WICHITA — A former state district magistrate judge in southeast Kansas has pleaded guilty to charges accusing him of embezzling about $24,000.
The office of the U.S. Attorney for Kansas says in a release that Bill W. Lyerla of Galena pleaded guilty Monday to six counts of wire fraud.
Lyerla was a magistrate judge for the state’s Eleventh Judicial District from 1991 until he resigned in 2014.