By SALINA POST
MINNEAPOLIS - A Tescott man was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison Thursday for aggravated robbery and aggravated battery.
Chad Rico, 33, was sentenced Thursday in Ottawa County District Court by Chief Judge Rene S. Young to 228 months for aggravated robbery and 43 months for aggravated battery to be served consecutively in a Kansas Department of Corrections facility, according to information provided this morning by the Kansas Attorney General's Office. Rico was also ordered to pay $2,526.84 in restitution.
Rico's conviction stems from crimes in September 2020 when he held a man at gunpoint, robbed him, and forced him to make withdraws of cash from several ATMs and gas stations, Attorney General Derek Schmidt noted in a news release. Rico was convicted on Nov. 8, 2021.
The case was investigated by the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, Saline County Sheriff’s Office, Salina Police Department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant Attorneys General Amy Norton and Nicole Southall of Schmidt’s office, Schmidt noted.