(KNZA)--An Atchison man has pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter in the beating death of a Cummings man in 2019.
46-year-old Scott Vandeloo entered the plea October 14 in Doniphan County District Court, canceling a jury trial that had been set for this week.
Vandeloo was among three Atchison men charged with second-degree murder in the death of 42-year-old Jason Pantle.
Sentencing was scheduled for December 8.
Last month, a Doniphan County jury found 24-year-old Brian Spilman, Jr., guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Pantle. He's scheduled to be sentenced November 3.
A jury trial for the third defendant, Matthew “ Cole” Scherer, has been pushed back to March 28 of next year.
Authorities allege the trio engaged in altercations with Pantle during a September 22, 2019 party in southern Doniphan County. Pantle died later at a Kansas City Hospital after suffering what investigators called serious head injuries.
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