HUTCHINSON — A Kansas man who fled from police last year and started a fire was sentenced Monday in Reno County court.

Scott Lutz, 26, Hutchinson, convicted on a felony charge of arson and two misdemeanors in one case, and felony flee and elude and possession of stolen property in another will spend just over seven years in jail.

Lutz was charged with aggravated arson, but as part of a plea agreement, he entered a plea to arson, a level five felony when it should have been a level six.

The state attempted to get the agreement set aside. Judge Chambers who then sentenced Lutz to half the sentence the state recommended denied that.

On October 8, 2014, Lutz led law enforcement on a high-speed chase, which reached speeds of over 100 miles per hour.

The pursuit was called off after Lutz passed a school bus and there was a concern on the part of law enforcement for public safety. He was last seen around 108th and Halstead in extreme northeast Reno County.

Four days later police got information that Lutz was hiding in an attic of a residence in the 400 Block of East B Street.

Officers responded to the home and established verbal contact with him, but he refused to comply and set a small fire in the attic. With the assistance of the Hutchinson Fire Department and the Reno County Sheriff’s Office, officers gained access to the attic and placed Lutz into custody without incident.
Lutz will also get credit for time served while waiting for disposition in the two cases.