Chautauqua suspect pleads to kidnapping

A Chautauqua County man has pleaded no contest and was found guilty of aggravated kidnapping in a case that involved the abduction of a 14-year-old girl in Chautauqua County in July 2007.

Stephen Greger, 57, was originally charged with one count of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of rape and two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy. The crimes are classified as level one person felonies.

Greger will be sentenced in Chautauqua County at 9 a.m. May 7. The maximum sentence he can receive is 330 months, according to the Kansas Attorney General’s Office.

A second man charged with the girls’ abduction and rape, Aaron Terning, is scheduled for jury trial May 19.

A gag order was issued early in the investigation which prevented much information from being released.