Posted August 07, 2018 06:37am
(KNZA)--The third and final suspect in a 2017 Hiawatha home invasion has been sentenced to more than 4 years in prison.
Brown County Attorney Kevin Hill says 28-year-old Oscar Martinez, of Bern, was sentenced Monday to 49 months in prison on a charge of aggravated robbery and to 41 months on a charge of aggravated battery.
The sentences were ordered to be served concurrently or at the same time.
Martinez pleaded no contest to the charges in July. In exchange for the plea, charges of aggravated burglary and criminal restraint.
He was arrested in February on a Brown County warrant and extradited from the state of Nebraska where he had been held on separate charges.
Co-defendants, Sabetha residents Edgar Martinez and Jazmene Hicks, were sentenced last November on charges in the case.
Edgar Martinez was sentenced to 5 ½ years in prison, while Hicks was placed on 36-months supervised probation.
Authorities say the trio broke into a home at 121 Apache Street in Hiawatha on May 16th of last year. The occupant, Ray Atlakson, told police he was battered and robbed, with his hands bound behind his back before the suspects fled the scene.
Taken were pair of car keys, billfold and a RCA tablet.
Atlakson was treated for injuries at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.