HUTCHINSON – A Kansas man arrested in Reno County on four felony charges including burglary of a vehicle and felony flee and elude entered guilty pleas to those two charges on Friday.

Judge Tim Chambers then sentenced Gilford Sherley Jr., 51, Maize, to 1-year and three months in jail.

In addition to the burglary and flee and elude crimes, Sherley was also charged with interference with law enforcement and criminal possession of a firearm. The state dropped those charges as part of a plea agreement.

On Jan. 16, 2012, a Reno County Sheriff deputy was dispatched to Arlington and Victory Roads in Reno County for the report of an auto burglary.

Two men had entered the vehicle and taken a shotgun. They then left northbound on Victory Road in a blue and gray suburban.

A Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper had located a vehicle that matched the suspect vehicle and tried to stop it.

The vehicle fled from the trooper and entering a field. The chase continued into Sedgwick County and ended in the area of 37th Street North and Maize Road, in the city of Maize.

The two occupants then fled on foot and were later found hiding nearby.

Sherley was driving the vehicle and Donald Cook was the passenger.
Cook was sentenced for this case and is currently serving time on these charges and for others in Sedgwick County.

Sherley also has convictions for robbery, kidnapping and drugs in Wyandotte County.