We now have a trial date for a 30-year-old Hutchinson man accused of allegedly having a number of weapons and a meth lab.
Judge Trish Rose Friday set a date of August 20, for any trial to begin in the cases against Roberto Rincon which are now over a year old. Rincon was arrested for being in possession of a firearm, in this case a fully automatic machine gun back on March 20, of last year after he was caught with the weapon back on March 10, 2012.
Also, during a protection from abuse hearing, Judge Joe McCarville learned he had more weapons and ordered him to turn those weapons over to the Reno County Sheriff’s Department by 10 a-m, the next day. He failed to do so. That led to a search warrant being issued and other guns being seized.
Law Enforcement apparently did a traffic stop at 5th & Van Buren where they arrested him on the warrant over the guns. It started with a search of his vehicle, as well as his home at 1612 West 4th, Apt G. During the pat down of Rincon, they allegedly found a black 380-caliber semi-automatic handgun on his person. He was then arrested and his vehicle taken to the law enforcement center to search for more weapons. When they opened the trunk, they allegedly discovered items suspected as being associated with the manufacture of methamphetamine. Another search warrant was served leading to the meth charges.
An earlier motion to suppress was denied.
Rincon has earlier asked for a new attorney saying he wasn’t able to work with local attorney Sam Kepfield over the pending case. The request was granted and assigned to his cases was Wichita attorney, Pamela McClemore. That led to the delay in these cases going before a jury.