Escapee sentenced to fourteen years

A prison sentence of nearly 14 years was handed down to Michael Wayne Martsolf, 34, Joplin, Mo. Cherokee County District Court Judged issued the sentence Friday morning.

Martsolf was sentenced to 165 months of incarceration in the Kansas Department of Corrections after having pleaded guilty in August of this year to a May 2021 aggravated escape from custody charge, as well as pleading guilty to vio…