Wichita ? A Butler County judge says in a court filing that he intends to send the parents of a boy missing since 1999 to prison.

Valerie and Doug Herrman will be sentenced Aug. 1 for taking adoption subsidies long after 11-year-old Adam Herrman disappeared from their Towanda home in 1999. He wasn’t reported missing until 2008.

The Herrmans said he ran away. They pleaded guilty last month to theft under an agreement that recommends a year of probation.

The Wichita Eagle reported Wednesday that Butler County Judge David Ricke notified Herrmans’ attorney in a court document earlier this month that he planned to give the couple prison time. He said their crime was not just theft but also involved abandonment and exploitation of a child.