Victor Gutierrez
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 26-year-old Ford County man convicted of charges associated with a high-speed chase back in September was sentenced to two years, two months Monday by Judge Trish Rose The defense had sought a departure for Victor Gutierrez in sentencing and that was denied by the judge.
Gutierrez entered pleas to criminal possession of a firearm and felony flee and elude, while the state dismissed a charge of possession of cocaine. The chase started because of law enforcement being on the lookout for Gutierrez because of his suspected involvement with a murder in Ford County.
He led law enforcement here in a high-speed chase with speeds as high as 150 miles per hour. The chase reportedly ended at U.S. 50 and Mayfield Road east of Hutchinson, where he pulled over and was taken into custody without incident.
In addition to the murder charge in Ford County, Guttierrez is also charged with aggravated endangerment of a child, criminal possession of a firearm by a felon and defacing identification marks of a firearm. The charges in Ford County come after police responded to a home back on Sept. 23, 2014 and found 30-year-old Natasha Pruitt dead of a gun shot wound.
He’ll now be taken back to Ford County to face the accused crimes in that county including the murder charge.