Competency evaluation ordered in indecent liberties case
The Leavenworth Times
A competency evaluation has been ordered for a rural Easton man who faces charges of aggravated indecent liberties with a child.
Other court proceedings involving Donald R. Jackson Sr. are suspended until the issue of his competency is resolved.
Jackson, 62, has two criminal cases pending against him in Leavenworth County District Court. In each case, he faces a charge of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The cases involve different victims, according to court records.
The crimes are alleged to have occurred in 2019.
District Judge Gerald Kuckelman ordered the competency evaluation during a hearing Wednesday.
The Leavenworth Times
A trial has been set for a man who is facing a murder charge in connection to a deadly pursuit in Leavenworth County.
The trial of Anthony J. Dorsey is scheduled to begin Aug. 9 in Leavenworth County District Court.
Dorsey, 31, is charged with first-degree murder and fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer.
The crimes are alleged to have occurred Sept. 30, 2019. Dorsey allegedly was fleeing from a state trooper on Interstate 70 when he was involved in a crash. Another driver, Nathan Pena of Brookfield, Illinois, was killed in the crash.
Dorsey is charged with what is known as felony murder, which is a form of first-degree murder.
Defendant in murder solicitation case ordered to appear in court
The Leavenworth Times
A woman who is charged in Leavenworth County with solicitation of murder has been ordered to appear in court Monday morning for a motion to revoke her bond.
Renee C. Johnson-Fritz, 44, is charged with solicitation of capital murder in connection to an April 9, 2019, attack on an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility.
Prosecutors allege the attack was ordered by Johnson-Fritz’s husband, Frederick Fritz, who is an inmate at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. Johnson-Fritz is accused of forwarding a portion of a letter she received from her husband to an inmate at LCF who then allegedly carried out the attack on the victim.
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Commissioners approve additional position for County Attorney’s Office
The Leavenworth Times
Leavenworth County commissioners approved a request Wednesday for an additional legal secretary in the County Attorney’s Office. But commissioners took no action for a request for an additional prosecuting attorney for the county.
County Attorney Todd Thompson was asked to bring back the request for an additional assistant county attorney position later this year when commissioners work on the county’s 2022 budget.
Thompson, who is an elected official, sought approval from the County Commission for the two additional positions because commissioners approve funding for the County Attorney’s Office.