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GoogleDuring a pretrial hearing Thursday, a motion for a continuance was made by Bourbon County Attorney Terri Johnson, the prosecuting attorney in Fred Thornton's case. Johnson filed an order of continuance on all pretrial motions in the case. Pretrial motions are now scheduled to be heard during a preliminary hearing set to take place from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Aug. 21, according to court documents.
Harry Warren is the defense attorney for the case.
Thornton is currently incarcerted on charges related to an incident that occurred Sept. 15, 2008, in Bronson. Thornton and his daughter, Laura Thornton, both allegedly participated in an assault on a woman in a case of domestic violence. Last November, both Thorntons pleaded not guilty during separate arraignments.
On Sept. 15, 2008, officers were dispatched to a residence at 403 Wright St., on a domestic violence-related call. Preliminary investigations that night resulted in Fred Thornton's arrest on multiple charges, including attempted murder in the first degree, aggravated battery, violation of a court order, and criminal trespass in defiance of a court order.
Laura Thornton was arrested on Oct. 21 in connection with the same case. She was arrested for her involvement in the assault on alleged victim Carol Keele, who was severely beaten and injured during the incident, according to information obtained during the investigation of the case. Keele was transported to Mercy Health Center and later to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., to be treated for injuries.
Earlier this month, Laura Thornton pleaded no contest to aiding and abetting aggravated battery, a severity level five person felony, after the original counts of aiding and abetting attempted murder in the first degree, aiding and abetting aggravated battery, and domestic battery were amended to the single charge of aiding and abetting aggravated battery. She received a 36-month probation sentence for the crime rather than the original 32-month jail sentence, which was suspended, court documents said.
The full jury trial for Fred Thornton, currently in custody at the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center in lieu of a $500,000 bond, is set to take place Sept. 22-25.
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I am glad that the daughter didn't get any time. From what I have heard about her she is not a bad person. She should have never been charged with this.