by Darcy Gray
January 24, 2010
.The preliminary hearing for the Inman police chief accused of molesting four children has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. March 26 in McPherson County District Court, according to court records.
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Michael L. Akins Jr., 38, who remains in the McPherson County jail on $250,000 bond, was charged last week with 19 criminal counts and is accused of sexually abusing three girls and one boy between the ages of 9 and 14, according to the complaint filed against him by the Kansas Attorney Generals Office.
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Akins has hired McPherson-based attorney David Harger to represent him, district court staff confirmed Wednesday...
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The crimes are alleged to have occurred between December 2008 and December 2009...
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Akins was arrested Jan. 12 on a warrant after McPherson County Sheriff's deputies forcibly entered his home in Inman.
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Inman city officials have suspended Akins without pay and named police officer Bob Herron as acting police chief.Inman Mayor John O'Brien said Wednesday that no action was taken in Monday night's City Council meeting regarding Akin's job status. City officials "will not convict him until he's convicted," O'Brien reiterated Wednesday...
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.Previous Prairie Chicken post: Inman police chief arrested, accused of child sex crimes
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Couple of things. Comments left on the previous Prairie Chicken post (above link) are very supportive of Mike Akins. Don't know the guy, so I have no opinion one way or the other. What I do wonder, though, is why did they have to go to his house to arrest him and break in the door? He was/is the Police Chief--I would think he would walk right in to the station and turn himself in and make a statement on his innocence.
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The comments also seem to hold an idea that if the abuse accusations are from step-children, it is less believable than if the children were strangers. I don't understand this logic, unless the posters are saying the children and ex-wife are in cahoots to have Akins falsely incarcerated. Dangerous game, if true. Step-children are in greater danger than random victims, because they are very accessible and under the control of their abusers.
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These are just general statements. I'll wait for the court to figure it out.
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You questions are very valid and understandable. The reason the person made a point to mention it was step-children wasn't to emphasize the "step" factor. The news mentioned four victims without explanation. If Mikie was accused of four separate random cases of child molestation it would be must more believable and less likely of cohercement from an older sister. Yes many children are abused by their biological parents or relatives and by step parents. This in itself doesn't vindicate Mikie. I just want to make sure the point is made that this a family situation. I have knowledge from close friends of the children that would indicate that the 14 year old acted in anger because she was forced to break up with her boy friend. The brother is very protective and the sisters are very impressionable. None of this proves anything in absolute but I would like all of the facts on the table and not just what the AG wants to put out. The reason why I beleive that they arrested Mikie in this maner is because the mother works for the District Attorney and knows the Judge on a personal basis. The Sherif that led the team to Mikie's office is known to be a cowboy. Thanks for your questions
The one thing I don't quite get is that the alleged abuse only occured from 2008 to 2009. I find it hard to believe this guy (especially a Police Chief) just woke up one day and decided he would abuse these four children. I would expect some history or pattern to have emerged by now, someone else from his past that experienced the same abuse.
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