A Kansas man has been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon for an incident last year in which he was accused of abducting his 3-year-old daughter at gunpoint at the Army’s Fort Riley, the Justice Department announced. (U.S. Army)
A Kansas man has been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon for an incident last year in which he was accused of abducting his 3-year-old daughter at gunpoint at the Army’s Fort Riley, the Justice Department announced.
Jordan Thompson, 24, of Galena was convicted by a federal jury last week for assaulting an adult male with a 9mm pistol during a domestic dispute on Nov. 24, 2023, at the home of his estranged wife, who lived on the Army post, according to federal officials. Thompson is set to be sentenced by a federal district court judge on Dec. 12. He faces a maximum 10 years in prison.
Law enforcement officials at the time said after the altercation with the unnamed man and his estranged wife, a soldier stationed at Fort Riley, Thompson took his daughter without permission and fled the installation. State police issued an Amber Alert, asking the public to help them locate a bright orange 2015 BMW X1 driven by Thompson from the scene. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation described the girl as being in “imminent danger” in the alert.
The daughter was recovered safe later that day in Butler County about 100 miles south of Fort Riley, law enforcement officials said. Thompson and another woman were arrested at that time, and the Justice Department announced Nov. 27, 2023, that it had charged Thompson with assault.
Fort Riley officials said Tuesday that Thompson was not a soldier.
The Justice Department said the Army Criminal Investigation Division, the Fort Riley Department of the Army civilian police, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, and the Butler County Sheriff’s Office were involved in the investigation.
