NOVEMBER 27, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE #20-1127-1
CONTACT: SHERIFF TIM MORSE @ 785-364-2251
James Ross Kimble
Man wanted in Oklahoma robbery is in custody
A Kansas State Trooper stopped a 1995 Cadillac Deville south of Hoyt on US Hwy 75 at approximately 7:38 pm Thanksgiving evening for a traffic infraction. The Trooper requested assistance, Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse responded to the scene. The Trooper and Sheriff initiated a felony car stop and took 26-year-old James Ross Kimble, of Omaha, Nebraska into custody. Kimble was wanted out of the State of Oklahoma for 6 counts of robbery by force or fear. Further inquiry discovered the vehicle Kimble was driving had been taken in an alleged carjacking in Omaha, Nebraska earlier on Thursday. Kimble is currently being held in the Jackson County Jail. Additional charges on Kimble are expected.