HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Two more people have been arrested in the Monday kidnapping case involving a Hutchinson man. Hutchinson police report that 32-year-old Amanda Gresham and 30-year-old John Sullivan were taken into custody Thursday.
Gresham is charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and aggravated battery. Sullivan is charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery.
Gresham and Sullivan, along with 38-year-old Titus Thompson, are the believed suspects behind the abduction of 50-year-old Leon Levasseur, who was taken by knifepoint from his residence, then placed in his car and driven to an area near Burrton, where he was finally able to escape and call 911.
Police say the recovery of multiple items taken from Levasseur’s residence led them to the arrests. Detectives determined Thompson and a second suspect were dropped off in the area of Avenue B and Elm in the morning hours of Oct. 22, by a female, with the intent to commit robbery.
Gresham is being held on a $135,000 bond. Sullivan’s bond is set at $160,000.