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Media Releases

Release Date Title
03/30/26 Former Corrections Officer Arrested for Unlawful Sexual Relations with an Inmate
03/26/26 Sheriff’s Office Updates Inmate Book Policy
03/25/26 Sheriff’s Office Investigates In-custody Death
03/23/26 Sheriff’s Office Provides Update in Lake Afton Death Investigation
03/20/26 Sheriff’s Office arrests Wichita man in fatal hit-and-run crash
03/18/26 Sheriff’s Office investigates fatal single-vehicle crash in northwest Sedgwick County
03/18/26 Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office to Celebrate Detention Academy Class 1 Graduation
03/16/26 Sheriff’s Office identifies victim in fatal hit-and-run; vehicle located
03/15/26 Sheriff’s Office investigating fatal hit-and-run near Sedgwick County Zo
02/09/26 Sheriff’s Office Arrests Two in Garden Plain Aggravated Assault with a Firearm
01/27/26 EARP Suspended for Unincorporated Sedgwick County
01/24/26 EARP Activated for Unincorporated Sedgwick County
01/22/26 UPDATE: Autopsy Findings Released in Lake Afton Case
01/21/26 Sheriff’s Office to Hold Press Conference Regarding Jan. 20 Officer-Involved Shooting
01/12/26 Man Dies After Exchange of Gunfire With Deputies
01/12/26 UPDATE: Body Recovered From Lake Afton Positively Identified
01/10/26 Sheriff’s Office Investigating After Body Recovered From Lake Afton
01/07/26 Sedgwick County Sheriff to host Flag Sojourn 250 in Wichita
12/27/25 Two Dead, One Injured After Rollover Crash in Southwest Wichita
12/10/25 Search for Ian Alexander Shelton Expands Beyond Lake Afton Park