HUTCHINSON, Kan. - A man who held police at bay for seven
hours at a Hutchinson law firm has been sentenced to 18 years in
prison.
Thirty-one-year-old Nathan Cunningham was sentenced Tuesday in
Reno County Court.
Cunningham entered the law office of David Holmes Feb. 19 and
held five people - including his estranged wife - hostage. The
hostages were allowed to leave or escaped but Cunningham stayed in
the building another seven hours.
He eventually left the building after police used tear gas.
Cunningham was also ordered to pay more than $56,000 restitution
for damage to the office.
