A Baxter Springs man is sentenced for felony criminal threats.
38-year-old Nicholas Ryan Patton of Baxter Springs has been sentenced to 22 months in prison in the Kansas Department of Corrections after a May 28th, 2022 incident. Cherokee County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the incident just outside Baxter Springs. Patton was accused of brandishing a handgun and making threats to residents.
He pleads guilty on March 16th in Cherokee County District Court to two counts of felony criminal threat.