A Kansas man who hid under a bed at his children’s home to spy on them now faces additional prison time for violating a protection order filed by the mother. Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson says Earl Brockington, Jr., 37, sent two letters to the victim from prison, despite stating in one of the letters that he knew there was a lifetime protection from abuse order.

Evidence in the original trial showed that in April, 2014, the victim discovered the man after their child said there was someone under the bed. When she went to call police, Brockington took her phone.

When the victim and her kids tried to leave the house, he began to strangle the victim.

Thompson says Brockington left the house with the victim’s cell phone. The jury found Brockington guilty of robbery, criminal restraint, domestic battery, intimidation of a victim and criminal trespass. He was sentenced to five years in prison.

Leavenworth County Attorney’s office filed two counts of a violation of a lifetime protective order based on the two letters sent to the victim from the Lansing Correctional Facility. After an all day trial, a jury returned a guilty verdict Monday evening.

County Attorney Thompson said, “Letters, phone calls, or even texts can cause someone to violate a Protection From Abuse order.”

“It is a serious matter, because these orders aren’t easy to grant, and we would hope that the violators know there are consequences to their action,” he said.

Sentencing will be scheduled later. Brockington faces anywhere from 18 to 46 months of additional prison time.