A 27-year-old Hutchinson man originally charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, and criminal threat and who was granted a departure after he entered a plea to the assault and criminal threat charge may be headed to prison yet.
Marcus Hill was granted community corrections in that case, but was arrested for welfare fraud, and bond in that case and a motion to revoke his corrections now set at 76-thousand, 500 dollars. The state also alleges that he had used alcohol and may be a suspect in other criminal cases, but has yet to be arrested or charged.
He was in court Friday afternoon where Judge Joe McCarville assigned Alice Osburn to represent him. Hill admitted to the welfare fraud in open court stating he exchanged food for cash so that he could purchase diapers for an infant child. He told the judge that they were short money to buy the diapers.
Judge McCarville continued the matter till next Friday at 3 p-m. Hill was angry as we he was led from court looking at Senior Assistant District Attorney Steve Maxwell and yelling, “you’re going to send me to prison for 25-dollars, I needed diapers.” Maxwell asked a court reporter for a transcript of the comments made by Hill.
He had earlier waived his preliminary hearing entered no contest pleas to the assault and criminal threat charge. The state then dropped the aggravated kidnapping charge.
It was on July 17 of last year when Hill held a Hutchinson woman, Amanda Knight against her will and put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her. This at a home in the 300 block of East Campbell in Hutchinson.
He was given and underlying sentence of 41-months, then granted the corrections. He could be ordered to serve the time in prison.
Hill has prior convictions for battery against a law enforcement office, possession of drugs, intentional removal of a theft device, obstruction, criminal use of weapons and flee and elude in Sedgwick and Reno counties.
