ATCHISON COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating a convicted felon on new allegations of a violent crime.
Just before midnight on January 24, officers responded to a disturbance at a residence in the 700 block Kearney in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson. Two victims, a 66-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman reported that during the disturbance they were struck in the head with a handgun by 20-year-old Colten Cornett.
Cornett had left the residence before officers arrived. On February 3, police took him into custody in the 800 block North 9th Street on a Kansas Department of Corrections detain order for parole violation. He is still in custody. Cornett has a previous conviction for Flee or elude Law Enforcement with five or more moving violations, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.