HCF inmate accused of rape and sexual battery scheduled for court Thursday
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A preliminary hearing for a 28-year-old Hutchinson Correctional Facility inmate charged with rape and aggravated sexual battery is scheduled for Thursday.
The charges are against Steven Stumpner stem from an incident occurring on July 17 of last year. The state alleges he forced a contract worker for the prison into sex without her consent. This occurred at the central unit of the prison.
Stumpner is serving time in prison for two counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of theft and battery of a correction’s officer. The first four counts are for crimes in Johnson County, while the final conviction is out of Pawnee County.
Hutchinson man waives hearing cocaine distribution case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 28-year-old Hutchinson man has entered a plea in the drug case against him.
Raymond Kimball is charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of marijuana with a prior conviction and possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to package. The state as part of the agreement dropped the severity level of the cocaine charge and also dropped a drug tax stamp violation.
The case centers on Drug Unit Detectives finding a white rocky substance, green leafy vegetation, a digital scale, and new and used packaging inside a Hutchinson home while serving a search warrant. The white rocky substance was cocaine and weighed about 25 grams. The green leafy substance was marijuana and weighed about 4.3 grams.
Kimball was arrested with 24-year-old Holly Caudillo. Her case is awaiting trial according to Deputy District Attorney Tom Stanton.
Kimball is currently on parole for another case.
Hutchinson man accused of sexual exploitation scheduled for hearing
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 36-year-old Hutchinson man taken into custody after officers seized a computer where he allegedly downloaded child pornography videos is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Thursday
Tad Darcy Russell is charged with sexual exploitation of a child with the arrest coming after Hutchinson Police Detective Scott Carlton began investigating Russell for several months and says Russell downloaded child porn videos from a file sharing program called “Peer to Peer.”
They served a search warrant on his Hutchinson home and seized his computer. Allegedly in the videos, some an hour in length, involved kids as young as six and eight years of age.
The hearing is scheduled in front of Magistrate Judge Randy McEwen.
Judge sets preliminary hearing date in solicitation case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Hutchinson man was in court Wednesday afternoon where his attorney asked for a preliminary hearing setting.
Bret Herald is charged with a single count of indecent solicitation of a 15-year-old child. The alleged crime occurred between March 1 and June 12, 2014. However, an offer was made in the case and he may have turned that down, so the state indicated that they may file an amended complaint charging him with aggravated indecent liberties with a child. That would make this a Jessica’s law case, meaning a life sentence if convicted. For the current charge, he could be looking at 17 to 46 months in prison if convicted.
Judge Joe McCarville set a preliminary hearing date of March 5. The judge also warned the defendant that the state is under no obligation to offer another agreement. He told Herald that they will talk about that more when the case up for hearing next month.