Hutch woman charged in indecent liberties case may enter a plea
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A local woman is scheduled to be in court Wednesday where she may enter a plea on a charge of indecent liberties with a child.
Samantha Otterbein is accused of inappropriate touching of a 15-year-old girl back on July 24, 2014. The crime is a level 5 person felony with a sentencing range of two years, seven months, to over 11 years in prison.
The hearing is scheduled in front of Judge Joe McCarville, but as always, scheduled court hearings are subject to change.
Plea hearing in drug distribution case rescheduled for Wednesday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Although a plea hearing for a 35-year-old parolee jailed after drugs were found in a search of his residence was scheduled for Monday, but it was pushed back to Wednesday afternoon according to Deputy District Attorney Tom Stanton.
As it stands now, Bruce Alexander II is charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to distribute, criminal possession of a firearm, defacing identification marks on a firearm and personal use drug paraphernalia. Details of any plea agreement won’t be known until the hearing.
The case involved a drug-related search being served on his home back on Oct. 22, 2014 and officers allegedly finding new and used packaging materials, digital scales with crystal residue, a glass pipe with burnt residue, a Benelli 12-gauge shotgun with the serial number filed off and two grams of methamphetamine.
Alexander remains jailed on an $18,000 bond.
He has two prior felonies for aggravated assault, both convictions out of Shawnee County.