We now have a date for a first appearance for a 27-year-old Hutchinson man alleged to have attacked Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder.
Michael Sherman is charged with attempted first degree murder or in the alternative, aggravated battery.
Sherman is alleged to have attacked Schroeder after Retired Judge William “Buck” Lyle upheld his sentence in a child sex case. Sherman is alleged to have jumped on Schroeder who was sitting at the prosecution table a few feet away. A Jail Officer, Lance Francis then jumped on both and put Sherman into a choke hold. Schroeder received a minor cut to his right forehead.
He’s scheduled to be before Magistrate Judge Randy McEwen next Wednesday morning for a first appearance on the new charge. The case is being prosecuted by the Kansas Attorney General’s Office.
Sherman was earlier convicted of aggravated criminal sodomy of his own infant child back in August of 2012. He admitted that he was alone with the child and was watching pornography on his cell phone, then sodomized the child. He reportedly visited two porn websites using a smart phone.
He was in court back in July to appeal the Jessica’s Law portion of his sentencing when the attack on Schroeder occurred.