Hutchinson man busted for carjacking makes first court appearance
Ricky Smith, Jr.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The man arrested after he allegedly carjacked a woman’s car early Thursday morning made a first appearance in court where he was told of the potential charges.
Thirty-nine-year-old Ricky Ray Smith Jr. could be looking at a charge of robbery, felony flee and elude, driving while suspended and a charge of criminal damage.
In court, District Attorney Keith Schroeder asked that the bond of $12,250 be left in place and Magistrate Judge Randy McEwen agreed.
The case started when police responded to an area of the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for a report of a stolen car around 6:50 a.m. Thursday. The vehicle was allegedly stolen by Smith, forcibly removing the female owner from the vehicle. That led to law enforcement looking for the vehicle, which was eventually spotted in South Hutchinson. Smith is alleged to have led law enforcement on a high-speed chase into the county, where eventually he was captured.
Smith is no stranger to law enforcement and has served time in prison for forgery, felony flee and elude, driving while suspended, reckless driving, three convictions for theft and one count of burglary. Those convictions go back to 1996, 2003 and 2010.
Judge McEwen set a status hearing in the case for next Wednesday. The state is expected to have filed formal charges by then.
Robbery suspect appears in court Friday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The man arrested for allegedly robbing LoanMax Title Loans on May 4 was in court Friday morning for a first appearance.
Twenty-nine-year-old Jerry Allen Anderson Jr. is alleged to have walked into the business and demanded money at gun point. He got away with an undetermined amount of cash and left in a black four-door automobile which police found.
In court, District Attorney Keith Schroeder asked if there was a parole hold on Anderson and was told “yes” there is. He asked that the $25,000 bond stay the same and that was granted.
Anderson was arrested at his home Thursday morning for the one count of aggravated robbery.
Anderson was paroled back in January for a conviction of aggravated robbery from 2007, but he also has a conviction for felony flee and elude. Both convictions are out of Leavenworth County. He’ll be back in court next Wednesday to hear any formal charge the state may file.
Police also believe there was another person involved in the robbery who may have been driving the black car. They told us that they have some idea who that person is, but haven’t located that person thus far.
Anyone with information on the second individual is asked to call police at 694-2816 or Crime Stoppers at 694-2666.
HCF inmate in prison battery case sentencing pushed to the end of the month
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 30-year-old inmate who one time was at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility and was found “guilty” on a charge of battery of a law enforcement officer was not sentenced Friday.
But, Judge Trish Rose did hear two motions from Douglas Anthony Kling, one for a new trial and the other for judgment of acquittal. Both were denied by the judge. There was apparently some issue with the pre-sentence report, so the actual sentencing will come on May 29.
The case centers on Kling being upset over the prison officer not responding to his demand to file a grievance and started making noise and kicking the door of his isolation cell. The officer, Jason Garcia, says he tried to get Kling to calm down, but he didn’t so the officer opened the cell door and that’s when the confrontation started with Kling trying to leave the cell. Garcia says he was struck a number of times by Kling, including in the nose.
Kling, at trial, chose to represent himself with the assistance of a public defender.
The charge is a level five person felony with a maximum sentence of over 11 years in prison and that would run consecutive to the sentence he’s currently serving. Kling is serving time for convictions out of Marshall County for attempted murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated assault and criminal threat. He also has a conviction for burglary out of Nemaha County. As it stands now, he’s not even eligible for parole until November 2040.
Convicted felon waives hearing in latest case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 28-year-old man who absconded from community corrections was in court Friday where he waived his right to a preliminary hearing in the latest case against him, then entered a “not guilty” plea.
Robert Allen Clyborne was earlier granted corrections for distribution of marijuana for a case that goes back to February of last year. He had absconded from those corrections and law enforcement was tipped off as to where he was staying. They were also warned that he could be armed and dangerous, so there was some concern when they went to the location where he was, but he ended up surrendering without incident.
At the time of his arrest, he was heavily armed with a couple of pistols and rifles according to Sheriff Capt. Steve Lutz.
Clyborne also faces a community corrections violation and Judge Tim Chambers decided to set a pretrial hearing for the latest case as well as the evidentiary hearing for the old case on a same date, some time in the near future.
Clyborne also has a warrant out of Texas involving the distribution of marijuana.
He remains jailed on a $160,000 bond.