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Atchison man sentenced to prison in three cases

By Brian Hagen

11/17/2021

Taggart Lee ( Credit: Atchison Co Sheriff's Office)

(KAIR)--An Atchison man is going to prison, sentenced this week in regards to three different cases.

According to a release from Atchison County Attorney Sherri Becker, Taggart Lee was sentenced Monday in Atchison County District Court to a total of 7 years and eight months in prison.

In the first case, the 21-year-old Lee was convicted of attempted robbery and aggravated assault with a knife. In the second case, Lee was convicted of aggravated assault and aggravated escape from custody. He was on probation in a third case “when he picked up the 2021 cases.”

According to Becker, “the District Court Judge ran all three cases consecutive to each other.”

Lee, earlier this year, became the subject of a search after he walked away from the Atchison County Jail, with Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie saying at the time of the April escape that it was due to “several security policies were not followed by jail security staff.”

Several days later, Lee was apprehended, and returned to the jail, following a pursuit and search that ended with the escapee in custody.

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