A Bee resident is set to make his preliminary appearance in Seward County Court on Dec. 11 in relation to a total of eight felony charges.
Ty Sullivan faces two charges of first-degree sexual assault on a minor, two charges of third-degree sexual assault of a minor, two charges of intentional child abuse, one charge of possession of a firearm by prohibited person (first offense) and one charge habitual criminal.
Seward County Deputies were dispatched to Sullivan's home on Nov. 2 to investigate a report of sexual assault of a minor. According to court documents, following interviews with two victims and Sullivan himself, he was arrested on charges of sexual assault of a minor.
After being advised he was being booked, Sullivan responded “I'll be the bad guy.”
When deputies arrived at the residence they were informed there was a shotgun inside the residence. According to court records, deputies observed the shotgun located in the unlocked gun cabinet in the living room with the glass pane missing out of its right door. A large black handle knife was also found in the cabinet that Sullivan immediately admitted ownership of.
This violated terms of his probation. Sullivan remained on probation stemming from charges of burglary, theft by stolen property and theft by unlawful taking related to an arrest in 2000. Sullivan went to prison, where he escaped briefly in 2002. He and a fellow inmate escaped Jefferson County Jail by overpowering a jailer and stealing their keys. A pursuit ended when the car Sullivan was in rammed a patrol vehicle and went into a ditch. Sullivan and the other inmate fled on foot but were apprehended.
He received additional charges of escape and first-degree false imprisonment.
Sullivan spent 16 years in prison in total.
He remains in Seward County Jail while waiting to appear in court.
