Press Releases

On Thursday November 19, 2020, at 7:36 a.m., the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office received information of a possible active shooter at a business in the 8200 block of Southport Drive, Manhattan, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.  The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, Riley County Police Department and Kansas Highway Patrol responded to the area.  Upon Officers arrival it […]

On Thursday November 5, 2020, at 11:42 a.m., the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a individual that was working on the Belvue bridge, on Schoeman road, rural Belvue, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.  The individual reported that a black Honda had almost ran over construction workers.  Deputies in the area were alerted to […]

At this time we will NOT be accepting any Finger Prints or Vehicle Inspections (VIN Inspections) at our main office in Westmoreland until further notice. –Any VIN Inspections can be performed by one of our officers on the road. If you have any questions or need to have an officer come to a Pottawatomie County […]

On Wednesday September 30, 2020, at 9:54 p.m., the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call of a single vehicle roll-over injury accident on Elm Slough Road, just East of Vineyard road, in rural St. George, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.  Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Deputies along with St. George Firefighters and Pottawatomie County EMS responded to […]

On August 16, 2020, at approximately 12:44am, Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to Hwy 63, to the area north of the north junction with Hwy 16, in rural Havensville Kansas, for a single vehicle roll-over accident where both occupants had been ejected from the vehicle. Upon Deputies arrival on scene they located two individuals […]

The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating three burglaries to new home construction sites in the Green Valley area, rural Manhattan. Several Dewalt cordless handheld tool were taken in these burglaries, an estimated total loss in these three burglaries is in excess of $4,000 dollars. The burglaries took place between July 17 and July 21, […]

On Wednesday July 1, 2020, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of the theft of a White 2010 Escape 15′ bumper type hitch Camper.  The camper was stolen from the storage yard of Blackjack Road Self Storage, located at 3755 Blackjack Rd., in St. George, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.  The theft occurred approximately […]

On Monday June 22, 2020, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a stolen black 1999 Honda 4trex ATV , from a field entrance on Crystal Springs road just East of Highway 63, in rural Emmett, Ks.  The theft would have occurred sometime between the evening hours of June 21 and the […]

On Friday June 26, 2020, at approximately 8:33pm, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reference to an injury accident in the area of Oak Grove Road and Bigelow Road in rural Olsburg Pottawatomie County, Kansas. Upon Deputies arrival at the scene, they found a single vehicle accident involving a UTV on Bigelow […]

The Pottawatomie County Health Department will be conducting COVID-19 testing on June 17, 2020, for select inmates, jail staff and employees of the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office and the Health Department have been working directly with Kansas Department Health and Environment to ensure the safety of everyone. On Friday June 12, the […]