Lamberson to face "serious" charges in Florida
A Horton man convicted of fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer in a high-speed motorcycle chase through Holton in September is expected to return to Florida to face “rather serious” charges there, it was reported.
During a sentencing hearing on Friday in Jackson County District Court, 39-year-old Jeremiah L. Lamberson received a 12-month sentence with the Kansas Department of Corrections on the felony fleeing or attempting to elude charge from Kansas Second District Judge Jeff Elder. The sentence was suspended to 12 months of presumptive probation by Elder.
Lamberson will likely go to Florida next to face criminal charges of “a rather serious nature,” Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller said during the sentencing hearing. Miller also agreed to Lamberson’s probation, adding that with the charges he is facing in Florida, “we don’t expect him back in Kansas for a long time.”
A spokeswoman from the Broward State Attorney’s Office in Broward County, Florida, said Friday that specific information on charges against Lamberson could not be publicly divulged until he returns to Florida and has been processed on the charges.
Miller said during Friday’s hearing that Lamberson had not yet been arrested by Florida authorities on the unspecified charges, which allegedly stem from an incident that occurred in Broward County, Florida, earlier this year. Lamberson’s attorney, Andrew Delaney of Hiawatha, confirmed that Lamberson was not on bond on the unspecified charges.
Lamberson’s local charges stemmed from a Sept. 17 incident in which he led police officers on a high-speed motorcycle chase through Holton that ended in Atchison County. A district court docket on Lamberson stated that following his arrest, he was charged with interference with a law enforcement officer/obstructing official duty, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, driving while license cancelled/suspended/revoked and no proof of insurance.
During Lamberson’s first court appearance, held Sept. 24, he waived a preliminary hearing and entered a no-contest plea to the felony charge of fleeing or attempting to elude. Miller said during that hearing that the sentencing process was being expedited because Lamberson “just wants to get this over with” and take care of the matter in Florida.
Lamberson’s sentence included 36 days of credit for time served at the Jackson County Detention Center, Miller said.
