HUTCHINSON -Two Kansas teens suspected of several automobile burglaries in the city of Nickerson were in court Wednesday for the formal reading of charges.

Kyle Nisbeth, 19, is now charged with 20 felony and misdemeanor counts, including several counts of auto-burglary, burglary of a non-dwelling, several counts of theft, including the theft of two firearms, one a shotgun and the other a rifle. He remains in jail on a bond of $57,500.

Quentin Zumalt, 19, is charged with eight counts of auto burglary and eight counts of misdemeanor theft.

Zumalt, who is free on bond, appeared with his attorney Stan Juhnke and they waived the reading of the charges.

During the investigation of these burglaries by the Patrol Division of the Reno County Sheriff’s Office a possible suspect vehicle was found in the driveway of a residence in Nickerson.
After talking to the residents the vehicle was seized as evidence, because there were items visible in the vehicle that appeared to be from the recent burglaries and the vehicle was identified as one of interest in other recent crimes in Reno County.

Ultimately 8 burglary reports were taken over $7200 worth of property was reported as stolen and some of that property has been recovered.
The cases against the two suspects will now moved to a future waiver-status docket next month.