
A Kansas prison escapee learned this week he will have to serve another ten years, in addition to the 128 years he’ll serve in Missouri for crimes committed while he was on the run.
Scott Gilbert, 53, was sentenced to 130 months for his aggravated escape from custody from the Lansing Correctional Facility on May 10, 2013. Todd Thompson, Leavenworth County Attorney, noted in court that Gilbert had already been convicted of 79 cases, including the ten from last year’s case in Platte County, Missouri.
Thompson says Gilbert acted as his own lawyer, had nothing to say about sentencing, and only made sure he could file an appeal. Earlier this month a judge found him guilty of an aggravated escape from custody after a bench trial.
Gilbert was previously convicted and sentenced to 128 years in Platte County, Missouri for crimes relating to this escape. Gilbert was sentenced last year on 10 felonies including firing at a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. A jury there convicted him after a two week trial.
In 2010, Gilbert was convicted in Sedgwick County for burglary and theft and was serving time at the Lansing Correctional Facility. He along with two others escaped the Lansing Facility on May 5, 2013. Randy Riddens previously pleaded guilty as charged to this same aggravated escape. Riddens received 122 months sentence for the escape. Allen Hurst still awaits trial.