Hutch woman bound over for trial for aggravated battery
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 27-year-old woman was bound over for trial Thursday on charges of aggravated battery, domestic battery and criminal threat. Sarah Alcorn is accused of attacking her boyfriend after the two had an argument.
The case apparently involves her swinging a knife and also striking her boyfriend in the face. She denied in a previous hearing that she had a knife and that the victim may have had his fingers caught in a door. But, he testified Thursday that she was swinging a knife in his direction while he was sitting on a couch. He says this happened after the two had been fighting and he grabbed the knife, in what he described as a reflex move and it cut his hand. The incident occurring back on Nov. 19, 2014.
Alcorn is also charged with striking him in the face a number of times and also at some point, threatened to kill him.
She was released from prison back in March of last year for convictions for drugs, battery, two convictions of aggravated failure to appear and theft.
With her being bound over, she’ll be arraigned on April 6.
Former HCF inmate to be sentenced Friday for attempted rape
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 28-year-old inmate who entered a plea to a reduced charge of attempted rape while a second charge of aggravated sexual battery was dropped by the state is scheduled for sentencing Friday. The original charge against Steven Stumpner was rape.
He admitted in court to the sexual contact with a female contract employee back on July 17, 2014. He forced the nurse at the prison into a sexual encounter when he pushed her up against a wall and sexually assaulted her without her consent.
The plea agreement calls for him receiving the maximum sentence which would give him an additional 20-years and seven months on top of the sentence he’s already serving. He also waived his right to appeal any sentence handed down in the case and will have to register as a sex offender.
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. With those convictions, he’s not eligible for parole until 2024, however once the sentence in this Reno County case is handed down, that will push that date into the distant future.
Although he was at the Hutchinson facility when this incident occurred, he has since been moved to the El Dorado Correctional Facility where he’s currently being housed.
Hutch man in court Friday for pretrial hearing
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 27-year-old man accused of causing a disturbance by barking or growling at customers at a local Dillon’s store is expected back in court Friday for a pretrial hearing.
An employee reportedly advised Johnny Fenton III of criminal trespass and asked him to leave the store, but he refused and police had to be called. The officer said when he made contact, Fenton would not respond and was mumbling to himself. He did ask the officer to arrest him. As they were searching him, they found a straw with meth or meth residue inside.
He was arrested for criminal trespass, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia for the incident which occurred back in August.
Fenton has other more serious charges pending in front of Judge Trish Rose. He’s charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell or distribute, possession of Alprazolam with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to package, criminal possession of a firearm, felony theft of a motor vehicle, felony criminal damage to property for damage to that same vehicle, and misdemeanor theft. All of those alleged crimes go back to Nov. 1, 2013.
The hearing Friday is in front of Judge Trish Rose.