HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Hutchinson area man was in Reno County District Court Monday where he entered a “guilty” plea to one count of felony theft.

Mahlon Stutzman admitted that between Jan. 1, 2011, and Jan. 1, 2014, he scammed five men out of $493,000. The state says he gave false representation to the victims to deprive them of their money.

The charge has a sentencing range between two years, seven months, to eleven years and four months in prison.

Stutzman remains jailed on a bond of $100,000 and Judge Joe McCarville set sentencing for July 17.