A wide-ranging local theft case, involving dozens of victims in Anderson and surrounding counties and more than three years in the making, may in fact finally be set for a preliminary hearing in Anderson County District Court, Tuesday March 21st.. Marvin Slyter of Garnett was charged with nine counts of theft last June and is alleged to have stolen nearly a million dollars in agricultural and other farm equipment from the victims.
A preliminary hearing isset for 9:00 tomorrow morning. Victims included in the initial charges include private individuals along with the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Financial Services arm of John Deere.
Anderson County sheriff, Vern Valentine says the volume of the thefts and the fact that they were executed and recovered in numerous multi-county locations, led to the extended time required to put the case together.
