
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A local man bound over for trial in a child sex case for a second time was back before a judge Friday for the formal reading in two new cases.
Kenneth Broadfoot has been charged in one case with one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, criminal sodomy of a child 14 to 16 years of age, and aggravated intimidation of a witness in what the state alleges was a conspiracy. The alleged crimes occurred between June 1, 2014, and May 31, 2015.
In the second case, he’s charged with solicitation to commit aggravated intimidation of a witness and solicitation for another person to commit perjury. These crimes are alleged to have occurred between Dec. 23 and Dec. 30, 2015.
Hutchinson Police had reported last week that Broadfoot was arrested after he allegedly made phone calls to an underage girl. When the girl was questioned by police, she admitted to the sexual encounters.
Police could not say how long the two had been in a relationship, but say it could have been more than a year.
Earlier this month, Broadfoot had entered a “not guilty” plea to criminal sodomy involving a 15-year-old girl back in September of 2015 following a sexual encounter that, while consensual, still violated Kansas laws. That occurred during the Kansas State Fair last year.
Broadfoot is awaiting trial in that case.