GRANT COUNTY– A Kansas man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison on five charges for crimes committed in 2018 with a deadly weapon, according to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt.
Francisco Beltran, 30, of Ulysses, was sentenced this week in Grant County District Court by Judge Clinton Peterson on one count each of robbery, aggravated assault, criminal possession of a firearm, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery and contributing to a child’s misconduct.
Beltran was sentenced to 192 months in a Kansas Department of Corrections facility and will be required to register as a violent as a violent offender for 15 years upon his release.
The case was investigated by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Ulysses Police Department. The crimes occurred on or about August 18, 2018.
In August of 2021, Beltran escaped from the Grant County Jail. He was captured a few days later.
Beltran has three previous convictions for burglary, for theft and aggravated battery, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.