On April 11, 2017, Steven Donald Beaty, of Columbus, was sentenced to 26 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections for failure to comply with the requirements of the Kansas Offender Registration Act. Beaty was required to register as a violent offender as the result of a conviction for Involuntary Manslaughter in 2000. Kansas law requires individuals convicted of certain violent, drug related, or sexually motivated crimes to register quarterly with a local law enforcement agency. Failure to register is felony, and increases in severity if the violation exceeds 30 days. Beaty’s violation was investigated by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department.