SEDGWICK COUNTY — The man captured after his abduction of a 6-year-old Kansas girl is going to prison.
Last week, Judge Eric Williams sentenced 35-year-old Benjamin Brady to 4-years and 8-months in prison, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
In Nov. 22022, police responded to the 2300 block of N. Amidon in Wichita for an auto theft, kidnapping in a liquor store parking lot, according to Officer Trevor Macy.
A 35-year-old man reported that while he had gone into the store, an unknown man, later identified as Brady, stole his gold/tan Lexus Rx330 with his 6-year-old daughter still inside.
Officers immediately began checking the area for the vehicle and the juvenile and utilized Flock cameras and other License Plate Reader (LPR) technology and learned that the vehicle had entered the Kansas Turnpike headed South.
Neighboring counties, the Kansas Highway Patrol, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and the Tulsa Police Department were notified of the circumstances and the vehicle's last known location.
Troopers with Oklahoma Highway Patrol were able to stop the car approximately 22 miles south of the Kansas/Oklahoma state line and recover the girl. Brady, was taken into custody by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and booked into the Kay County, Oklahoma jail.
Brady pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping and felony theft.