After a jury found a Hutchinson man guilty of two counts of aggravated battery, aggravated burglary and aggravated assault back on March 7, Troy Bell is scheduled to be sentenced on those charges on Friday.
Bell had been charged with attempted murder in that case as well, but was found “not guilty” on that count.
Bell was charged in the case where six men allegedly went to the home of Jeffrey Payne with most breaking in and physically attacking and stabbed the victim numerous times in the leg and torso at his home at 633 East 4th. The attack took place back on February 18, 2013.
The motive for the attack is over an incident where the mother of the two co-defendants Joseph and Jordon LeShore was slapped. That led to the six men going to Payne’s home and attacking him. Ironically, he’s not even the person who allegedly attacked the LeShore brothers mother.
Others accused of being involved in the attack with cases pending include Jordon LeShore, John Cantu and Sean Arevalo-Mendoza.
Desmund Cantu has already been convicted and is serving 7-years.
Joseph LeShore was allowed to withdraw his plea to attempted 2nd degree murder and will now face trial on a charge of attempted 1st degree murder as well as the other charges. He had been awaiting sentencing after he entered a plea to an amended charge of attempted 2nd degree murder, as well as aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and aggravated battery. He at that time admitted in court his involvement in the beating and stabbing of Payne. But he says felt coerced into entering the plea by his then attorney Alice Osburn. So Judge Tim Chambers allowed him to withdraw his plea on the attempted 2nd degree murder charge.