A judge recently sentenced a Parsons man to probation for aggravated domestic battery and related charges.
However, Judge Steve A. Stockard ordered Justin A. Alvarez, 36, 1401 Chess, to serve a 60-day sanction in the Labette County Jail as part of his probation. Alvarez should be released by early October.
Alvarez pleaded guilty in early April in Labette County District Court to amended charges of aggravated domestic battery, stalking, both felonies, and criminal restraint, a misdemeanor.
The amended complaint alleges that on Oct. 6, 2024, Alvarez impeded the breathing or circulation of a woman with whom he had a dating relationship. The stalking and restraint charges alleged those criminal actions on the same date.
During his plea, Alvarez’ attorney, Kyle Fleming, said his client did not have a criminal history, which means he would be eligible for probation under Kansas law. The plea requires Alvarez to complete the batterer’s intervention program within 60 days, receive a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow its recommendations and remain on house arrest with GPS monitoring until sentencing. He is also to refrain from contacting his former girlfriend.
Alvarez was to be sentenced in mid-summer but the county attorney filed a new complaint alleging felony stalking, involving the same victim, within weeks of his entering a plea in the older case. His attorney claimed the incidents appeared to be chance encounters on the street.
Alvarez was sentenced in early August for both cases. His journal entry was filed last week. Judge Stockard sentenced Alvarez to 20 months in prison for aggravated domestic battery and stalking, which was the aggravated number of months listed in Kansas sentencing law. Stockard also sentenced Alvarez to another 12 months in jail for criminal restraint, a misdemeanor. Stockard suspended the prison and jail terms and placed Alvarez on probation for two years because of his lack of criminal history and requirements under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines. He ordered. Alvarez to serve 60 days in jail as part of his probation.
Alvarez also received a consecutive 12-month jail term on the 2025 case after he pleaded to misdemeanor stalking (the charge filed after Alvarez pleaded in the older case). The 2025 charge was originally a felony.
So, Alvarez’ controlling term would be 20 months in prison and two years in the county jail if his probation is revoked and he is ordered to serve his time.
He was also ordered to pay the woman he battered $3,276.97 as restitution at the rate of $150 a month for 22 months.
The woman he battered spoke at sentencing, according to Deputy County Attorney Alan Brereton. She also posted on social media pictures of her bruised face, neck and body after the crime.
She wrote that she posted the pictures and told her story to give courage to those suffering from domestic abuse so they know they are not alone, there is help available and that they can survive.
She gave a shout out to the Parsons Police Department’s Domestic Violence Unit as well. “Love doesn’t hurt. Abuse does,” her post concluded.
