A new preliminary hearing date is on the Lyon County docket as part of an alleged law enforcement pursuit late last month.
Kaitlynn Marie Mundell, age 32 of Emporia, was originally set for a prelim Tuesday but that was delayed at prosecutor request to Aug. 11 because of a schedule conflict.
Mundell remains charged with one count of aggravated battery on law enforcement, one count of interference with law enforcement, two counts of flee and elude and other traffic counts. She allegedly led a pursuit starting north of Emporia as the Unbound Gravel elite 200-mile races were getting started in downtown on May 31. Lyon County deputies called off the chase as they repositioned their resources in an effort to protect Unbound riders. Mundell’s pickup allegedly hit a cruiser driven by Deputy Doug Stump, sending him to Newman Regional Health with suspected minor injuries. Stump was released from care later that day.
Forty-three-year-old Preston Ashburn of Emporia, the alleged passenger, pleaded no contest to one count of drug possession after being charged with battery on and interference with law enforcement and paraphernalia possession. His sentencing is Aug. 4.
