A Larned man was convicted on five counts of child sex crimes. Last Friday, a jury said 39-year-old Justin Hammond was guilty of five of the nine counts he faced.
The crimes are alleged to have occurred in Pawnee County between July 8, 2018, and December 15, 2018. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation handled the investigation following a referral by the Pawnee County Sheriff.
In a July 10, 2020, first appearance, Hammond was charged with five counts of Aggravated Indecent Liberties with a Child, to wit: sexual intercourse with a child 14 or 15 years of age; and three counts of Indecent Liberties with a Child, to wit; lewd fondling of a child 14 or 15 years of age.
Hammond turned himself in on July 10 to the Pawnee County Sheriff and was released from custody the same day after posting a $75,000 bond. Following the jury trial, Hammond was ordered to register as a sex offender, and he was remanded into the custody of the Pawnee County Sheriff. He faces a presumptive prison sentence between 59 months and 247 months in prison at a later sentencing date.