Sep 14, 2024

Kansas felon going back to prison for violent knife attack

Posted Sep 14, 2024 10:00 PM
Baskin has a 2023 conviction for criminal damage to property, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections.
Baskin has a 2023 conviction for criminal damage to property, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections.

RENO COUNTY— A Kansas felon is going back to prison after sentenced for a violent knife attack in May.

On Friday, 26-year-old Briantey L. Baskin was sentenced to 620 months for attempted murder in the first degree, 41 months for aggravated battery, 12 months for aggravated assault and six months for criminal threat, according to the Reno County District Attorney's office.

The attempted murder and battery charges will be served concurrently, while the assault and criminal threat charges will be served consecutively.

Police at the scene of the investigation in May Photo by Nick Gosnell.
Police at the scene of the investigation in May Photo by Nick Gosnell.

Baskin pleaded guilty on Aug. 15 to all four charges.

On May, 9, police were dispatched to 1st Avenue and Main Street in Hutchinson for a disturbance, according to a media release from Police Capt. Dayton Gates. When officers arrived on scene, they located a man with a laceration to his body. Another victim reported a man threatening him with a knife during the same incident.

The injured victim was transported to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for treatment. Police arrested  Baskin in connection with the crime.

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