JACKSON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect in connection with a series of robberies.
Just before 8p.m Thursday, a Kansas State Trooper stopped a 1995 Cadillac Deville south of Hoyt on US 75 75 for a traffic infraction, according to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse.
The Trooper requested assistance, and Sheriff Morse responded to the scene. The Trooper and Sheriff initiated a felony car stop and took 26-year-old Justin Ross Kimble, of Omaha, Nebraska into custody.
Kimble was wanted out of the State of Oklahoma for 6 counts of robbery by force or fear.
Further inquiry discovered the vehicle Kimble was driving had been taken in an alleged carjacking in Omaha, Nebraska earlier on Thanksgiving Day. Kimble is currently being held in the Jackson County Jail. Additional charges on Kimble are expected, according to Morse.