Topeka Councilman Jonathan Schumm and his wife appeared in court Friday wearing handcuffs and jail-supplied “suicide smocks” to answer for the first time charges of child abuse and aggravated battery.
Jonathan and Allison Nicole Schumm, who have 16 children ranging from about 1 year old to about 20 years old — of whom four are biological, two are in foster care and 10 are adopted — were arrested and charged Thursday. They were booked into the Shawnee County Jail and posted bond about 1:30 p.m. Friday.