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Search Warrants Leads to Arrest of Six

Sherman County is having a Tax Sale on June 23rd, 2014 at 10:00 AM in the Sherman County District Court Room. After the completion of the Tax Sale, the Sherman County Sheriff will be selling the following vehicles and Kanorado Properties.
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Investigation Leads to Arrest of Local Resident
The Sherman County Sheriff‘s Office through the course of an ongoing investigation, executed a search warrant at 3393 Sunset Drive in Goodland Kansas on May 21st 2014 at approximately 8:45 AM. The search warrant and ongoing investigation resulted in the arrest of Timothy Douglas. Timothy Douglas was charged with three counts of Criminal Sodomy, Electronic Solicitation, six counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, Two counts of indecent liberties with a child, and three counts of promote obscenity of a minor. A bond of $500,000 has been set by the Sherman County District Court. The investigation is ongoing. If you have any information please contact the Sherman County Sheriff's Office. Please note that all accused are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The Sherman County Sheriff would like to thank the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Kansas Wild Life and Parks, Goodland Police Department, and Kansas Highway Patrol for their assistance in the execution of the search warrant.
Officer Involved Shooting
On April 23, 2014 at approximately 9:53 p.m., the Sherman County Sheriff, UnderSheriff, and a Sherman County Deputy along with Kansas Highway patrol assisted in the stopping of suspect that was pursued out of Colby by Colby Police Officers. Stop stick deployed in Thomas County was unsuccessful. Kansas highway patrol and Sherman County Deputy deployed Stop sticks at approximately milepost 34. Stop stick were deployed by the Sherman County Sheriff at milepost 30. The suspect vehicle stopped in the north I-70 ditch, milepost 28. After the vehicle stopped, a male suspect, armed with a weapon, was shot. The female in the vehicle was arrested and transported to Colby. The male suspect was transported by Northwest Kansas EMS to Goodland Regional Medical Center with unknown injuries.
No Sherman County Sheriff’s Office personal discharged their weapon and no officers were injured during this incident.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) has been notified and is conducting the investigation in this case. Please route all future questions reference this incident through the KBI at 785-296-8200.
Burton Pianalto
Sherman County Sheriff