HUTCHINSON, Kan. — One of two teens suspected of several automobile burglaries in the city of Nickerson was back in court Tuesday for the reading of formal charges with a new complaint filed by the state.
Nineteen-year-old Kyle Nisbeth was already facing 20 felony and misdemeanor counts, including several counts of auto-burglary, burglary of a non-dwelling, several counts of theft, including the theft of two firearms, one a shotgun and the other a rifle.
Now the state has charged him with 14 more charges four counts of burglary of a dwelling, two counts of burglary with the intent to steal a firearm, conspiracy to commit burglary, making false information, theft by deception, theft and four charges of criminal damage. The latest crimes charged allegedly occurring in November, December of last year and January of this year.
Nineteen-year-old Quentin Zumalt, a co-defendant in the earlier case is charged with eight counts of auto burglary and eight counts of misdemeanor theft.
The investigation began when a possible suspect vehicle was found in the driveway of a residence in Nickerson. The residents said they were unaware of who the vehicle belonged to, so the vehicle was seized by sheriff investigators as evidence, partly because there were items visible in the vehicle that appeared to be from the recent burglaries and also this vehicle was identified as a vehicle of interest in other recent crimes in Reno County. Ultimately, eight burglary reports were taken on Jan. 4.
Both men are free on bond and the cases against Nisbeth will all be placed on a future waiver-status docket.