A Hutchinson Correctional Facility inmate charged with battery and attempted battery of a law enforcement officers entered no contest pleas after he was pretty much shut down for his arguments which would be more in line with some financial case such a bankruptcy or something involving some type of security.
23-year-old Charles Hollingsworth Monday referred to himself as a, “Secured Party Credit”, claiming he was sovereign and so is every other American citizen. He thought he was above the law and wanted to know who had a claim against him. But, there is no claim, only a criminal allegation. What it boiled down to was that he had no problem with being convicted and sentenced on the aggravated battery count, he just didn’t want to be liable for the money cost associated with the case, such as court cost, bids fees, a DNA database fee, or restitution, so the state agreed to recommend waiving all cost. Judge Joe McCarville agreed to the plea agreement and sentenced him to 149-months in prison. That will run consecutive to his murder sentence of life for a case out of Shawnee County.
The charges themselves center on an incident back on July 17, when he allegedly battered corrections officer Craig Koenigs with a 48-inch stainless steel mixing paddle, and threatened to do the same to officer Darin Collins, but didn’t succeed. Apparently, he was working in a food service detail when the incident occurred.
Hollingsworth is serving time for a conviction of murder in the first degree and kidnapping for a case out of Shawnee County, which occurred in July of 2006. He along with others killed David Owen, an advocate for homeless people who had been working to get the homeless to call their families and get off the streets. He was killed near a homeless camp along the Kansas River near downtown Topeka. Hollingsworth was one of at least two people involved in the lynching death of Owen.
As he was leaving the courtroom, Hollingsworth he thanked Deputy District Attorney Tom Stanton, then told him “you’re serious with your job.” He also thanked Judge McCarville and told him that he heard he was a nice man.
Again, Hollingsworth gets 149-months added to the life sentence.