A second guilty plea has been entered in the U. Kansas ticket scandal.

Brandon Simmons, former assistant athletic director of sales and marketing, followed Wednesday’s guilty plea by Jason Jeffries with a matching plea Thursday morning at the federal courthouse in Wichita.

District Judge Wesley E. Brown, at 103 the oldest district judge in the country, is hearing the cases after all three district judges in Topeka recused themselves without explanation.

Brown, like Jeffries, is charged with misprision for concealing and not reporting ticket thefts. Misprision is a felony punishable by up to 3 years in prison with a year of parole and a $250,000 fine.

The sentencing for Simmons and Jeffries is scheduled for September 29.