After a judge granted a request for a mental evaluation for a 27-year-old Hutchinson man convicted in several cases, it appears the case may come back to District Court Friday for sentencing.
Judge Trish Rose back in March granted a motion to have another mental evaluation done for Timothy Mendenhall as part of the pre-sentence investigation and that has now been complete.
He was released from prison on June 13 after serving some time at the El Dorado Correctional Facility for a conviction of obstruction for a case from January 2012.
Mendenhall entered either “guilty” or “no contest” pleas to virtually every charge in every case and is looking at a substantial amount of time in prison.
In one of the cases, he was convicted on 18-felony counts including sexual exploitation of a child, as well as numerous drug charges including being in possession of potpourri. This is the case where they raided his smoke shop at 1108 West 4th, back on November 17, 2011.
In another case, he was facing charges of interference with law enforcement. He had been arrested back on November 7, 2012, when officers spotted him at a home in the 900 block of East 10th. They attempted to apprehend him for warrants through Municipal Court and he attempted to escape them on a motorcycle apparently trying to go through a gate. But, Detective Jeremy Hedges was on the other side and he nearly ran him over. He was captured and taken to jail but again managed to make bond.
Another case includes charges of possession of methamphetamine, hydrocodone, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, felony interference with law enforcement and carrying a concealed weapon, in this case a fixed blade knife.
Sentencing is scheduled for Friday Afternoon in front of Judge Trish Rose.