WICHITA, KAN. –A man who admitted shoplifting in several stores in Wichita is going to prison.
This week, Judge David Kaufman sentenced 29-year-old D’Amos Dear of Wichita to 21 months in prison with 12 months of post release supervision, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
In January of 2024, Dear and co-defendant Kara Aukes, 37 of Wichita, took clothing from Academy Sports and Dick’s Sporting Goods stores in Wichita, shoes from Kohl’s, a coffeemaker from JC Penney, and a ceiling fan from Lowe’s. The couple grabbed the items and ran out of the businesses.
Dear pled guilty to nine counts of theft in December. Because of his criminal history, Dear was “presumptive prison” under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines.
His co-defendant, Aukes, had fewer prior convictions than Dear and was “presumptive probation” under the guidelines. She was sentenced to probation in September.