Melange Custom Jewelry forced to close over taxes

WICHITA — The state closed Melange Custom Jewelry at 718 W. Douglas in Delano this week for failure to pay $31,700 in sales tax.

Sedgwick County sheriff’s officers and the Kansas Department of Revenue seized all bank accounts, cash, inventory and personal property assets of owner Leslie Kinder.

Kinder couldn’t be reached for comment.

There will be a public auction of the store’s assets to pay the taxes.