SEDGWICK COUNTY —The trial for a man accused in connection with an Amber Alert in September of 2024 is underway in a Wichita courtroom.
Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of 30-year-old Trevawn Strong of Wichita in Judge Christopher Magana's courtroom, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
Strong has been charged with abuse of a child, two counts of aggravated battery, two counts of aggravated assault, three counts of aggravated endangering a child, three counts of criminal threat, and misdemeanor counts of domestic battery, criminal restraint, and criminal damage to property, according the district attorney's office.
Just before 5 p.m. September 11, 2024, Strong forcibly took his 5-year-old son Trevawn Strong Jr from his mother utilizing a knife and firearm during a domestic incident at their residence in Wichita, according to police.
Strong threatened to kill his son, stabbed the boy's mother, and took the child. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation reported the boy was in imminent danger. The suspect left in a vehicle, but that vehicle was recovered in the 1900 block of N. Woodlawn in Wichita.
Just before 9p.m. police located the child and took Strong into custody.
He remains free on a $250,000 bond with conditions including electronic monitoring with pre-trial services, according to the district attorney's office.