Crime and Courts

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Formal charges were pending for a 37-year-old man, James M. Gilliland, who remained in Atchison County Jail on Monday following his arrest the previous Saturday for a burglary and theft of multiple firearms and knives from a residence in the 400 block of N. Second St.

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Walter Hugh Taylor, 45, of Atchison was taken into custody on Thursday, February 2, 2023 charged with the burglary of a residence in the 300 block of North 3rd that occurred on December 24, 2022 and the theft of items from that residence.

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A 52-year-old St. Louis man with an Atchison tie recently arrested in connection with a theft involving a firearm that occurred Oct. 30, 2022 in the 1400 block of South Eighth Street made his first visit Monday to district court.

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SATURDAY, JAN.28 Brian Hinson, 51, was arrested for driving under the influence, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia after he was involved in a single vehicle accident along U.S. 73 Highway and 242 Road intersection. Sheriff Jack Laurie reported the accident occurred about 7 p.m. …

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Atchison police are investigating two different burglaries that occurred earlier this week as well as a rash of other recent incidents of a similar nature within in different areas within Atchison city limits.