From the Barton County Attorney's Office...
On Friday, April 5, Joshua Williams was back in court facing allegations that he had violated the terms and conditions of his probation and committed new crimes. He was on probation in four separate cases having been previously convicted of Violation of a Protective Order, Criminal Threat (two cases), and for Possession of Methamphetamine.
Subject to the discretion of the judge, he was facing 60 months in prison and an additional 12 months in the Barton County jail. In the oldest case, this was Williams’ 6th probation violation hearing having previously received court ordered sanctions of “time served”, 30 days, 60 days, 30 days, and 45 days in the Barton County jail.
The primary allegation facing Williams was that he committed the new crime Violation of a Protective Order by repeatedly contacting a prior victim, but other allegations included failing to report to corrections, failing to complete a batterer’s intervention program, and continuing to use meth.
After the presentation of evidence, Assistant Barton County Attorney Kyle Byfield asked the court to revoke Williams’ probation and order him to serve his underlying sentences. After hearing the arguments of defense counsel as well as the defendant, the District Court Judge Steve Johnson reinstated the Defendant’s probation, ordered a sanction of 81 days in jail (the time already served), ordered the defendant to obtain a new Drug and Alcohol evaluation, complete batterer’s intervention and extended probation for 12 more months.
The State of Kansas was represented by Kyle Byfield. The defendant was represented by Heather Helvie.
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Great Bend – On Monday, April 8, Brayden Powell Rand was back in district court facing allegations that he had violated the terms and conditions of his probation. He was on probation in three separate cases having been previously convicted of Felony Flee and Elude and Possession of Meth (two cases). Subject to the discretion of the Judge, he was facing 35 months in prison.
In the oldest case, this was Rand’s 5th probation violation hearing having previously received court ordered sanctions of 60 days, 60 days, 30 days, and 30 days in addition to three more 3-day jail sanctions imposed by Community Corrections.
The primary allegation was that Rand had been unsuccessfully discharged from drug treatment and that he continued to use meth.
After the presentation of evidence, Assistant Barton County Attorney Kyle Byfield asked the Court to revoke his probation and order him to serve his underlying sentences. After hearing the arguments of defense counsel and from the defendant as well, District Court Judge Steve Johnson revoked Rand’s probation and ordered him to serve a modified sentence of 19 months in prison (down from the original 35). Rand has served a little over nine months. Not including any good time credit to be awarded by KDOC, has a little over nine months left to serve.
The State of Kansas was represented by Kyle Byfield. The defendant was represented by Richard Boeckman.