HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A man convicted in two cases from last year after entering pleas is scheduled for sentencing Friday.
In one case, Scott Lutz entered “guilty pleas” to felony flee and elude and possession of stolen property. This case goes back to Oct. 8, 2014, when he led law enforcement on a high-speed chase that reached speeds of over 100 miles per hour. It was called off after Lutz passed a school bus and there was a concern on the part of law enforcement for public safety. He was last seen around 108th and Halstead in extreme northeast Reno County.
On Oct. 12, Hutchinson police got information that Lutz was hiding in an attic of a residence located at 415 East B. Officers responded to the home and established verbal contact with him, but he refused to comply and allegedly set a small fire in the attic. With the assistance of the Hutchinson Fire Department and the Reno County Sheriff’s Office, officers gained access to the attic and placed Lutz into custody without incident. Family members say he may have been trying to commit suicide.
He entered a plea in that case to arson, interference with law enforcement and battery of a law enforcement officer.
The sentencing is scheduled in front of Judge Tim Chambers.