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On May 28 at 2 p.m. at the Ness County Courthouse in Ness City, Kansas, I would greatly appreciate as many veterans and concerned citizens as are able to come help me fight for justice for a retired Major of the United States Air Force, the 92-year-old retired major was an OR nurse in Vietnam.
A Ransom couple was arrested in July 2024 on charges of mistreatment of an elderly person, a level 5 felony, and a class A misdemeanor of criminal restraint, as well as a class A misdemeanor of endangerment. As of March 2025, the charges of mistreatment of an elderly person, a level 5 felony is what the charges are against the woman. Her husband is still charged with the level 5 felony of mistreatment of an elderly person and the two class A misdemeanors of criminal restraint and endangerment. They both entered a plea of no contest to their charges.
In Kansas (K.S.A. 21-5417), mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder person can be a level 5 felony if the aggregated value of the resources taken is at least $25,000 but less than $100,000. This type of mistreatment includes inflicting physical abuse, unreasonable confinement or punishment, taking personal property or financial resources, depriving treatment, or neglecting their case. A level 5 felony carries a sentence ranging from 1 to 10 years in prison. The sentencing judge will be the person to determine the actual sentencing.
When you look at your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, I'd like you to think about the face, if not for those OR nurses, nurses, Naval corpsman, medics and doctors, those children might not exist. It's our turn. We must fight for one of those veterans that fought for the freedom's that we all have and are blessed with in the United States!!!
"If you disrespect one veteran, you are disrespecting every single veteran!"
I would like to thank all the many people that have helped in so many ways over the last year to right for justice with me in one way or another. No human being let alone a United States veteran should ever be mistreated or disresepected in the way that my friend was.
— Renata Kraft,
victim's friend