A former Police Chief for the City of Burns, KS, is sentenced to 60 years in prison in a federal child pornography case.

 

39-year-old Joel Womochil was given the sentence last week after entering a guilty plea to charges of Conspiracy to Commit Sexual Exploitation of a Child and Production of Child Pornography. Court documents indicate that the crimes occurred between 1019 and 2021. At that time, Womochil was employed as a Marion County, KS, Sheriff’s Deputy. He later served as Police Chief in Burns, a small community about 20 miles north of El Dorado. He resigned from that position in August 2023.

 

Womochil was one of four people that faced federal charges in the case.

 

Photo courtesy El Dorado Police Department