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"According to the Kansas City Star, an attorney representing an affiliate of park operator Schlitterbahn said Thursday that the 17-story slide called Verruckt would start coming down a week after Labor Day.

 

The process is expected to take about three weeks."

 

www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-ny-water-ride-caleb-schwab-20180713-story.html

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Look who's in the news again today! As vibrant as ever too...

 

https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Water-park-co-owner-faces-new-charges-including-13350896.php

 

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The co-owner of a Kansas water park who is accused in the decapitation death of a 10-year-old boy has been charged with drug possession and hiring someone for sex.

 

The Kansas City Star reports that Schlitterbahn co-owner Jeff Henry surrendered to authorities in Kansas on Monday and was released on $100,000 bond. Henry's defense attorney, Carl Cornwell, hasn't returned a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.

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Yikes.

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The details speak to someone who's circling the drain, and I hope Jeff doesn't further hurt himself or anyone else. Another article says that one of the drugs was meth, so it's not like this was some local marijuana bust during a traffic stop. I don't see how the parks can keep moving forward while attached to such a PR nightmare.

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He knows it's probably only a matter of time before he goes to prison, so I can see why he would want to get high and bang hookers...

 

Another article says that one of the drugs was meth

That was my guess based on the picture and I have a lot of experience with these types.

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You might say, "Dirk, this story is bad enough. How could it possibly get any more nuts?"

 

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/schlitterbahns-co-owner-henrys-bond-revoked-after-latest-arrest

 

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Schlitterbahn co-owner Jeff Henry’s bond has been revoked in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

 

Henry — who is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 10-year-old at the Kansas City, Kansas, water park in 2016 — had been free on a $500,000 bond.

 

But a judge revoked that bond Wednesday, after Henry was charged with several drug-related crimes and hiring a prostitute in Johnson County, Kansas.

 

Prosecutors for the state of Kansas requested a $2 million bond.

 

READ: [WARNING: Graphic language] Prosecutor’s motion to revoke bond

 

Instead, Henry will remain jailed for now on a $1 million bond.

 

But a Wyandotte County judge did accept a host of new bond conditions, which were recommended by the state and placed strict limitations on Henry’s involvement with various business interests.

 

Among the new conditions, Henry is barred from setting foot on the Schlitterbahn property in KCK.

 

Court documents claim Henry took his longtime girlfriend there after business hours.

 

Details of Henry’s latest arrest for drug possession and hiring a prostitute emerged during the revocation hearing inside a Wyandotte County courtroom Wednesday and in court documents.

 

Henry was charged in Johnson County, Kansas, with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamines, possession of drug paraphernalia, knowingly hiring a person selling sexual relations and illegal possession of prescription drugs.

 

According to court documents, Henry was arrested by Merriam, Kansas, police July 13 at the Drury Inn with 61.3 grams of meth, 18 hypodermic needles, and 16 Xanax.

 

Court records claim Henry agreed to pay a human trafficker $400 for the services of a prostitute.

 

The records say he paid $240 in cash, and made up the difference with 10 all-day passes to Schlitterbahn.

 

In court documents, Kansas Assistant Attorney General Adam Zentner argues, "Henry was willing to grant an alleged human trafficker free access to a water park that attracts families with children, and especially teenaged girls. Jeff Henry's practices made it easier for a potential human trafficker to gain access to the young women attending and working at Schlitterbahn."

 

The documents say Henry told his longtime girlfriend the prostitute was traveling with him as his sex slave.

 

In exchange, she would receive a $50,000 to $100,000 condo as part of the agreement as long as she did whatever Henry wanted.

 

The human trafficking victim told police she injected Henry and his girlfriend's necks with meth at Henry's request.

 

The 41 Action News Investigators asked Henry's Texas-based attorney Ron Barroso if Henry has a drug problem both in April and on Wednesday and received two different answers.

 

"He's got two marijuana convictions, two misdemeanor marijuana convictions, one that happened 12 years ago and another one that happened about 20 years ago, that's it. So no, he does not have a marijuana problem," Barroso said in April.

 

"I don't know, I don't want to talk about that in view of these other charges that have surfaced. If he does, it's related to his depression," Barroso said Wednesday.

 

Henry, who is scheduled to appear in Johnson County court Nov. 7 for another hearing in the drug/prostitution case, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Caleb Schwab.

 

Schwab, the son of Kansas Rep. and current Republican Secretary of State candidate Scott Schwab (R-Olathe), died on Verruckt, which was touted as the world’s tallest waterslide, in August 2016.

 

More information on Verruckt: The tragedy, Schwab's death and subsequent legal actions

 

Schlitterbahn and the Schwab family reached a multi-million settlement in January 2017.

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Court records claim Henry agreed to pay a human trafficker $400 for the services of a prostitute.

 

The records say he paid $240 in cash, and made up the difference with 10 all-day passes to Schlitterbahn.

 

$16 per day to get into the park? What a discount!

 

Kidding aside, there are so many things wrong with this article. Why you would want a human trafficker anywhere near a family park shows incredibly poor judgment.

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Court records claim Henry agreed to pay a human trafficker $400 for the services of a prostitute.

 

The records say he paid $240 in cash, and made up the difference with 10 all-day passes to Schlitterbahn.

 

$16 per day to get into the park? What a discount!

 

Kidding aside, there are so many things wrong with this article. Why you would want a human trafficker anywhere near a family park shows incredibly poor judgment.

 

LOL, he wanted to keep the girl as a sex slave (allegedly)! I don't think human traffickers being in his park is a serious concern.

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This story continues to get crazier with each update... I'd imagine the ownership troubles will result in the parks being sold off... Seems an opportunity for a group like Palace Entertainment or Parques Reunidos (or maybe even Merlin) to step in.

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Just think of how different things would be right now if they had just gone with the world's tallest slide vs. someone having the idea of giving it an airtime hill. Schlitterbahn definitely had the means to do it better and safer. Maybe even for less money.

 

For anyone who doesn't know, 61 grams of meth is a lot. Half and quarter grams of meth are typically what we find on our arrests. Sometimes you get 2-3 grams from small jacks who are weighing it out and selling it. He's really f*cked if he's resorted to selling meth.

 

On a side note, sex trafficking is a complicated issue. There is a great book, Stolen, that offers a lot of insight. It's a good read. The pornography industry is comprised almost completely of victims of childhood sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and drug users. Strip clubs are more of the same.

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This is all just so awful. The death, the drugs, the neglect, sex traffickers...ugggghhh.

 

^ I don't think that I would be able to do what you do, Zach - full props for protecting the streets out there for us!

 

I have seen people on the news and on video feeds on meth and it is horrifying to watch - I can't imagine someone taking something so bad into their bodies. I admit that I drink, but hopefully it won't ever turn me into a walking freak show like someone on meth.

 

It's terrifying to think that any one of our neighbors could be selling it (or even worse, making it) - it is soooo scary at how "popular" it has become too. I can read our local rag online and can always expect at least one meth bust per day - and we are a small town of like 40,000 people.

 

Scary times, people.

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can always expect at least one meth bust per day - and we are a small town of like 40,000 people.

 

Scary times, people.

 

40k?

 

We get them often in a town of 1200.

And the town of 10k nearby several each week.

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I think when you're trying to buy meth and hookers using free theme park passes you've kind of hit a whole new level of rock bottom.

 

What a brilliant business plan! Have some "fun" and get your money back when the hookers come to spend money on food/drink/parking/etc. ?

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https://amp.kansascity.com/news/local/article226632094.html?__twitter_impression=true

 

Wyandotte County judge on Friday ruled that the Kansas Attorney General abused a grand jury last year to obtain criminal indictments against several Schlitterbahn employees and associates involved in the design, construction and operation of the Verruckt water slide.
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