Kansas Bureau of Investgiation


KBI 70th Anniversary

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2013
#6-2013Geary County Media Release05/09/2013
#5-2013Ottawa, KS homicides - explanation why not full AMBER alert05/08/2013
#4-2013Ottawa homicides, missing child - request for assistance05/08/2013
#3-2013Geary County News Conference Advisory05/08/2013
#2-2013Update on attempt to locate Robert Helms03/14/2013
#1-2013Attempt to locate Robert Helms02/06/2013
2012
#8-2012Richard Hickock and Perry Smith Exhumation Search Warrant12/18/2012
#7-2012Gogian, Atherly shooting suspect 12/17/201212/17/2012
#6-201212/12/2012 Topeka Raid12/12/2012
#5-2012FBI and State of Kansas Partner in Opening Heart of America RCFL Satellite in Topeka11/02/2012
#4-2012Offender Registry Improvements10/09/2012
#3-2012Subject Sentenced to 360 months in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Conspiracy10/02/2012
#3-2012Synthetic drug distribution ring raided 08/09/201208/09/2012
#2-20124-year multistate meth investigation leads to conviction06/22/2012
#1-2012Great Bend cocaine raid 01/04/201201/05/2012
2011
#6-2011Scott County Operation12/28/2011
#5-2011KHP Trooper Involved Shooting in Delphos, Kansas10/14/2011
#4-2011Director Thompson announces KBI leadership team09/02/2011
#3-2011Attorney General Schmidt announces appointment of Kirk Thompson as KBI director06/02/2011
#2-2011Drug Endangered Children Awareness Day Press Conference04/19/2011
#1-2011Kansas’ new electronic weapon in the war on meth04/18/2011
2010
#16-2010Identification of Body in Oakley, KS12/7/2010
#15-2010Multi-Agency Search Warrants and Arrests10/14/2010
#14-2010Wilson County Shooting10/05/2010
#13-2010Alicia D. Debolt Media Advisory - Cancellation08/30/2010
#12-2010Missing Child - Alicia D. Debolt08/24/2010
#11-2010Two Arrests for Stolen Farm Equipment03/04/2010
#10-2010Finney County Stabbing and Arrest02/18/2010
#9-2010New York Man Charged in 1981 Ogden Rape02/03/2010
#8-2010Multi-jurisdictional Meth Bust Nets 2002/03/2010
#7-2010Multi-jurisdictional Meth Operation Targeted Neosho, Allen, Bourbon Counties02/02/2010
#6-2010Neosho County Meth Lab Charges Filed01/20/2010
#5-2010Rural Neosho County Shooting01/17/2010
#4-2010Arkansas City Search Warrants & Arrests01/28/2010
#3-2010Inman Police Chief Charged With Sex Crimes Against Children.01/13/2010
#2-2010Attorney General Six Recognizes Amber Alert Awareness Day01/13/2010
#1-2010Attorney General Six Creates Human Trafficking Advisory Board.01/11/2010
2009
#16-2009Riley County Man Charged with Killing Mother and Child11/09/2009
#15-2009Kiowa County Man Charged in Wife's Death.11/09/2009
#14-2009Pittsburg Meth Search Warrant on 10/29/200910/29/2009
#13-2009Liberal Aircraft Drug Bust10/29/2009
#12-2009$1 Million Kansas Meth Initiative09/29/2009
#11-2009Donald Ray Dean Conviction09/23/2009
#10-2009Kyle A. Zumbrunn Arrested in Atchison09/23/2009
#9-2009Woodson County Sheriff Charged09/16/2009
#8-2009Thomas County Farm Equipment Theft and Recovery09/15/2009
#7-2009Silver Alert - Mary Lou and Billie Black09/15/2009
#6-2009Miami County Shooting09/11/2009
#5-2009Colorado Murder Suspect09/11/2009
#4-2009Grant County Sheriff Department Arrest08/23/2009
#3-2009Clandestine Drug Cleanup Funding08/13/2009
#2-200921 Defendants Charged in Operation White Pistol06/22/2009
#1-2009Junction City PD Theft Assistance04/02/2009
2007
#3-2007Meth Recommendation Report02/01/2007
#2-20072006 Meth Lab Seizures01/25/2007
#1-2007Director Welch Resignation01/25/2007
2006
#8-2006Sheridan County Sheriff Johnson Killed in Line of Duty10/27/2006
#7-2006Director Welch News Conference to Discuss Expansion and Give a "bare bones" Tour09/27/2006
#6-2006September 10, 2006 Incident in Reno County 09/10/2006
#5-2006Director Welch Announces Holly Wasinger Certified as Bloodstain Pattern Examiner08/31/2006
#4-20062006 John Foster Memorial College Scholarship by Kansas Law Enforcement Associations08/25/2006
#3-2006Kansas Alliance for Drug Endangered Children Conference to be held August 17, 200608/17/2006
#2-2006Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Demonstration03/20/2006
#1-2006News Conference to Announce the Swearing in of Nine New Agents01/04/2006
2005
#5-2005News Conference Regarding Anti-Methamphetamine Initiatives02/24/2005
#4-2005Final 2004 Meth Statistics for Kansas02/15/2005
#3-2005Greenwood County Sheriff Shot Update01/20/2005
#2-2005Greenwood County Sheriff Shot Update01/19/2005
#1-2005Greenwood County Sheriff Shot01/19/2005
2004
#13-2004KBI announce DNA Milestone12/06/2004
#12-2004Goodland Police Officer Involved in Shooting UPDATE11/16/2004
#11-2004Goodland Police Officer Involved in Shooting11/09/2004
#10-2004Galena Police Officer Involved in Fatal Shooting09/20/2004
#9-2004Clay County Kansas09/15/2004
#8-2004Clay Center Death Investigation09/13/2004
#7-2004Kansas Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training08/16/2004
#6-2004RE: Sumner County In-Custody Death Investigation07/23/2004
#5-2004Sumner County Inmate Death Investigation07/22/2004
#4-2004Kansas Online Criminal History Record Searches Enhanced07/01/2004
#3-2004KBI Director Discusses the Results of the Investigation of the KBI Lab 04/27/2004
#2-2004The KBI and accessKansas will announce a new way for Kansas citizens and businesses to obtain criminal history record checks - directly over the Internet03/30/2004
#1-2004Two KBI Special Agents were involved in a collision in a driving rainstorm.03/04/2004
2003
#13-2003National speaker on missing and abducted children to train Kansas law enforcement and child protection professionals.10/17/2003
#12-2003Coffeyville Drug Distribution Investigation09/17/2003
#11-2003Bio-Terrorism Grant Awarded to KBI09/11/2003
#10-2003KBI New Conference: Douglas S. Belt Cases06/05/2003
#9-2003Douglas S. Belt Cases06/04/2003
#8-2003Verify Private Investigators Online05/01/2003
#7-2003Drug Endangered Children Program in Crawford County04/16/2003
#6-2003Ballistic match using the new Integrated Ballistic Information System02/26/2003
#5-2003Illegal methamphetamine laboratories seized in Kansas decreases02/19/2003
#4-2003James Craig Strader in Custody02/11/2003
#3-2003Fugitive James Craig Strader02/10/2003
#2-2003Registered Offender Mapping01/07/2003
#1-2003Kerry Thompson: Update01/03/2003
2002
#7-2002Kerry Thompson: Corrected Media Release12/31/2002
#6-2002Kansas Law Enforcement and Courts Ranked #108/13/2002
#5-2002DNA Databank Cold Hits08/02/2002
#4-20022002 Kansas Criminal Justice Legislation08/01/2002
#3-2002Media Release: Pipe Bombs05/01/2002
#2-2002Anderson County officer-involved shooting05/01/2002
#1-2002Report Issued By Americans For Gun Safety 01/18/2002
2001
#6-2001Homicide of Junction City Police Office Suspect Commits Suicide 12/06/2001
#5-2001Recovery of apparent homicide victims in Atchison County, Kansas 07/19/2001
#4-2001Media Release: New KBI Drug Enforcement Web Page 07/03/2001
#3-2001Media Conference on new KBI Drug Enforcement Website 06/26/2001
#2-2001Joint Methamphetamine Press Release from KBI, KHP, and KDOT 06/25/2001
#1-2001Hanson State Bank Robbery03/26/2001

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