KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Tonganoxie, Kansas, man was found guilty Friday after forcing one family's car to crash into a tree and screaming he would hurt a customer in a Tonganoxie store.
Timothy Detrick, 46, was convicted of aggravated battery, aggravated endangering a child in one incident and criminal threat in a second incident, according to a news release from the Leavenworth County District Attorney's Office.
"It’s horrible how much this man has terrorized our community," Leavenworth County District Attorney Todd Thompson said in the release. "We’re grateful no one was more seriously hurt and we can work to try and prevent anyone else from getting hurt.
The first incident happened Nov. 7, 2020, when Detrick walked into a G&P Country Mart in Tonganoxie and began screaming at customer that he would hurt him.
No reason was found for Detrick's actions in the store.
Just over a month later, Detrick forced a family's car off 4th Street in Tonganoxie.
A man, his wife and three children were in the car when Detrick's car sped behind the family's car.
Detrick slammed into their car and the family tried to get away, but he managed to force the car off the road, hit a tree and landed in a ditch.
An angry Detrick got out of his vehicle and screamed at the family, "Do you know why you're still alive? Do you know why you're not dead right now?"
Leavenworth County deputies had to use a taser on Detrick when he refused to surrender peacefully.
No one in the family suffered serious injuries.
Detrick is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 4.
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