Feb 09, 2023

Preliminary hearing set for ex Kan. cop charged with rape

Posted Feb 09, 2023 10:00 AM
Allen remains free on a $250,000 bond-photo Reno Co.
Allen remains free on a $250,000 bond-photo Reno Co.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The rape case against a former Hutchinson police officer will have its pretrial hearing in April.

Following a Wednesday status conference, Judge Daniel Gilligan set the pretrial hearing for Todd W. Allen for April 10 at 8:30 a.m.

The formal charges filed against Allen include 17 felonies and seven misdemeanors. 

Allen was arrested August 17 and is charged with two counts of rape or alternative counts of aggravated sexual battery.  

The charges also include three counts of attempted rape or alternative counts of aggravated sexual battery, two more counts of aggravated sexual battery, aggravated indecent liberties with a child, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of attempted aggravated sexual battery.  

The two counts of rape are level one person felonies.  Allen also faces five counts of breach of privacy and two misdemeanor counts of sexual battery.  He is currently free on a $250,000 bond.