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LV home invasion earns guilty conviction

By Brian Hagen

09/30/2022

(KAIR)--A Leavenworth man, arrested for an armed home invasion in March, has been convicted for his crimes in Leavenworth County District Court.

According to a release from Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson, the guilty verdict was handed down Tuesday for 23-year-old Dejuan Sweet. Sweet, following a two day jury trial, was found guilty for aggravated burglary, two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated endangering a child, and battery.

His sentencing is scheduled for November 4.

According to Thompson’s release, it was March 26 when Sweet and another person entered a Leavenworth home, located at 901 5th Avenue, to collect money Sweet was owed. When the door was answered, Sweet pushed his way inside, demanding his money while pointing a handgun at a man and his pregnant girlfriend. Also in the home were other residents, including two children under the age of 6. When the father of one child tried to move her out of the room , Sweet pointed the gun toward both of them. He then started fighting with another occupant before fleeing the home after 911 was called.

According to Thompson, Sweet’s co-defendant plead to multiple charges in August.

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