Man sentenced for Shawnee house fire that injured family

Youth Pastor Sobs Asking Forgiveness After Stabbing Wife & 5 Kids and Setting Home on Fire

Matthew Lee Richards broke down in a Kansas court room this week, as he addressed both the judge and his family before he was sentenced for a grisly attack on his wife and five children.

Children’s Pastor Stabbed Wife and 5 Kids in Vicious Spree — and Innocent Son's Question Still Haunts the Case

Matthew Lee Richards was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prisonJohnson County Sheriff's Office Matthew Lee RichardsThe Kansas youth pastor who attempted to kill his family and then set his home on fire was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison.Matthew Lee Richards was sentenced to 29 years and 5 months in prison on Wednesday, March 28, according to online court records.In February, Richards pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree…

Man jailed for petrol bomb attack on young family’s home as judge says ‘it was luck this was not a far greater tragedy’

A man who put the lives of a mum and her two children at risk when he threw a petrol bomb at his neighbour's home was jailed for more than four years.

Former children's pastor who attempted to murder his family sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison

Just over a month after pleading guilty to attempting to murder his family because he didn’t want them to discover they were being evicted from their foreclosed home, former children's pastor Matthew Lee Richards was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for his crime. #MatthewLeeRichards #CrossroadsChristianChurch #Murdersentence

Former Shawnee pastor sentenced to nearly 30 years for stabbing family, setting home on fire

A former Shawnee youth pastor has been sentenced to more than 29 years in prison for stabbing his family and setting his home on fire.

Man who stabbed family, set home on fire sentenced for attempted murder

A father and former youth pastor has been sentenced for two counts of attempted murder following an incident in September 2023.