Crime of the Week - Wichita and Sedgwick County
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CRIME STOPPERS CASE No. 1207
Crime Stoppers and the Wichita Police Department are asking for the public's help to solve several cold case homicides. Today we are seeking information on a homicide that occurred Saturday, May 28, 2011. After leaving a restaurant at 1770 S. Rock Rd., Thoung Phan got into an argument in the parking lot with three Asian males. They chased him across Rock Road onto Blues Stem, shooting him multiple times. He died at the scene. The suspects fled in an unknown four-door vehicle.

If you have information about this homicide or any cold case or felony crime, call Crime Stoppers at 267-2111. You can also submit a tip online at www.wsccs.com or from your mobile phone by texting TIP217 then your message to CRIMES (274637). All ways are secure and anonymous. If your tip leads to an arrest you may be eligible for a cash reward up to $1,000, and Crime Stoppers will never ask your name. Crime Stoppers of Wichita/Sedgwick County is a non-profit organization of citizens against crime.


Crime and Courts
Ex-babysitter sentenced in duct-taping of 18-month-old

A 33-year-old former babysitter received probation Thursday in a case where a prosecutor said an 18-month-old boy had duct tape put over his mouth and around his hands so that they appeared to be in a praying position.

A picture of the taped-up boy — in which he appeared red-faced and crying — was sent by text message to his parents, Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Amyx said.

Although the child didn’t appear to be injured, he had medical issues and difficulty breathing, which figured into the misdemeanor child endangerment charges against the former baby sitter and another person, Amyx said.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 07:07 CDT
Fake robbery may have been Urban Skittles ‘game’

A group of teenagers who participated in what appeared to be a fake robbery at a northeast Wichita Subway restaurant this week were apparently playing a dangerous “game” called Urban Skittles, the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Wichita police said the incident occurred Monday morning when a young man walked into the restaurant in the 3200 block of North Rock Road, put his hand in his pocket and ordered everyone to the floor. The man and two people with him left without taking any money.

A statement from the District Attorney’s Office said the game originated in England and is played by a youth or group of youths who run into a random business and order everyone to the floor as if they are committing a robbery. The youths then count the number of people on the floor before leaving.

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Thu, 17 May 2012 17:58 CDT
Ex-Garden Plain coach will be tried on child sex charges

The underlying argument Thursday in the case against Todd Puetz, the once highly successful Garden Plain football coach, focused on the question of whether he thought he was meeting a 15-year-old girl for sex.

After listening to both sides, District Judge Ben Burgess said the testimony brought by the prosecution showed probable cause to believe that Puetz was responding to an advertisement that offered sex. Burgess also said that after an undercover detective told Puetz by phone three or four times that she was 15, it’s reasonable for prosecutors to argue that when he showed up at the site of the undercover sting, he expected to have sex with a 15-year-old girl.

Burgess said he found enough evidence to send the former high school coach to an Aug. 6 trial on child sex-related charges.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 06:55 CDT
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