Aug 10, 2021

Guilty plea in Kan. police pursuit crash that killed man

Posted Aug 10, 2021 4:55 PM
Traffic backed up due to the Sept. 2019 fatal crash-photo courtesy Kansas City Scout
Traffic backed up due to the Sept. 2019 fatal crash-photo courtesy Kansas City Scout

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A 31-year-old Kansas City man has pleaded guilty in a crash in Kansas that killed an Illinois man. Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said

Anthony Dorsey pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Nathan Pena, of Brookfield, Illinois.

Dorsey photo Leavenworth Co.
Dorsey photo Leavenworth Co.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash occurred on Interstate 70 in Leavenworth County in September 2019 when Dorsey was fleeing troopers over an alleged vehicle registration violation.

The patrol says Pena was driving another vehicle and both men swerved to avoid a collision but their vehicles crashed. Dorsey faces up to 49 years in prison when he is sentenced Sept. 17.