies investigating the incident learned that Cer-vantes may have broken into a rural Altamont home. Sheriff Darren Eichinger wrote in a prepared statement at the time that Cervantes was allegedly armed with a knife. When the homeowner saw Cervantes inside the home, the homeowner shot him once with a 9 mm hand-gun. The shooting took place inside the house.

Eichinger said a bicycle and a pair of shorts were found on the driveway of the residence. A knife and a rubber glove were found on the porch.

Cervantes made a first appearance on the charges Tuesday. He remains jailed on a $50,000 bond and will return to court Oct. 2.

Other cases:— Rodney T. Welch Jr., born in 2000, 1225 Rich-

ard, faces two cases in district court, one alleging ag-gravated kidnapping, a level one felony, and domestic battery, a misdemeanor; the other alleges theft by de-ception, a felony, and 10 counts of criminal use of a financial card, all misdemeanors. The alleged kidnap-ping occurred Sept. 1, and the other cases allege events in February 2019. Welch made a first appearance Sept. 10 and will return to court on Thursday. He is jailed on a $50,000 bond.

— Demarquis A. Reeves, born in 2000, Chetopa, is charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child, an off-grid felony punishable by up to life in prison upon conviction. The complaint alleges the incident occurred June 20, 2019, and involved lewd fondling or touching. Reeves made a first appearance Monday and will return to court on Thursday. His bond is set at $20,000.

— Jason E. Rakestraw, 38, Pittsburg, and Thomas P. Houdashelt Jr., 41, 1414 Washington, made first ap-pearances on Thursday on multiple-count complaints. Both are charged with non-residential burglary, pos-session of methamphetamine, possession of oxyco-done, all felonies, possession of drug paraphernalia, theft and criminal damage, all misdemeanors. Rak-estraw faces two additional counts of non-residential burglary and one count of attempted non-residential

burglary, all felonies, and attempted theft, a misde-meanor. On Monday, an employee of Center Self Storage, 1425 N. 16th St., saw two men breaking into a storage unit and called police. Officers found Rak-estraw and Houdashelt allegedly burglarizing one of the units and arrested them. Bonds for Rakestraw and Houdashelt were set at $7,500 each and they will re-turn to court on Thursday.

— Jeromy R. Heiskell, born in 1984, 2518 Grand, is charged in two cases. In one he’s accused of rob-bery, a felony, and criminal damage, a misdemeanor. The complaint alleges the robbery occurred Sept. 1, and he’s alleged to have damaged an electronic tab-let. In the second, he’s charged with battery of a law officer, a felony, interference with a law officer and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors. He will re-turn to court on Oct. 28. His bond is set at $25,000 in the new case.

— Ivan W. Oldenburg, born in 1983, 3112 Bel-mont, faces a 27-count complaint. He’s charged with aggravated escape from custody, interference with a law officer, fleeing and eluding, all felonies, and 24 counts of various driving-related violations. The chase happened on Aug. 30, as did his alleged escape from custody. His bond is set at $25,000 and he will return to court Dec. 10 for a preliminary hearing. A motion to reduce his bond has been filed but it has not been set for hearing. A police sergeant pulled Oldenburg over on Aug. 30 and was going to arrest him for outstanding warrants. Oldenburg rolled up his window and locked his door and refused to open it for the officers, accord-ing to Parsons police. Officers were forced to break the window to open the door. When they did this, Old-enburg sped away. The chase ended when his vehicle struck a steel cable at the Elk’s parking lot.

— A Labette County judge gave a former Parsons woman another chance at probation this week. Rachel M. McKenzie, 33, was released from prison earlier this month on Montgomery County convictions and faced a probation revocation in Labette County. She agreed that she violated terms of her Labette County probation and Judge Steve Stockard accepted a recommendation from McKenzie’s attorney and the county attorney to reinstate her to 10 months of probation for trafficking contraband into the county jail in 2014. McKenzie said she’s in outpatient drug treatment, she’s working and is striving to turn her life around in the hope of re-turning to regular visits with her daughters, ages 9 and 11. The agreement will require McKenzie to serve her more than 4-year prison term is she fails on probation. Stockard wished McKenzie well and said he liked her plan for her life going forward. “I like the sound of it,” he said. “It’s hard. It’s a hard turnaround. That’s this court’s expectation of you is to climb that mountain, OK?”

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87WASHINGTON (AP) —

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Wash-ington. She was 87.

Ginsburg died of compli-cations from metastatic pan-creatic cancer, the court said.

Her death just over six weeks before Election Day is likely to set off a heated battle over whether President Don-ald Trump should nominate, and the Republican-led Senate should confirm, her replace-ment, or if the seat should re-main vacant until the outcome of his race against Democrat Joe Biden is known. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said late Friday that the Senate will vote on Trump’s pick to re-place Ginsburg, even though it’s an election year.

Trump called Ginsburg an “amazing woman” and did not mention filling her vacant Supreme Court seat when he spoke to reporters following a rally in Bemidji, Minnesota.

Biden said the winner of the November election should choose Ginsburg’s replace-

ment. “There is no doubt — let me be clear — that the voters should pick the presi-dent and the president should pick the justice for the Senate to consider,” Biden told re-porters after returning to his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, from campaign stops in Minnesota.

Chief Justice John Roberts mourned Ginsburg’s pass-ing. “Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future gen-erations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her — a tireless and resolute champion of justice,” Rob-erts said in a statement.

Ginsburg announced in July that she was undergoing

chemotherapy treatment for lesions on her liver, the lat-est of her several battles with cancer.

Ginsburg spent her final years on the bench as the unquestioned leader of the court’s liberal wing and be-came something of a rock star to her admirers. Young women especially seemed to embrace the court’s Jewish grandmother, affectionate-ly calling her the Notorious RBG, for her defense of the rights of women and minori-ties, and the strength and resilience she displayed in the face of personal loss and health crises.

Those health issues in-cluded five bouts with can-cer beginning in 1999, falls that resulted in broken ribs, insertion of a stent to clear a blocked artery and assorted other hospitalizations after she turned 75.

She resisted calls by lib-erals to retire during Barack Obama’s presidency at a time when Democrats held the Senate and a replacement with similar views could have been confirmed. Instead, Trump will almost certainly try to push Ginsburg’s suc-cessor through the Republi-can-controlled Senate — and move the conservative court even more to the right.

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