A 30-year-old Hutchinson man accused of allegedly having a number of weapons and a meth lab was in court Friday over a motion to get rid of his current lawyer, Sam Kepfield.

Roberto Rincon apparently hasn’t been able to work with Kepfield over the pending case. Judge Tim Chambers reluctantly granted the request, meaning the trial which was supposed to get underway next week is now continued indefinitely. Judge Chambers did assign a Wichita attorney to the case, that being Pamela McClemore.

There were reports that Rincon also reported unethical conduct by Kepfield, but how far his complaint would go is up in the air.

Rincon was arrested for being in possession of a firearm, in this case a fully automatic machine gun back on March 20, after he was caught with the weapon back on March 10.

Also, during a protection from abuse hearing, Judge Joe McCarville learned he had more weapons and ordered him to turn those weapons over to the Reno County Sheriff’s Department by 10 a-m, the next day. He failed to do so. That led to a search warrant being issued and other guns being seized.

Law Enforcement apparently did a traffic stop at 5th & Van Buren where they arrested him on the warrant over the guns. It started with a search of his vehicle, as well as his home at 1612 West 4th, Apt G. During the pat down of Rincon, they allegedly found a black 380-caliber semi-automatic handgun on his person. He was then arrested and his vehicle taken to the law enforcement center to search for more weapons. When they opened the trunk, they allegedly discovered items suspected as being associated with the manufacture of methamphetamine. Another search warrant was served leading to the meth charges.

An earlier motion to suppress was denied. When the trial will be now again is up in the air at this point.