A 26-year-old Hutchinson man entered pleas in two cases against him Monday. Christopher Ford entered “Not Guilty” pleas in front of Judge Trish Rose and a pre-trial hearing is scheduled for July 26.
He is also serving a 25-month sentence after his probation in the case was revoked.
Ford was arrested back in February for being in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, but was also at a home where he had been ordered not to go to, resulting in a charge of criminal trespass. This occurring in the 500 block of East 9th.
He was also arrested on two warrants for two cases going back to January. One charges him with interference with law enforcement which was dropped by the state. The other includes a charge of criminal possession of firearm and leaving the scene of an accident on January 15.
The criminal possession of firearm charge is because it’s illegal for him to have a weapon because of previous felony convictions. He was apparently driving on east 4th, and lost control and rolled the vehicle he was driving. He was not injured, but his passenger Joshua Rund was suffering a broken neck according to testimony in previous court hearings. He was apparently concerned over the location of the gun, and when it couldn’t be located, he ran away from the accident.
He has a previous conviction for theft from 1994, but was on corrections for possession of drugs from 2009, and a burglary case from 2010.