A Wichita man was sentenced to over seventeen years in prison for a 2021 robbery and battery. Jacob Caddell, 21, pled guilty to two counts of aggravated battery and one count of aggravated robbery after stealing a car, robbing a Kwik Shop and shooting a man in the face.
Prosecutors said on May 29, 2021, a man told police that three men stole his car but later called to tell him they would return it. While the man waited near the intersection of W 31st and S Meridian, one of the men shot him in the face.
Three days later, on June 1, 2021, the Kwik Shop in the 2700 block of S Oliver St. was robbed by two men. They stole $180 in cash and $770 worth of tobacco products.
Police found the stolen car traveling 80 mph on W. Kellogg. An officer tried to stop the vehicle but called off the chase near Grove and Central. A mile later, the car crashed near the intersection of Central and Hillside.
The driver was identified as Caddell. He ran from the scene of the crash, carrying an AR-15-style rifle. Police dogs assisted in finding Caddell in the garage of a house in the 400 block of S. Chautauqua.
Police arrested Caddell and, during a search of the vehicle, found the stolen cigarettes and cigars from the Kwik Shop, along with a semi-automatic pistol.