Man accused of assaulting Wichita detective outside motel will enter plea

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A man who was bound over for trial in the assault of a Wichita police detective now has a plea hearing scheduled instead.

Dayten Pollard was scheduled for arraignment Thursday morning in Sedgwick County District Court. At arraignment, defendants enter a plea, and depending on the plea, a trial is scheduled. But Pollard is now set for a plea hearing next month.

Pollard is charged with:

  • Two counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer
  • Battery of a law enforcement officer
  • Interference with a law enforcement officer
  • Burlgary
  • Theft

Pollard was arrested in March outside a North Broadway Avenue motel after police said he allegedly stole a Mercedes-Benz that had been left running in a driveway. He is accused of running from a police officer and a detective who were trying to arrest him, according to the Wichita Police Department…

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