A 42-year-old Hutchinson man was sentenced Monday to 20-months in prison for the criminal cases against him. Michael Meeks had entered no contest pleas in both cases as part of a plea agreement with the state after he was arrested back in January after a brief standoff with police and arrested again in March on multiple charges of stalking and violation of a protection order.

The sentencing was continued and rescheduled for today where the defense tried to argue for community corrections stating that he is on medication and is no longer a threat to the community. Judge Tim Chambers was also not so sure and ordered the sentence served.

There was some question over whether he used a gun in one of the cases. The state claims he did, while the defense says he didn’t. There is some contradiction over testimony of the victim in one of the cases. She apparently stated at some point that he had a gun, and another time stated that he didn’t. She stood by the statements that he never pointed a gun at her or law enforcement, but the judge didn’t buy it. Officer Jamie Schoenhoff had testified at earlier hearings that she had told him that Meeks at one point he had a shotgun, and stated “I’m not going to go down alone.” He also stated that this is not going to go well. Officers found the shotgun hidden behind a couch.

In that case, he was charged with kidnapping, two counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon, criminal threat and battery. According to police, several 911 calls came in reporting a woman being forced into a home. A witness told police that he had picked her up, putting her over his shoulders and took her into the home, when she refused to enter on her own. Meeks was eventually taken into custody, but at one point reportedly had a shotgun pointed at officers which they later found hidden behind a couch.

They also found in a large safe in the basement, with 40-45 weapons inside, including an assault rifle and an alleged grenade launcher.

In the other case, he entered no contest pleas to criminal restraint instead of kidnapping along with two counts of aggravated assault of law enforcement officers. In the second case, he entered no contest pleas to felony flee and elude and violation of a protection from abuse order. All the charges of stalking were dropped by the state.