Crime Stoppers of Wichita/Sedgwick County is ramping up its efforts to track down more than a dozen felons in the area.
The agency is partnering with the Wichita Police Department, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s office, U.S. Marshalls Service and the Kansas Department of Corrections for its 2017 Warrant Project.
People with felony warrants will be featured on a digital billboard at Kellogg and Washington, as well as on a poster being shared on social media. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers online, through the phone tip line or via a mobile app.
Last year’s warrant project focused only on people wanted for failing to register as sex or violent offenders. Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter said this year’s effort includes people wanted on any type of felony warrant—such as parole violations, robbery, drugs and sex offenses.
“The ORU unit, or the offender registration unit, tracks a lot of people," he said at a press conference Tuesday. "This is just another way to assist the sheriff’s office in trying to hold those individuals accountable that are violent or sexual offenders.”
The project lasts through the month of June. Crime Stoppers recently raised its minimum reward to $500 for tips that lead to an arrest.
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