HUTCHINSON— The Kansas Court of Appeals upheld the conviction for a former Kansas bonding agent found guilty on all but three counts against him and sentenced to just over 21 years in prison.

The court found no error against Dwight Jurgens, 68, Hutchinson, who was found guilty of two counts of aggravated human trafficking, two counts of attempting to commit aggravated human trafficking and two alternate counts of rape.

The human trafficking and aggravated counts are charged due to his authority of controlling persons because of his work in a bonding business. He worked for TNT bonding at the time of the crimes.

He was convicted for bonding female prisoners from the Reno County Jail and then threatening to send them back to jail if they didn’t have sex with him.

In at least one case, according to court testimony, one of the victims was given drugs by Jurgens and then passed out, only to discover him on top of her.