Printer Friendly
Email to a Friend
Maria Papalas/Credit: Atchison Co Sheriff
(KAIR)--An Atchison woman charged in connection with an Atchison County crash last August that claimed the life of her 17-month-old son has entered into a plea agreement, canceling a jury trial that had been set to begin June 9th.
According to court documents, 29-year-old Maria Papalas pleaded no contest May 6 in Atchison County District Court to charges contained in an amended complaint of second-degree murder and two counts of aggravated endangering a child.
Papalas had originally been charged with first-degree murder, along with seven other counts.
Sentencing was set for June 24.
Authorities say Papalas was attempting to flee from an Atchison County Sheriff's deputy when she crashed her vehicle on August 25, 2024.
Her son, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was killed in the crash.
Papalas remains in the Atchison County Jail, held on a $500,000 bond.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Atchison woman pleads to charges in fatal crash
Updated: Officer shooter search leads to arrest
22-yr old missing from Atchison; public info needed
Former Kickapoo Tribal Chair pleads to child porn-related charge
Holton man sentenced to prison
Atchison man earns prison from injurious outburst
Sheriff alerts residents of salesman claiming to be Evergy rep
Hiawatha city employee recognized
Saturday night construction zone crash injures one
Falls City man sentenced to prison on multiple charges
State Audit discovers alleged financial misconduct
Candidate list finalized in Brown Co
Arrest following search warrant in Mayetta
Resolution vote on bonding important to Falls City future
3 local communities awarded small-town grants
Atchison's Lust found safe following disappearance
Effort to recall Falls City Mayor fails
Young sex offenders earn sentences in Atchison Co
LATEST STORIES
3 arrested in Hiawatha drug bust
Fairfax MO man arrested on child porn, molestation charges
Challengers scant for City of Atchison election filings
Public hearings set on Evergy rate increase request
Nemaha Co city, school candidate list finalized
Commission hears 2026 budget requests, extension district proposal
Plea entered in Leavenworth Co Facebook harassment case
Falls City man sentenced to prison on multiple charges
Hiawatha, Ks 66434