Barton County juries found LaVeta D. Miller guilty of two counts of theft by deception and Jeffery Wade Chapman guilty of first-degree murder in 2015. These were among the top local trials of the year.Another criminal case that drew local attention but did not require a trial was that of Chris Solida, an Oklahoma man who was involved in a four-hour standoff on 10th Street last summer.Great Bend Tribune readers also followed local cases in the U.S. District Court, Kansas Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court in 2015.LaVeta D. MillerLaVeta D. Miller was sentenced to 25 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $129,000 in restitution for stealing money earmarked for World War II veterans to visit Washington, D.C. Barton County District Judge Ron Svaty departed from sentencing guidelines that would have placed Miller on probation.Most of the money stolen from Central Prairie Resource Conservation and Development district between March 1, 2009, and July 21, 2012, was earmarked for the Central Prairie Honor Flight program. On March 9, a jury found Miller guilty of two counts of theft by deception.According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, Miller, 60, is in minimum-level custody at the Topeka Correctional Facility.