HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Hutchinson man pleaded no contest Tuesday to lesser charges, in a case where he was originally accused of aggravated kidnapping.
Twenty-two-year-old Braxton Allen pleaded to two counts of criminal restraint and two counts of aggravated battery. The two counts of aggravated robbery were dropped.
Allen was arrested Oct. 1 of last year after police took a report from two women who said they were beaten, restrained, and had property damaged and taken from them by a known male, later identified as Allen.
Allen was arrested a short time later. The two criminal restraint counts are misdemeanors, each with a potential penalty of up to a year in jail and up to a $2500 fine.
Based on the sentencing grid, the two aggravated battery counts could result in anywhere from 11 months to 34 months behind bars.
Sentencing in the case is set for January 7, 2022 in front of Judge Joe McCarville.
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