Criminal Division Media Releases
2025
- Gonzalez pleads guilty in St. Patrick's Church vandalism case.
- Wichita man was sentenced to two life terms.
- A man was charged for vandalizing a Tesla vehicle in west Wichita.
- A Wichita man was sentenced to prison following several incidents of shoplifting.
- A third suspect has been arrested following an assault in the spring of 2024.
- A judge sentenced a man to two lengthy prison terms.
2024
- A Wichita man was sentenced in connection with a double homicide in 2022.
- A teenager was sentenced following the shooting death of another teen.
- A Texas woman was sentenced in Wichita after stealing thousands from her elderly uncle.
- A Wichita man who robbed pharmacies for drugs was sentenced.
- A man was sentenced following a shooting outside a Wichita nightclub.
- A man found guilty in a "stranger rape" case in Wichita has been sentenced.
- A Wichita man was sentenced following the death of an elderly woman at an area nursing home.
- A jury found a Wichita man guilty of burglarizing homes and financial crimes.
- A Wichita man was sentenced in connection with human trafficking.
- A man from New York is sentenced after taking thousands of dollars from an elderly Wichita woman.
- A Wichita man was sentenced following a racially-motivated murder in 2022.
- A Wichita man was sentenced to prison after assaulting two teenagers.
- A Salina woman who fired a gun inside a grocery store was sentenced in Wichita.
- A Wichita man was sentenced following the drug death of his son.
2023
- A Wichita woman was sentenced after embezzling from a local business.
- A Wichita woman was sentenced to prison in connection with a double homicide in 2020.
- A school para educator and a man who admitted to a shooting death in Haysville have been sentenced.
- A Wichita man who admitted shooting into a woman's home has been sentenced.
- A man has received multiple life sentences following his conviction in a sex crimes case.
- A man was sentenced to several years in prison for the sexual assault of a young girl.
- A Wichita man who crashed his vehicle into a Wichita club has been sentenced.
- Two Derby residents were sentenced for the neglect of an elderly woman.
- A Wichita man was sentenced in connection with two separate assaults.
- A Wichita man convicted in a double homicide in 2018 has been sentenced.
- A Haysville man pled guilty after being charged with contempt of court.
- A man was sentenced to consecutive life terms following several sex crimes.
- A Wichita man was found guilty in connection with a shooting death.
- A man was sentenced in connection with a shooting death in south Wichita.
- A man was sentenced following a truck-motorcycle crash in 2021.
- A man was sentenced after attacking women in east Wichita.
- An arrest at the Mexican border involves a 2007 crime in Sedgwick County.
- A Wichita woman was sentenced in a case involving the death of a one year old.
- A former Kechi police lieutenant was sentenced in District Court.
- A former detention deputy was sentenced to prison.
- A Wichita man is sentenced for stabbing death of his cousin.
- DA Marc Bennett has concluded his investigation involving a fight at a south Wichita roller rink.
- A man was sentenced after a standoff in east Wichita.
- A Wichita woman was sentenced after a fatal crash in 2021.
- A Wichita man has been sentenced to life in prison.
- The DA's position regarding Delta-8 and other THC-related substances.