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Warrant arrests earn drug charges for two

By Brian Hagen

08/04/2025

Corey Walker & Dwight Downing, Jr. (Credit: Atchison Police)

(KAIR)--Two separate court warrant arrests earn additional charges for two Atchison men, now accused of possessing drugs at the time they were taken into custody.

The first arrest came Friday, when police apprehended 55-year-old Corey Walker, who was wanted for a District Court warrant charging him with criminal trespass.

According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, Walker was spotted walking in the 1400 block of South 7th Street late Friday afternoon by an officer on patrol.

The officer stopped and took Walker into custody on the warrant, with Wilson's release saying it's alleged by police that Walker was in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia at the time of his arrest, leaving him facing those charges.

The second arrest came Saturday afternoon shortly after 2:00 when an officer, in the 500 block of U.S. Highway 59, stopped a vehicle where 53-year-old Dwight Downing, Jr. was found to be a passenger.

Wanted on both District and Municipal Court warrants for failure to appear, Downing was arrested following the stop.

According to Wilson, Downing, during his arrest, was found to be in the alleged possession of methamphetamine and marijuana, with Downing now facing those charges.

Once in custody after their individual, unrelated arrests, both Walker and Downing were booked into the Atchison County Jail.

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