HUTCHINSON, Kan. – After the state recently filed racketeering charges against a 28-year-old Hutchinson man who is accused of selling drugs twice to confidential informants last year, Matthew Gulick was in court to try to get a reduction of his bond which was $258,000.

Gullick was charged for allegedly selling of methamphetamine on July 24, and again on July 31, of last year. In both cases, law enforcement used to informants to make the buys. In the first case, he allegedly sold less then a half a gram, and the second time, it was just over 2 grams. Gulick is also charged with having no tax stamp.

He also has a felony theft case that goes back to July of 2012. He allegedly stole items from K-Mart. Because of prior theft convictions, it is filed as a felony case.

Plus, Gulick has a fourth case where he was arrested for aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim and interference with the legal process. He’s alleged to have pulled his vehicle in the way of a witness in one of his other cases, gotten out of the vehicle and began yelling at the witness and allegedly threatened to kill them. This allegedly occurring on Friday February 7. He was also arrested for allegedly being in possession of stolen property.

District Judge Joe McCarville agreed to lower the bond some, but not as much as the defense wanted. Public Defender Justin Bravi asked for a $50,000, bond for all cases, but the judge wouldn’t go that low. The bond for all cases is now totals 97-thousand dollars.

The preliminary hearing on the charge of racketeering is still pending.