An HIV-positive inmate was convicted of battery today for spitting on two deputies during a scuffle in the Sedgwick County Jail.
A jury of seven women and five men convicted Michael Gaines on two counts of battery against a law enforcement officer.
One former deputy involved in the incident testified Gaines’ spit hit him in the eye. The former deputy said he had to undergo treatments of antiviral drugs and six months of HIV testing to guard against the communicable and potentially deadly disease.
Gaines, 50, who initially had been in jail on robbery charges, faces sentencing on this conviction at 1:30 p.m. July 17 before Judge Rebecca Pilshaw.
