KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Olathe man will spend more than seven years in prison for the stabbing death of a man in November 2023.
A Johnson County judge sentenced Jesus Neri-Aguilar on Monday.
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He pleaded guilty on Feb. 14, 2025, to voluntary manslaughter and aggravated battery in the death of Jose Balleza-Ojeda, 26, in the 500 block of North Marion Street in Olathe.
Another man suffered non-life-threatening wounds in the incident.
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