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Lansing inmate found guilty following 2024 escape
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An inmate who escaped the Lansing Correctional Facility last year was found guilty this week.
On Monday, a Leavenworth County jury found 55-year-old Bradley G. Verstraete guilty of aggravated escape from custody following a one-day trial.
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He was serving an 8.5-year prison sentence for attempted murder and aggravated assault on a police officer in 2017 in Pratt County.
He was . Surveillance footage showed Verstraete walking out without authorization. He was declared an escapee shortly thereafter.
Verstraete was a minimum security inmate at the time of his escape. He was arrested the next day by Lansing police.
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He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11.
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