Pretrial and arraignment is coming early next year for a Georgia man charged in Lyon County with conspiracy and other charges.
Following a preliminary hearing Tuesday, Demetrius Lamont Odom will have his next hearing Jan. 17.
Odom is charged with seven counts, four involving identity theft, two for criminal use of a card and one for conspiracy, after allegedly stealing from an unlisted number of liquor stores across Kansas, including four in Emporia: Carlos Liquor, Emporia Liquor & Wine, Liquor Locker and The Liquor Store. The case is being prosecuted by the Kansas Attorney General’s Office and is the first organized retail crime prosecution by the office since a change in state law passed last year.
Co-defendant Dwayne Rhoden was arrested in Kentucky on unrelated felony charges in July. Attorney General Kris Kobach says Rhoden is refusing to waive extradition and Kansas charges have not been filed in this case.
