Burglary suspects trial scheduled to begin Tuesday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Jury selection is expected to begin Tuesday for a Missouri man accused of 19 local burglaries here in Hutchinson.
The alleged crimes occurring back in the early morning hours of May 14 of last year when Joseph Paul Jones Jr. is accused of breaking into the local businesses leading to the state filing a total of 45 charges against him.
The state alleges that between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m., 20 local businesses were entered by prying open doors or breaking the glass windows with a crow bar. Jones is accused of cutting the telephone lines at several businesses before making entry. During the investigation, police found surveillance video of the suspect entering Papa Murphy’s Pizza located in the State Fair Shopping Center at 2420 N. Main. Pictures were taken from the video and sent to his parole officer in Missouri. That officer testified at the preliminary hearing that it’s a high probability that it was Jones involved in the local burglaries.
The trial is being held in front of Judge Trish Rose.
Reno County man scheduled for hearing in indecent liberties case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The man accused of inappropriate sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl is scheduled to be in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.
Cody Buck is charged with one count of indecent liberties with a child which allegedly occurred in July of 2013. Sheriff officials say he was seventeen at the time and occurred in the Turon area of Reno County. The case started when sheriff investigators began looking into a case of a man kissing a minor child which led to the discovery of the more serious encounter involving the two.
The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in front of Magistrate Judge Randy McEwen.