Price alleged that Boyer was whispering things in his ear as he was walking Price to maximum security and one of the things Boyer said made him angry. Price testified during the hearing and said that he did not spit on or at the officer he only lunged toward the officer and said that it was “reactionary” to Boyer’s actions. “He turns around and spits right in my mouth,” Boyer said.īoyer said he then had to wrestle Price to the ground until help arrived. Boyer said Price then reared his head back and spit at him. Boyer asked him to “cuff up” and told Price he would be transported to the maximum security section of the jail.īoyer said Price eventually complied but called him a few names while he was transporting him. The officer, Hunter Boyer, testified that Price was pounding on his cell door and refused to stop. 17, 2022, when Price is alleged to have spit on a corrections officer at the Douglas County Jail. Donovan said that Price had served 610 days in custody, or about 20 months, since his arrest.Īfter Price was sentenced Monday, the court held a preliminary hearing for a felony charge of aggravated battery on a corrections officer in connection with an incident on or about Sept. In total, Price was sentenced to 60 months, or five years. 9, 2021, when Price smashed windows at Commerce Bank, 955 Iowa St., Crimson and Brews Bar, 925 Iowa St., QuikTrip, 900 Iowa St., and an apartment, all near the intersection of Ninth and Iowa streets. The charges are in connection with an incident on Sept. She sentenced him concurrently to six months each for additional counts of criminal damage and interference and 12 months concurrently for another count of battery on a law enforcement officer. 12, 2021, near the intersection of Ninth and Iowa streets.ĭonovan then sentenced Price to another 16 months for the first count of felony criminal damage and 12 months for a misdemeanor count of battery on a law enforcement officer, to run consecutively with the aggravated assault sentence in the previous case. Donovan ordered all of the sentences to run concurrently for a total of 32 months in the first case relating to throwing bricks at cars on Sept. I haven’t been the most easy-going throughout this process,” Price told Donovan.ĭonovan denied the motion for departure and sentenced Price to 32 months for one count of aggravated assault, 12 months for the second assault charge and six months for each of the three remaining misdemeanor counts of criminal damage. He ultimately thanked the judge for her patience. Price said he had a lot to say but that he wasn’t sure how to say it. Judge Stacey Donovan asked Price if he had any comments about the motion for probation. She said that Price believed he was a good candidate for probation and that he would comply with any recommendations of the court. On Monday, Price’s fifth attorney on the case, KiAnn Caprice, said that she filed a motion for a dispositional departure at the request of Price. He was finally fitted with an electric shock device in an effort to prevent further outbursts, as the Journal-World reported. The court held back-to-back trials for Price in December 2022, at which he caused several disturbances throughout the proceedings, including wrestling with court security officers and battering his attorney. The man, John Timothy Price, 35, was convicted by a Douglas County jury in December of two felony counts of aggravated assault for throwing brick pavers at cars as they passed him on the roadway, multiple felony and misdemeanor counts of criminal damage and multiple misdemeanor counts of battery on a law enforcement officer in connection with two incidents in September 2021. Price was convicted by a Douglas County jury of felony aggravated assault for throwing bricks at passing cars and smashing windows at businesses.Ī Lawrence man was sentenced on Monday in Douglas County District Court to five years in prison for throwing bricks at passing cars and smashing windows at several businesses in 2021. John Timothy Price is pictured at a sentencing hearing on May 15, 2023, in Douglas County District Court.
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