HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 51-year-old man who entered pleas in two cases is scheduled for sentencing after he entered “no contest” pleas in both.
Raymond Bernal was found guilty in a case from Jan. 19 of this year on a charge of stalking. The state, as part of the agreement, dropped the other two charges of violation of a protection from abuse order.
In the second case, he entered a plea to possession of methamphetamine and DUI, while all the other charges were dropped as part of the agreement. This coming after a traffic stop by a Haven police officer on June 21. The officer apparently smelled alcohol and arrested him after he refused to take a breath test. The defendant then reportedly pulled a bag of meth from his jeans and threw it on the ground.
The defendant won’t be able to appeal the sentence handed down by Judge Joe McCarville. As part of the plea agreement, he waived that right.