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Arrest last week followed police call leading to warrant, alleged drugs

(KAIR)--Atchison Police arrested a man Thursday after officers were called to an apartment complex on a report of a suspicious person and then encountered an alleged parole violation and suspected drugs.

According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, officers responded around 7:45 Thursday morning to an apartment complex in the 1200 block of North 5th Street. Police located 63-year-old Maurice Burnett of Atchison.

Maurice Burnett/Atchison Police Dept. 

Wilson says Burnett was taken into custody for disorderly conduct and a Kansas Department of Corrections detain order for a parole violation. Police say Burnett was subsequently found to be in the alleged possession of methamphetamine.

Following his arrest, Burnett was taken to the Atchison County Jail.

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