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Bryan Harris/Credit: Atchison Co Sheriff
(KAIR)--A reduced sentence for an Atchison man found guilty of aggravated battery by a jury in April.
The jury, on April 7 in Atchison County District Court, heard from the victim, law enforcement and medical professionals regarding an August, 2024 disturbance in the hallway of a duplex apartment complex located on Atchison's Kansas Avenue.
The victim, Wendy Harris-Hess, was found by first responders lying on the floor at the foot of the stairs, with her 38-year-old nephew, Bryan Harris, blamed for her fall, caused, she told authorities, when he became agitated and angry as she tried to convince him to leave as ordered through an eviction notice.
According to a release from Atchison County Attorney Sherri Becker, Harris-Hess suffered a fractured wrist from the fall blamed on her nephew.
Last month during sentencing, Becker says, the State requested the standard 52-month sentence for Harris, based on criminal history, but the District Court Judge, Becker says, "without notice or request from either party, departed on its own motion and voluntarily reduced the sentence to 40 months with the department of corrections," meaning Harris will spend 3-years-4-months in prison.
The case was investigated by the Atchison Police Department.
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