{"id":214751,"date":"2026-04-29T23:02:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/214751\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T23:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:02:38","slug":"kan-felon-accused-of-selling-drugs-in-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/214751\/","title":{"rendered":"Kan. felon accused of selling drugs in Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RILEY COUNTY -Law enforcement are investigating suspect for alleged drug distribution in Riley County.<\/p>\n<p>Just after 12:30p.m. Tuesday, police\u00a0conducted a traffic stop near Irene Circle and Davis Drive in Manhattan, according to the Riley County Police Department activity report.<\/p>\n<p>This was part of an ongoing investigation into drug distribution in Riley County. A search warrant was then executed in the 800 block of Colorado Street. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto w-full sm:w-full md:w-1\/2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1718737853614.jpeg\" alt=\"Hunt has previous convictions for Voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, DUI, evading a road block and for drugs. from an earlier arrest in Geary County\"\/>Hunt has previous convictions for Voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, DUI, evading a road block and for drugs. from an earlier arrest in Geary County<\/p>\n<p>Just after 1p.m., JC Hunt, 53, of Grandview Plaza, was arrested on requested charges of distribution of opiate\/opium\/narcotic\/certain stimulant; 3.5-100 grams, possession of opiate\/opium\/narcotic or certain stimulant, and passion of marijuana. He is being held on a $30,000 bond.\u00a0Hunt has previous convictions for Voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, DUI, evading a road block and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections.<\/p>\n<p>Just after 7p.m. police arrested Brittanie Michele Vaughn, 31, of Manhattan, on requested charges of use\/possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia in the human body and distribution of opiate\/opium\/narcotic\/certain stimulant; 3.5-100 grams. She is being held on a $41,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Jimmie Dale Dodson III, 25, of Manhattan, was arrested on requested charges of use\/possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia in the human body and possession of opiate\/opium\/narcotic or certain stimulant. He met the requirement of a $4,000 bond and is no longer in custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RILEY COUNTY -Law enforcement are investigating suspect for alleged drug distribution in Riley County. Just after 12:30p.m. Tuesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-214751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}