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Guilty verdict follows attack on officer

By Brian Hagen

06/07/2018

(KAIR)--A Leavenworth man is found guilty in connection with what authorities say was an attack on a police officer.

A press release issued by Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson says 47-year-old Orville Sieg was found guilty on all counts by a jury Monday.

The charges Sieg was found guilty for include battery on a law enforcement officer, felony interference with a law enforcement officer, driving while suspended, criminal damage to property, and reckless driving.

Sentencing is set for July 6 in Leavenworth County District Court.

Thompson, in the release, said the attack happened when a Leavenworth Police Officer recognized Sieg at a gas station last July, and attempted to arrest him on a felony warrant for possession of methamphetamine. Sieg resisted arrest, placing his vehicle in drive as the officer was partially inside, dragging the officer out of the gas station parking lot as Sieg struck him in an attempt to force him from the vehicle.

The officer was thrown onto Leavenworth's Miami Street, and suffered injuries to both knees, his right forearm, and hand.

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