Monday will be busy in Lyon County District Court.
A first appearance is coming Monday in Lyon County District Court in an alleged drug distribution case.
Emporia Police officers say Jordan M Johnson was arrested this past Tuesday with between 25 and 450 grams of marijuana set for distribution. Johnson has been charged with marijuana distribution, psilocybin possession and paraphernalia possession. Case details have not been announced.
Monday’s hearing is at 12:45 pm before Judge Doug Jones.
In other court business Monday, an Emporia man will appear before Judge Lee Fowler to change his plea in an aggravated battery case that initially started as a kidnapping case.
Larry Vaughn recently had a change in attorneys from RIck Meier to Nick Heiman as he appeals his case, saying he was erroneously advised and illegally sentenced during the initial proceedings. Vaughn had pleaded no contest in May to aggravated domestic battery, attempted aggravated witness intimidation, criminal threat and criminal trespass after allegedly trying to stop the victim’s breathing in separate incidents last year, as well as robbing the alleged victim of her phone and taking her vehicle without consent. Other counts, including kidnapping, aggravated burglary and robbery, were dismissed. He was then sentenced to 37 months in prison.
Vaughn’s hearing is at 1:30 pm.
Also, a man accused of aggravated kidnapping and other charges has a motion hearing Monday.
Joshua Parrish is charged with seven different counts, including aggravated kidnapping and aggravated domestic battery, after an alleged incident July 9. Prosecutors have submitted a motion to introduce evidence of Parrish’s alleged prior acts against the alleged victim.
Parrish’s hearing is at 3 pm before Judge Lee Fowler.
On top of those hearings, one of two men accused of identity theft has a preliminary hearing Monday afternoon.
Jordan Nathanial Phillips is charged with single counts of identity theft for allegedly trying to “obtain, possess, transfer, use, sell or purchase” personal information. The other count is soliciting the trafficking of marijuana into the Lyon County Jail after an alleged incident Nov. 6.
The hearing is at 3:30 pm. Co-defendant James Jones, who is charged with one count of identity theft involving more than 100 individuals, has a preliminary hearing Jan. 4.
