WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A Wichita inmate will spend more than five years in prison for throwing boiling water on a Sedgwick County detention deputy.

James Chavez was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to aggravated battery last month.

Back in April, Chavez threw boiling water on a detention deputy at the Sedgwick County Jail, causing second- and third-degree burns.

The incident happened on April 14 while the deputy was speaking with inmates in a housing pod. The sheriff’s office said that Chavez obtained a pot of boiling water and threw it on the deputy, causing second and third-degree burns to the back of his body.

Chavez, 20 at the time of the incident, was originally booked into the Sedgwick County Jail in March 2024 on pending juvenile charges, and later faced an additional c

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