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No-contest plea entered for assaulting father, 76, and threatening deputies

Timothy R Detrick
Timothy R Detrick
A Kansas man is scheduled for sentencing next month after pleaded no contest to charges stemming from a lengthy standoff at a home in Tonganoxie. Timothy Ryan Detrick, 40, of Tonganoxie, entered no-contest pleas to two counts Wednesday in Levenworth County District Court.

The Sheriff’s office and Tonganoxie police responded to a house on River Drive in Tonganoxie on February 3, after the defendant struck his 76-year-old father with a metal bar.

After a five hour standoff, members of the Leavenworth County Tactical Unit were called in to remove Detrick by force from the residence. While he was being removed, officials say Detrick made statements to the effect that he would kill the officers involved.

A judge scheduled sentencing June 22 on one count of aggravated battery and one count of making a criminal threat to a deputy.

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