Jury finds Kansas sheriff not guilty of mistreating suspect
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November 16, 2018
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas jury took less than 15 minutes to find Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir not guilty of a misdemeanor for allegedly slapping a handcuffed man.
The Hutchinson News reported that the verdict Friday followed a three-day trial in a case the sheriff has called a "politically motivated witch hunt" by the county attorney's office.
Questions to the county attorney's office were referred to an attorney who was gone for the day.
The defense attorney told jurors the sheriff slapped the suspect in a propane theft on the back of the head as someone would do a child.
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