Sentencing is ahead this week for an Emporia man accused of aggravated battery on the Kansas Turnpike this past fall.
Philip Lieurance accepted a plea agreement in late November as part of a case where he was accused of ramming his SUV into at least one other vehicle on the Kansas Turnpike near Emporia in mid-September. Lieurance pleaded no contest to three counts, two of aggravated battery while driving under the influence and one of aggravated battery. Three other charges, all either aggravated battery or aggravated battery DUI, were dropped as part of that hearing.
The hearing will be at 9 am Friday in downtown Emporia.
Lieurance also stands accused — but not yet formally charged — in Colorado for the deaths of Linda Estrada and Amy Ford, who were found near Eads, Colorado, on Sept. 20 after both women had been reported as missing for over a week. Extradition paperwork in Lyon County accuses Lieurance of Class 2 murder, tampering with a deceased body and unlawfully leaving Colorado after the deaths of Estrada and Ford, but Colorado state law says defendants must appear before a judge for them to be officially charged with criminal activity.
The Lyon County case has an extradition review hearing at 2:30 pm Jan. 25.
