TOPEKA, KAN. – A Junction City woman was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.

Kayla Michelle Simpson, 24, Junction City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography. On Sept. 20, 2016, law enforcement seized Simpson’s iPhone. In her plea, Simpson admitted that her phone contained images of her having sex with a juvenile female.

McAllister commended the FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Kenney for their work on the case. The case was prosecuted as part of the Justice Department’s Project Safe Childhood initiative.

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Junction City woman was indicted Wednesday on charges of producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.

 

Kayla Michelle Simpson, 22, Junction City, Kan., is charged with one count of using a child to produce child pornography and one count of violating the conditions imposed on a registered sex offender. The crime is alleged to have occurred in July 2016 in Junction City.

 

The indictment alleges that Simpson, who was registered sex offender, enticed a 16-year-old victim to engage in sexual activity for the purpose of producing child pornography.

 

If convicted, Simpson faces a penalty of not less than 15 years and not more than 30 years in federal prison on the production charge, and up to 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the sex offender charge. The FBI investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Kenney is prosecuting.

 

 

OTHER INDICTMENTS

 

Mack W. Colvin, Jr., 31, Park City, Kan., is charged with one count of bank robbery and two counts of brandishing a firearm.

 

The indictment alleges Colvin robbed the Fidelity Bank branch at 1306 N. Woodlawn in Wichita on Dec. 13, 2017, and the Wheat State Credit Union at 1400 S. Oliver in Wichita on Dec. 19, 2017. In both cases, he is charged with brandishing a firearm.

 

If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on each robbery charge, and not less than seven years and a fine up to $250,000 on each firearm charge. The FBI and the Wichita Police Department investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch is prosecuting.

 

John Stephen Kissell, 31, who is in custody, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm following a felony conviction. The crime is alleged to have occurred in September 2017 in Topeka, Kan.

 

If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Duston Slinkard is prosecuting.

 

In all cases, defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The indictments merely contain allegations of criminal conduct.