WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man who kicked a black child and yelled racial slurs in a Wichita grocery store will be sent to prison after failing at rehabilitation efforts.
Trace Riff, 33, was sentenced Thursday to two years and four months in prison. Prosecutors say he kicked the 1-year-old boy in December 2018 while the child was in a store with his pregnant mother and an older sibling.
He pleaded no contest in May 2019 to attempted aggravated battery, disorderly conduct and drug charges. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said rehabilitation efforts for Riff had failed. Riff's family and attorney say he suffers from mental health issues and a drug addiction.