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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By Rose Gruenbacher

A Riley County District Court case charging a 20-year-old Olathe man with rape and aggravated sexual battery was dismissed by the court Monday.

Kane Harris was set to go through trial last week for charges of rape and aggravated sexual battery that he was alleged to have committed against a woman in September 2022. A jury was selected for the case but had not yet been sworn in when the alleged victim did not arrive for the first day of testimony.

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By Rose Gruenbacher

The township of Ogden’s former treasurer will serve four years of probation, after pleading guilty previously to misappropriation of public funds and submitting false expenses.

Jimmy Bond, 71, was sentenced to 31 months with the Kansas Department of Corrections for the misuse of between $25,000 and $100,000 public funds and 13 months with the KDOC for official misconduct by submitting false expenses over $25,000. However, he was granted probation of two years for each count, to be served consecutively and monitored by community corrections.

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