HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Hutchinson man facing several charges, including kidnapping, was back in a Reno County courtroom Wednesday afternoon to hear two motions in his case.
Charges against 56-year-old Thomas Lee Boyd include one count of kidnapping and one count of stalking. The charges stem from an incident involving a Hutchinson woman after he followed, then confronted, her May 9. Depending on his past criminal history, he could be facing as many as 20 years in prison if he is tried and convicted of the kidnapping charge.
Boyd filed a motion to remove his attorney Shannon Crane because of previous cases she had worked that had ties to the defendant. That motion was granted by Judge Keith Schroeder, although no attorney was appointed.
The second motion was to have Judge Schroeder recuse himself. Boyd's motion states that Schroeder may have been involved in some of his past cases. Schroeder said the matter would be taken up once a new attorney was appointed for Boyd or he hired one himself.
Boyd is still being held in the Reno County Correctional Facility on a bond of $226,100.
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