LARNED – A Backyard Metropolis lady convicted for a job in an escape by a sexual offender from Larned State Hospital final June was sentenced on Thursday to 16 months in jail.
Liliana Guadalupe Houser, 45, pleaded no contest on Jan. 6 to counts of illegal sexual relations with a affected person whereas employed by the Kansas Division for Growing old and Disabilities Providers (KDADS), trafficking in contraband in a care and therapy facility, and obstructing within the apprehension or prosecution of a registered intercourse offender.
The costs stemmed from an investigation by the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Division following the June 30, 2021, escape of John Freeman Colt from the Sexual Predator Therapy Program situated on the campus of Larned State Hospital. Colt was recaptured in Utah three months later.
Houser, who appeared earlier than Pawnee County District Decide Bruce Gatterman for sentencing, requested probation, arguing she didn’t pose a hazard to the general public.
She claimed Chilly manipulated her at a time she was significantly weak attributable to stress at work, a deteriorating marriage, and the lack of her grownup son within the Spring of 2021, in line with a launch from Pawnee County Lawyer Douglas W. McNett.
The State requested the courtroom to comply with sentencing pointers and sentence Houser to 32 months in jail. Prosecutors argued that regardless of her having prior information of Colt’s escape plans, Houser took no actions to warn the hospital or legislation enforcement. The breach of her fiduciary responsibility as a hospital worker positioned each her co-workers and the general public at risk.
After listening to the defendant’s statements and the arguments of counsel, Gatterman sentenced Houser to a lowered sentence of 16 months on every rely, with the counts to run concurrently and credit score for time served whereas awaiting prosecution. She’s been within the custody since Oct. 8, 2021.
The Court docket additionally ordered Houser to register as a Intercourse Offender for 25 years upon her launch from jail.
McNett famous the departure sentence was according to that of Colean McKoy in 2008 for helping Perry Isley in escaping from the Sexual Predator Therapy Program.