WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – The CEO of a Wichita shipping company will be in Sedgwick County District Court in February on a felony charge of child abuse.
According to court records, Michael Ricklefs was arrested on Jan. 11 of this year. Ricklefs is the CEO of King of Freight in downtown Wichita.
This is not Ricklefs’ first abuse-releated case in Sedgwick County. In 2018, he pled guilty to felony battery charges and was sentenced to 18 months.
Ricklefs was also charged for felony battery in 2010, but the case was ultimately dismissed.
In 2006, Ricklefs pled guilty to a DUI and drug charges in Trego County.
He posted a $75,000 bond on Thursday and will be back in court on Feb. 9.
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