Wichita man who tried to run from police gets 5+ years in federal prison

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.

KCK woman sentenced to life in prison in Wichita rape case

A Kansas City, Kan., woman has been sentenced to life in prison in connection to a rape case involving two young girls.

The woman, who's name has not been released or published by local media in order to protect the identity of the young rape victims, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated human trafficking last year.

She confessed to driving her two daughters to a hotel room where James Lamont Brown, 49, had sex with them.

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Wichita police said Brown had sex with the girls, who are now 14 and 15, at the Econo Lodge at 8302 E. Kellogg in 2010 and 2011. Some of the charges cover a time when the girls were 11 and 12 years old. He was convicted by a Sedgwick County jury in November of nine counts of rape and eight counts of aggravated human trafficking.