KS - Former jail deputy (Kenneth Reese) arrested for sex crimes against inmates

Kenneth M. Reese

Original Article

03/28/2014

WICHITA - A former Sedgwick County detention deputy has been arrested, accused of sex crimes against jail inmates.

Friday morning, Sheriff Jeff Easter held a briefing on the arrest of the former jailer, who was taken into custody Thursday night.

In March of 2013, a female inmate came forward alleging inappropriate sexual relations with a jail deputy. She claimed there had been intermittent instances since October of 2012. Sheriff Easter said the deputy was immediately placed on restricted duty and a criminal investigation began.

At the time, the inmate's claims could not be substantiated but the case was presented to the district attorney's office under advisement.

Later, another female inmate came forward claiming the same jailer committed "lewd and lascivious behavior" on himself in front of her, and a second investigation began. He was once again placed on restricted duty.

He resigned in February of this year, while the investigation was still underway. The original case and the second case were later presented to the district attorney's office, and he was arrested last night.

Jail records show that 50-year-old Kenneth M. Reese was arrested and booked on seven counts of unlawful sexual relations with an inmate, and one count of making false information. He has since bonded out.

Reese worked as a deputy for 14 years.

CO - Former Police Officer (Alexis Robinson) Arrested For Sex Assault Against Children

Alexis Robinson

Original Article

03/26/2014

By Kristin Haubrich

A former police officer and head of security at a school district was arrested for multiple child sex crimes, now spanning two states.

Alexis Robinson, 51, was out on bond for sex assault charges in Kansas, when he was recently arrested by El Paso County deputies.

Robinson served as a police officer in Wichita, Kan. for 22 years. He retired as a sergeant in 2006. Then he signed on as a security supervisor with a school district in that community.

More than a year ago, police in Kansas started investigating Robinson for sexually assaulting several children after a 24-year-old man came forward saying he had been molested a decade earlier.

According to arrest papers obtained by 11 News, during that investigation detectives say an accuser in Colorado came forward, years after the alleged sex abuse. The papers say Robinson visited a family several times at their home in El Paso County in the 1990s. During those visits, the papers allege the suspect made the young boy watch pornographic movies and had him perform sexual acts.

Three victims came forward in Wichita and one has come forward in El Paso County. We are told they were all between the ages of 12 and 15 at the time of those alleged crimes.

Robinson is scheduled to be in court again later this week to discuss his bond. 11 News will stay on top of this case and let you know what happens.

KS - Former KBI deputy director (Kyle Smith) charged with sexual exploitation of a child

Kyle Smith

Original Article

How ironic. He is the one who has been going after ex-offenders in his state, now he is one, or may be.

02/13/2014

TOPEKA - A former Kansas Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director has been charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a child.

Kyle Smith, 57, was charged in Topeka’s Shawnee County where he also faces two counts of interference with law enforcement.

According to The Topeka Capital-Journal, Smith was released from the agency back in December 2013.
- Which they said it was a "personal matter" and wouldn't release any info.  Now we know why!

We’ll update the story as soon as new information becomes available.

See Also:

• Agency taking action against sex offenders following report
• Former KBI Deputy Director Charged With Sexual Exploitation Of Child

KS - STATE v. MYERS

Original Article

Excerpt:
This difficult case resolves the claim of defendant Myers that the Kansas Sex Offender Registration Act (KSORA), [260 Kan. 671] K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq., as applied to him, violates the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution. The determinative issue is whether KSORA constitutionally may be applied to Myers, whose offense was committed before April 14, 1994, the date KSORA took effect.

Myers was convicted in 1991 of one count of sexual battery, K.S.A. 21-3517 (Ensley 1988) and one count of rape, K.S.A. 21-3502 (Ensley 1988). The Court of Appeals reversed his convictions and remanded the case for a new trial in an unpublished opinion filed September 3, 1993. We affirmed the Court of Appeals. See State v. Myers, 255 Kan. 3, 872 P.2d 236 (1994). After remand, Myers pleaded no contest on August 15, 1994, to the aggravated sexual battery (K.S.A. 21-3518 [Ensley 1988]) of his 17-year-old victim, who was assisting her mother in cleaning Myers' law office. Myers was ordered to be processed under KSORA as a "sex offender." A KSORA sex offender is any person convicted of a named offense on or after July 1, 1993. Aggravated sexual battery is a named offense. K.S.A. 22-4902(a), (b)(9), and K.S.A. 22-4910. We note that if Myers' 1991 convictions had been affirmed, he would not be subject to KSORA classification as a sex offender. After his plea in 1994, Myers filed a motion to eliminate the requirement of KSORA registration. He challenged the constitutionality of KSORA as ex post facto legislation violating Art. I, § 10 of the United States Constitution. Myers' motion was denied, and he appealed. Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 20-3017. (We granted Myers' motion to transfer to this court.)

We deny Myers' ex post facto claim as to registration. The registration requirements of KSORA (K.S.A. 22-4904, K.S.A. 22-4906, and K.S.A. 22-4907) are remedial and thus constitutional. As applied to Myers, the public disclosure provision, K.S.A. 22-4909, imposes punishment in violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause. Myers is required to register under KSORA. However, his registration shall not be open to public inspection and shall not be subject to the provisions of the Kansas Open Records Act, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq.

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