RENO COUNTY— One of the four young men convicted of being involved in the robbery of a Kwik Shop in Hutchinson was sentenced Friday and was given two years, 10-months in prison.

Kurt Koenig, 20, had entered a plea to conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery after waiving his preliminary hearing.

Police say he drove the vehicle for the other three and never actually entered the store.

The state asked for mid-range sentence, but Judge Tim Chambers gave him the maximum sentence.

As per agreement, none of the defendants can asked for any type of non-prison sanction.

Koenig told the judge there is nothing he could say to justify his actions and he let his family down was sorry for the victim, not only for the physical injuries but for the mental ones as well.

Dakota Ney, 18, also entered a plea to conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, but his sentence has been continued two weeks.

The other two suspects also waived their rights to a preliminary hearing and then entered pleas involving the Kwik Shop robbery as well as the burglary of a smoke shop.

Karl Koenig and Drake Lindsay both 19 entered pleas to aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit burglary with all the other charges dropped. The sentencing hearings for these two are expected next week.
On January 27, the four were involved in the robbery of the Kwik Shop at 43rd & Plum in Hutchinson.

It was Ney that forced the clerk to open the drawer and give money while the other two stole cigarettes and other items. He is also the one who knocked the victim to the floor, using a taser device on her and kicking her. She still suffers from those injuries and appeared in court with a walker.