An Emporia woman who pleaded no contest to theft and dealing in false identification documents in connected cases starting with much more serious counts has received probation in both cases
Iris Sandoval-Flores had reached separate plea agreements in one case involving counts of theft and illegal dentistry and a second case including counts of human smuggling and identity theft. In the theft case, Judge Laura Miser sentenced Sandoval-Flores to one year of probation with an underlying prison term of nine months for probation violations. In the dealing in false ID document plea, Judge Miser sentenced Sandoval-Flores to 18 months probation with an 11-month underlying prison term for violations — and a 60-day jail stay as part of probation. Lyon County Attorney Amy Aranda says the false ID sentence is the controlling term and both sentences will be served consecutively. Aranda also says Sandoval-Flores has to repay CareArc over $4,300.
Sandoval-Flores was among eight defendants allegedly involved in producing, supplying and using false documents like drivers licenses and Social Security cards, as well as illegally harboring a person illegally possibly for exploitation purposes and having an unlicensed dental operation inside the Sandoval-Flores home. Most of the other cases have led to plea agreements and/or sentences:
*Martha Lopez-Alvarado is set for sentencing Friday on suspicion of misdemeanor marijuana possession
*Francisco Pichardo-Machado , Martin Pichardo-Machado and Hugo Cardona-Argueto have all been sentenced to time served for misdemeanor marijuana possession.
Case resolutions are still pending against Rigoberto Sandoval-Sandoval, Ana Figueroa and Edwar Benavidez-Sanchez, listed on the Kansas District Court Public Access Portal as Jerlin Jeovanny Cerna-Arguello. None of the three appeared for hearings this past summer and their cases have since stalled.
