U.S. Department of Justice
KANSAS CITY, KAN. ---- A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to 63 months in federal prison for a firearm violation, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
Aaron M. Belcher, 33, Wichita, Kan., already is serving time in state prison for a 2013 case in which he shot at police who were chasing him from the scene of a burglary. He will serve the federal consecutively to the sentence in the state case.
In the federal case, Belcher pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of ammunition following a felony conviction. In his plea, he admitted that on Oct. 29, 2012, he was driving a stolen Corvette when a Wichita police officer tried to pull him over.
After a high speed chase, he pulled into a driveway of a home in the 100 block of Alexander in Haysville. When the owner of the home heard police sirens, he confronted Belcher. The home owner wrestled Belcher to the ground and held him until police arrived. Police found the ammunition in the stolen car.
Grissom commended the Wichita Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Treaster for their work on the case.
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AROUND THE STATE: Topeka men charged with making, possessing pipe bomb
U.S. Department of Justice
TOPEKA, KAN. – One Topeka man is charged in a federal indictment with making a pipe bomb and another is charged with possessing a pipe bomb, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
Joseph E. Rogers, 35, Topeka, Kan., is charged with one count of making a destructive device. The device is described as a length of metal tubing inserted into a PVC pipe, which was then inserted into a cardboard tube.
A length of pyrotechnic fuse was inserted through a hole in the wall of the pipes, and paper and lead end plugs were added along with a quantity of explosives identified as smokeless powder.
The indictment says the device was capable of causing serious injury or death to persons near it if it exploded.
TOPEKA, KAN. – One Topeka man is charged in a federal indictment with making a pipe bomb and another is charged with possessing a pipe bomb, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
Joseph E. Rogers, 35, Topeka, Kan., is charged with one count of making a destructive device. The device is described as a length of metal tubing inserted into a PVC pipe, which was then inserted into a cardboard tube.
A length of pyrotechnic fuse was inserted through a hole in the wall of the pipes, and paper and lead end plugs were added along with a quantity of explosives identified as smokeless powder.
The indictment says the device was capable of causing serious injury or death to persons near it if it exploded.
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