
HUTCHINSON – A Kansas man jailed early New Year’s Day for a charge of voluntary manslaughter after he allegedly stabbed a man to death was before a judge Monday where he became agitated over the amount of his bond.
Kevin Wayne Ginn Jr., 34, Hutchinson, is alleged to have stabbed 24-year-old Deshamus Diron Lucky during a large disturbance just after 2 a.m. in the area of 8th & Madison in Hutchinson.
It started at the Grand Slam Sports Bar where the victim of the stabbing, according to testimony on Monday may have struck Ginn.
The victim then left that bar and went to another. Ginn then showed up at that bar upset, so the victim then left there and went to the party in the 300 block of West 8th Street.
That’s when the suspect showed up and got into an altercation with another man, Mark Morgan who was apparently cut with the knife as well.
Lucky was stabbed during that altercation in his upper chest and collapsed on a porch. He was transported by Reno County EMS to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center where he later died from his wound.
Police have not charged Ginn for the wounds to Morgan, but that could still happen.
Ginn was taken to Hutchinson Regional to be treated for injuries, then taken to jail.
He complained during Monday’s court appearance about the bond. He said he was told it was only going to be $10,500.00, but when taken to jail complained that it was set at $50,000. He requested a bond reduction, however Magistrate Judge Cheryl Allen denied the request, which made the defendant angry, so much so that jailers at the Reno County Correctional Facility cut him off, telling him, “You’re done.”
The next court appearance will be next Monday when the state is expected to have filed formal charges.
Ginn is no stranger to the law with convictions for aggravated false impersonation, aggravated assault, domestic battery, drugs, battery of a law enforcement officer, assault of a law enforcement officer, criminal damage and obstruction. Most of the convictions are in Sedgwick County, but also includes convictions in Johnson, Labette and Wyandotte counties.
Police are still asking that anyone with information in the New Year’s Day case, should call Hutchinson Police Detective Dean Harcrow at 694-2867 or you can call Crime Stoppers of Reno County at 1-800-222-TIPS.