Sheriff: Wanted suspect ran from traffic stop

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Bindel photo Brown Co.

BROWN COUNTY —Law enforcement continue to search for a suspect wanted for criminal activity in northeast Kansas.

Just before 1a.m. Sept. 1, a sheriff’s deputy initiated a traffic stop  in the vicinity of U.S. 36 Highway and Hopi Drive in Hiawatha, according to Brown County Sheriff John Merchant.

The passenger of the vehicle, Joshua Heideman from the traffic stop. Deputies arrested the driver 65-year-old Leonard Bindel of Hiawatha on requested  charges of Flee and Attempt to Elude and Drive While License Cancelled, Suspended or Revoked.

Heidman photo Brown Co.
Heidman photo Brown Co.

Heideman is described as a 38-year-old white male, 6-foot tall and he weighs approximately 230 pounds.  He is wanted for a variety of criminal activity in Brown and Jackson County, accoring to Merchant.