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Former Manhattan City Attorney Sentenced on Child Porn Charges

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Kansas

WICHITA, KAN. - A former city attorney of Manhattan, Kan., was sentenced Tuesday to 210 months in federal prison on child pornography charges, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.

 

Bill Raymond, 55, Andover, Kan., pleaded guilty to three counts of transporting child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. Raymond admitted that he emailed child pornography to himself using a cellular telephone and a computer on Nov. 9, 2014, Feb. 28, 2015 and May 17, 2015. He also admitted that on July 30, 2015, he possessed child pornography.

 

The crimes occurred in Butler and Riley counties. Raymond became the city attorney in Manhattan after serving as an assistant county counselor in Sedgwick County.

 

Beall commended the FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hart for their work on the case.

Updated December 20, 2017

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Project Safe Childhood
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