HUTCHINSON — A 27-year-old Hutchinson man charged with attempted first-degree murder after he allegedly attacked a Reno County prosecutor. Michael Sherman was arraigned Wednesday and entered a “not guilty” plea.
Sherman was charged with the attempted murder count or an alternative county of aggravated battery. The case is being prosecuted by a former Assistant District Attorney for Reno County, Greg Benefiel, who now works for the Kansas Attorney General’s office.
Sherman is alleged to have attacked Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder on July 10 after retired Judge William “Buck” Lyle upheld his sentence in a child sex case. Sherman is alleged to have jumped on Schroeder, who was sitting at the prosecution table a few feet away, and choked with restraints.
Schroeder said he had marks on his neck, which showed where the chains were around him, a mark behind his ear that was tender and an abrasion on his forehead as result of the attack.
Judge Trish Rose set a trial date of June 10.
Sherman is serving a life sentence for aggravated criminal sodomy of his own infant child in August 2012. He was sentenced under Jessica’s law.