Suspected drug dealer scheduled for court Friday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The 28-year-old Hutchinson man accused of selling drugs twice to confidential informants is scheduled to be in court Friday for a status hearing in front of Judge Tim Chambers.
Matthew Gulick faces trial on charges of racketeering, two counts for the sale of methamphetamine, two counts of using a communications device for making a drug transaction, no tax stamp, three counts of making false information and three counts of possession of stolen property.
A plea offer has been made by the state so the status hearing may indicate where the case is going.
In the first case, Gulick allegedly sold less than half a gram and in the second, just over two grams. He is also accused of other crimes, including making false writing involving three pawn tickets and also being in possession of stolen property on three occasions. Those crimes occurred in October and November of last year.
Gulick also faces trial in three other less serious cases where the charges are theft of services and intimidation of a witness.
He remains jailed on a bond of $97,000.
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Partridge man scheduled for sentencing in drug case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — An 18-year-old Partridge man who entered pleas to possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of methamphetamine, possession of hash oil and no drug tax stamp is scheduled for sentencing on Friday.
As part of the agreement with Cyris Raigoza, the state amended the marijuana charge, pushing the case into what’s called a border box. That means, at sentencing, the judge can order a prison sanction or place him on probation. The state also dropped a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia as part of the agreement.
Raigoza was arrested by police when he was caught with the drugs back on Feb. 13 in the 300 block of East 3rd. A co-defendant, 21-year-old Alexander Belote of Hutchinson, was arrested for being in possession of hash oil.
The sentencing is scheduled in front of Judge Tim Chambers.
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Second suspect in local burglaries scheduled for sentencing Friday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The second of two people convicted of numerous burglaries and other crimes is scheduled for sentencing Friday.
21-year-old Kelsey Hamby and the co-defendant, Timothy McQueen, both entered pleas as charged with the condition that the state would not file additional charges against them.
McQueen was granted two years community corrections with an underlying sentence of just over six years. Hamby will be sentenced on Friday.
The two had been charged with four counts of burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary and making false writing. They allege that the two broke into storage units at three different locations around the city. Most of these alleged crimes occurred around June 12 or 13, while one was between May 19 and June 18. The state also charged them with conspiracy for break in of a storage unit in McPherson, then bringing the stolen property to Reno County. This occurred on June 9, according to the criminal complaint. They’re also alleged to have falsified a pawn ticket on that same date. Hamby was also charged with additional counts of criminal use of a financial card.
McQueen had been granted probation for earlier convictions of aggravated burglary from October of 2012 when he broke into a building on West 5th. In another case, he was convicted of possession of methamphetamine for a case that goes back to November of 2012.
The sentencing for Hamby is scheduled in front of Judge Joe McCarville.