A Manhattan man convicted of six counts of sex crimes against a child in Riley County District Court had his final appearance for the case Wednesday, during which he received a lifetime sentence as punishment.

Michael Lincoln Steere, 28, was found guilty in June of three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child by lewd fondling or touching and two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child by sexual intercourse. Jurors found him not guilty of one count of rape of a child.

Riley County District Court Judge Grant Bannister issued Steere two lifetime sentences, two sentences of 4 years 11 months and one sentence of 3 years 5 months. He ruled that all terms will be served concurrently. He will receive credit toward his sentence for over 1,000 days he already served in the case.

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Former Manhattan chiropractor Clark Petersen, who was convicted in an August trial for multiple counts of sex crimes against former clients, will be sentenced for his crimes Oct. 31 in Riley County District Court. He was originally scheduled for sentencing Nov. 18.

Petersen, 66, was found guilty of four counts of rape, 40 counts of aggravated sexual battery, four counts of sexual battery, one count of lewd and lascivious behavior, one count of attempted rape and one count of attempted aggravated criminal sodomy.

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By Rose Gruenbacher

A trial for a man charged with rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery started Friday in Riley County District Court.

Joshue Sandoval Serrano, 23, was arrested in 2024 for his alleged crimes. He has maintained a plea of innocence. The trial started Friday with jury selection and is scheduled to go through Thursday.

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An 83-year-old Manhattan man arrested Tuesday who was charged with multiple counts now faces just one charge of interference with law enforcement in Riley County District Court.

Allen Steve Frazier made his first court appearance Wednesday. In a document filed with the court by Deputy Riley County Attorney David Lowden, Frazier is no longer facing the five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of endangering a child that he was also charged with upon his arrest.

Frazier was arrested at Via Christi Hospital, and he is held in the Riley County Jail on a reduced bond of $3,000.

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By Rose Gruenbacher

After less than an hour of deliberation, a Riley County District Court jury found Andrew Trevor Birrell guilty of criminal threat.

County attorney Barry Wilkerson said in his final address to the jury that threats made in a letter to Father James Buster were not veiled, but clearly intended to create fear.

He went on to say Birrell, 35, had an antagonistic relationship with Buster and would’ve clarified the gun he mentioned having in the letter was a BB gun if he didn’t wish to convey a threat. Wilkerson additionally referenced specific passages of the letter instructing Buster to take “one last walk” and quoted, “I will kill you.”

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