On April 14th the Linn County Kansas District Court sentenced 34 year old Lonnie Shane Martin of Ft. Scott Kansas to 226 months in a Kansas Department of Corrections facility for the following crimes:
1.) Rape
2.) Aggravated Indecent Liberties with a Child
Linn County Judge Andrea Purvis ordered Martin to serve the sentences consecutively and to register for the rest of his life as a sex offender.
Mr. Martin pleaded no contest to the charges on February 22nd according to court documents. The crimes took place between July 2014 and December 2017.
The case was investigated by the Linn County Sheriff's Department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.