A Columbus man receives a nearly five-year prison sentence.
A 57-month prison sentence was ordered on March 22nd for 44-year-old Steven D. Beaty after pleading guilty in November. Beaty pled to several felonies, including possessing methamphetamine in May, 2021 and again in March, 2022. Beaty also pled guilty to violating the Kansas Offender Registration Act, which he must comply with after being convicted of manslaughter in March of 2000.
He has been held in the Cherokee County Jail since March, 2022 until being turned over to the Kansas Department of Corrections earlier this week.
