WICHITA — A Gardner man who took part in a 2013 chase and shootout that injured a sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to more than 35 years in prison.
The Wichita Eagle reports that 38-year-old Jason Perez has been ordered to serve the term for about a dozen felony crimes he and his then-girlfriend committed on March 11, 2013.
Among his convictions is the attempted first-degree murder of Sedgwick County sheriff’s deputy Lucas Powell. Powell was injured when he confronted the couple during a traffic stop on I-135 near Potwin. The incident ended in an exchange of gunfire.
Perez’s girlfriend, Clara Crosser, is serving a more than 20-year prison sentence. She fired the shot that hit Powell.
The sentence was handed down Thursday by a Butler County judge.
