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LV man convicted for contact with witness

By Brian Hagen

01/28/2025

(KAIR)--A 21-year-old Leavenworth man has been convicted of using a jail phone system to make more than 30 calls to a woman who was set to testify against him.

According to a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson, Christian Harris, last week in Leavenworth County District Court, entered a no-contest plea to a charge of Attempted Aggravated Intimidation of a Witness/Victim. The judge accepted the plea, resulting in a guilty verdict.

A sentencing hearing for Harris is scheduled for the afternoon of February 7 in a Leavenworth County District courtroom.

According to the release, Harris, on Ocober 8 of last year, was served with a protection order while in jail, prohibiting him from contacting, stalking, harassing, threatening, abusing, or interfering with the protected party. According to court documents cited in the release, Harris violated this order 31 times by using the jail's phone system, HomeWAVE, through accounts belonging to other inmates. This included an account registered to Kaden Bentley, who was convicted earlier this month for using Snapchat to post a threat targeting a Leavenworth school. Of the 31 calls Harris made, he successfully contacted the victim on seven occasions.

Harris, the release notes, has multiple Leavenworth County convictions, including Felony Criminal Possession of a Firearm and Felony Interference with Law Enforcement.

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