A 23-year-old Hutchinson man charged with possession of cocaine, anabolic steroids and marijuana with a prior conviction was bound over for trial Monday by Judge Joe McCarville.
Jordon Thomas was allegedly caught with the drugs back on February 16.
Drug Unit Detective T.J. Perez testified that they did a search of the bedroom where they believe Thomas was staying at, this in the 1100 block of East B. They allegedly found drugs, but also items that would suggest that he was staying at that home, which is his mothers. That included a paper indicating he had some type of contact with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, as well as Prairie View in Hutchinson.
Judge McCarville agreed there was enough evidence to send the case to trial. He’ll be arraigned on the charges on September 3.
Thomas is well known for other criminal cases and has been on corrections since he ran from a courtroom in September of 2011 after he been ordered to Larned for a mental evaluation. He was given 18-months corrections with an underlying sentence of 19-months. Plus he has other convictions for drugs and criminal threat.
You may also remember Thomas as the man who nearly lost his life in a shooting incident back on September 15, 2009. He was wounded in the face, when he and another man arrived at an east side apartment allegedly to rob Leonardo Velázquez-Vieyra of his drugs. Thomas was shot in the face with a shotgun, and lost his left eye in that exchange.