Suspects in KC sports reporter’s death plead not guilty to manslaughter, racketeering

Three suspects in the death of Kansas City sports reporter Adan Manzano pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and racketeering charges after the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office formally filed charges against a New Orleans woman and two men accused of drugging and stealing from tourists for more than a decade.

On Friday, Danette Colbert, Rickey White and Christian Anderson were remanded to Jefferson Parish Prison, where they have been since their arrests, and are scheduled back in court on Sept. 8.

Colbert, 48, and Anderson, 33, are each being held on a $350,000 bond. White, 34, is being held without bond. The suspects could be sentenced up to 50 years in prison for racketeering and up to 40 years for manslaughter if convicted…

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