By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
Former Ellis County District Court Administrator Amanda Truan has been charged with nine counts of felony identity fraud.
Truan is no longer an employee of the judicial district.
Truan — between Jan. 1, 2019, and Nov. 20, 2021 — allegedly altered, amended, counterfeited, manufactured or replicated documents containing information with personal identifying information with the intent to deceive, according to court records.
The documents were Kansas Judicial Branch office staff performance evaluation forms.
Only the initials of those whose performance evaluations were affected were used in the court documents, but according to the potential witness list, they include an Ellis County district court clerk, trial court clerks, court reporter, chief court services officer, a Rooks County court clerk, an Ellis County deputy court clerk, a Gove County district court clerk and a Trego County district court clerk.
Others listed as potential witnesses in the case are 23rd Judicial District Judge Glenn Bruan and former Judge Blake Bittle, Ellis County Attorney Robert Anderson and members of the Office of Judicial Administration staff.
Each count is punishable by up to 23 months in prison and/or up to a $100,000 fine.
The case is being prosecuted by the Kansas Attorney General's Office.
Truan has bonded out of jail and is scheduled to appear in court for a status conference at 11:30 a.m. Monday in Ellis County District Court.
Hays Post contacted the office of the 23rd Judicial District Administrative Judge Glenn Bruan, the Kansas Office of Judicial Administration and the Kansas Attorney General's office. All three offices said they could not comment on the case.