One of three people suspected of being involved in a computer scam was in court for a brief hearing Friday.
Kylie Hartman denies being involved with murder suspect Billy Craig. Jr., and Kasey Pisoni in the scam, where the three are alleged to have made or attempted to make checks using a false identification and purchased a computer in furtherance of the conspiracy.
The hearing Friday dealt with pre-trial motions from both the state and the defense.
But, the more interesting decision came from Judge Tim Chambers over any video that may be shown at trial. It’s been common that objections to certain sections of video being shown to a jury comes up during trial and delays the proceedings while the video is redacted. So. Judge Tim Chambers ordered that any video to be shown must be presented to the defense three-weeks prior to trial, and then any objection to portions or all of the video by the defense must be made two-weeks prior to trial, and then a review of the video must be done one week prior to trial.
The defense wants the case dismissed saying the states case is very week, but wanted the judge to hold off making any decision on the motion. Sam Kepfield told the judge, he’s still waiting on a transcript of the preliminary hearing. Judge Chambers agreed that he would read the transcript before issuing a ruling.
In that preliminary hearing, Pisoni had testified that it was Billy Craig’s idea, but says it never actually happened. She says they had talked about it, but didn’t know Craig had gotten the licenses until after the fact. As for the checks, she never saw them.
Police Detective Dean Harcrow testified during that same hearing that they never found them either. He also testified that Craig had obtained four fake drivers licenses from someone named J-D in Wichita who allegedly made them. Two had Craig’s picture, but with the names Taylor O’Neal and Chris McDonald on them, both supposedly from Wichita. Then the name Tawny Lockman were on both the licenses with Hartman and Pisoni’s pictures.
The plan was to use the fake licenses and the fake checks, buy merchandise at various stores around the state, then later take the merchandise back for the cash.
Pisoni was sentenced for her part in this case to 6-months for a charge of conspiracy to commit computer fraud, then granted her 12-months community corrections. She was also given another 18-months community corrections on a 22-month sentence for a conviction of being in possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell for a case that goes back to August 3, 2011.
Hartman will face trial in this case on March 22.
Craig faces a preliminary hearing on a murder charge involving the death of Jennifer Heckel next week.
He along with Charles Christopher “Chris” Logsdon are charged with murder in the case.