KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Filipino woman arrested last year in Kansas has been sentenced to prison for stealing nearly $100,000 from a U.S. Naval base in Japan.

Federal prosecutors say 60-year-old Cynthia Lopez Creseni was sentenced Friday to two years in prison. She will be returned to the Philippines after her incarceration.

Creseni pleaded guilty in August to theft of public money. She took money from a safe at the Morale Welfare and Recreation Center on the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, where she was a cashier of the game/slot room.

She spent the money on plane tickets, a home in Japan, and her family in the Philippines.

Creseni fled Japan in 2015 after being interviewed by federal investigators. She was arrested in January 2017 in Overland Park, Kansas, for overstaying her visa.

SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting and have made an arrest.

Just before 11:30 Thursday, police responded to motel in the 700 Block of SW Fairlawn in Topeka for a report of a shooting, according to Lt. Jennifer Cross.

One victim, Jesse Lee McFall, 31, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries.

On Saturday, police reported the arrest of Logan Lee Able Bartley, 18, Topeka. He was booked into Shawnee County Department of Corrections on charges of 1st degree murder and aggravated robbery.

Cross said the shooting stemmed from an argument between the men.

Anyone with additional information regarding this crime is encouraged to contact the Topeka Police Criminal Investigation Bureau.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Latest on Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ admission that he had an extramarital affair (all times local):

Attorneys for the woman who had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens say her ex-husband “betrayed her confidence” when he released a secret recording of her detailing the sexual encounter.

A St. Louis-area law firm released a statement saying the woman is “extremely distraught” that the information was given to news outlets.

The Republican governor acknowledged being “unfaithful” in his marriage after St. Louis television station KMOV broadcast a report Wednesday about his affair with a woman in 2015.

Greitens has denied more lurid allegations contained in the recorded conversation between the woman and her ex-husband.

The woman’s attorneys say her ex-husband released the audio to news outlets without her permission. Her attorneys say she wants the media and public to leave her alone.

By MADELINE FOX

Kansas’ troubled child welfare agency asked lawmakers Monday for money to solve mounting problems — foster kids sleeping in offices, children lost in the system, and a skyrocketing caseload.

Legislators and advocates expressed outrage earlier at news that children slept in foster care contractors’ offices because foster homes had no room. Department for Children and Families secretary Gina Meier-Hummel said some of the requested money would go toward holding beds open for hard-to-place kids.

The money, $16.5 million over two years, would also allow DCF to hire more people to find kids who have run away or otherwise disappeared from their foster care placements.

Meier-Hummel’s predecessor, Phyllis Gilmore, was criticized for being seemingly unaware that three sisters had been missing from their foster home in Tonganoxie for months. Meier-Hummel has been getting a daily report of missing kids since taking office Nov. 1. She said about 70 kids are currently missing from their foster care placements.

The secretary said $6.55 million of the added money would go toward keeping children safely with their families — and out of foster care.

“We (should) do the right thing by keeping children in families, but first, they have to be safe,” Meier-Hummel said.

Colyer said the appointment of a new DCF secretary, as well as the legislative interest around a child welfare task force that was created last year, has created an opportunity for change.

“We’re at a juncture where we have legislative support, we have some new ideas and we’re going to be doing a top-to-bottom review – we want to deal with problems,” said Colyer, who’s taking the lead on child welfare in the expectation that he’ll soon replace Sam Brownback as governor. He’s also running to be elected governor in November.

Rep. Linda Gallagher, a Lenexa Republican, said the recommendation for more money tells her Brownback intends to make child welfare a priority this legislative session.

“All of the additional funds are needed, and they all address problems areas that we heard about last year,” said Gallagher, who is a member of the Child Welfare Task Force. “Most of the legislature is aware of the problems in the system, and has the willingness to address it with additional funding.”

Madeline Fox is a reporter for the Kansas News Service, a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio covering health, education and politics. You can reach her on Twitter @maddycfox. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for stealing a car from a Kansas City, Kansas, gas station as a 3-year-old girl slept in the back seat.

The Kansas City Star reports that 30-year-old Karri Reich was sentenced Friday for attempted kidnapping. She pleaded no contest to the charge last month in Wyandotte County District Court.

KSHB-TV station crew aboard a helicopter spotted the abandoned vehicle in nearby Tonganoxie about an hour after the July theft. Video showed the girl as she ran to an officer. Police say the girl wasn’t hurt but went to a hospital as a precaution.

A co-defendant seen on surveillance video pointing the car out before the theft was previously sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A drunken driver who killed a Johnson County sheriff’s deputy will spend years in prison and then be deported.

The Kansas City Star reports 39-year-old Adrian Espinosa-Flores was sentenced Friday to 12.5 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed.

Prosecutors say Espinosa-Flores was driving a pickup truck that hit Master Deputy Brandon Collins’ patrol car in Overland Park in September 2016. The patrol vehicle was pushed into a vehicle Collins had pulled over. A fire broke out and three people in the vehicle were injured.

Espinosa-Flores pleaded guilty in October to reckless second-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery.

Tests found his blood-alcohol content after the wreck was .160, twice the legal limit in Kansas.

Espinosa-Flores was in the country illegally and will be deported after prison.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback has named an insurance executive to be acting secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

The administration announced Friday that Jeff Andersen will oversee environmental management and the state’s Medicaid program. The Kansas Senate must approve the nomination.

Andersen has worked in various segments of the health care industry for 30 years. Most recently, he has been a vice president at Vizient/VHA where he worked with an insurance company and managed care contracting program. Before that, he was president/CEO of Mid-America Services Solution, which owned 10 hospitals and served 200 hospitals.

Andersen will begin the job Jan. 16. He replaces Susan Mosier, who resigned in November.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man has been convicted in the shooting death of a 16-year-old near his high school.

The Jackson County prosecutor’s office says jurors found 21-year-old Tymon Reed, of Kearney, guilty on Thursday of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the September 2016 death of Javon Reilly.

Court documents say Reilly was walking home from Van Horn High School when Reed, apparently angry with one of Reilly’s friends, confronted Reilly. The documents say Reed pursued Reilly as he tried to walk away and pulled out a handgun.

Prosecutors say Reilly was wounded during a struggle over the gun and then shot several more times while trying to limp away.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says a 22-year-old Olathe woman died when she was hit by her own car after it was struck by an another driver.

The patrol says Kendyl Walter was involved in an accident on Interstate 35 in Olathe Thursday evening, leaving her car disabled in the interstate.

The patrol says a 59-year-old Overland Park man hit her car, which spun and hit Walter while she was standing near the highway.

Walter died at the scene.

The driver stopped and is cooperating with the investigation.