A very active weekend for local law enforcement began Saturday morning, June 25, 2022. Lyon County Sheriff Deputies stopped a car on I-35 and suspected the vehicle was transporting illegal immigrants. That vehicle fled the scene. As the pursuit neared Ottawa, spike strips were deployed and flattened the tire on the suspect vehicle. They exited the highway and it came to a head at Loves Truck Stop in Ottawa. Ottawa Police Chief Adam Weingartner:
Estrada was armed with a knife when she entered the truck. Fortunately the driver of the truck was able to exit safely ad quickly. After a three and a half hour standoff, a less-lethal munitions device was deployed into the cab of the truck and 39 year old Rebecca Estrada of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was arrested. She was charged locally with aggravated robbery, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, possession of methamphetamine and felony interference with law enforcement. Further charges are pending from Lyon County.
Based on the initial investigation, Estrada was smuggling several citizens from countries south of the United States border to various states east of Kansas. Those subjects have been identified and the U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency has been notified.
