Kansas man pleads no contest to attempted rape in 2019

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has pleaded no contest to attempted rape and is set to be sentenced in January for what happened in 2019.

Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said Saturday that 43-year-old Leavenworth man had changed his plea to no contest.

In August 2019, the man was arrested after officers found him lying in the grass next to an unconscious woman who had her pants and underwear off. The two of them were in an empty lot near the Leavenworth Interfaith Community of Hope.

A woman had called police after hearing screams of “stop” and “quit, you’re hurting me” coming from the area where the man and woman were found.

Thompson said police eventually revived the woman and took her to a hospital. The woman told officers initially that she didn’t know how she had arrived at that location or what happened.

Thompson said the man was arrested after he told police to leave. Later he told investigators that he and the woman had been having sex.

The man is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 12.