A Grain Valley, Mo., man was convicted today in Wyandotte County District Court of rape, aggravated assault and aggravated burglary.
Ryan E. Pederson, 35, was convicted in an incident that happened on March 5, 2015, according to the Wyandotte County district attorney’s office.
Sentencing for Pederson is scheduled for 9 a.m. March 23.
Jennifer Tatum, deputy district attorney, and Jose Guerra, assistant district attorney, prosecuted the case for the state of Kansas.
“The convictions that we received from the hard work of Deputy District Attorney Tatum, was amazing. It was hard fought, and done in conjunction with Assistant District Attorney Guerra and the fantastic investigative work on behalf of the Kansas City, Kan.. Police Department, and their detectives,” said Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree.
“It goes to show that there is no crime that happens in this county that we do not care about, especially when someone is burglarized and raped. If they do the hard part, of coming forward and speaking out, then my office is going to do the hard part of fighting this thing through…all the way through in court, and reaching, I believe, the right end, which is the conviction of someone that need not be on our streets,” Dupree said in a news release.