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    You are at:Home»Local News»Judge denies motions for Manhattan man who possessed over 8,000 images of child pornography

    Judge denies motions for Manhattan man who possessed over 8,000 images of child pornography

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    By Brandon Peoples on June 12, 2024 Local News, Manhattan, Riley County
    William Hynek mugshot (Courtesy Kansas Bureau of Investigation)
    Two weeks after being sentenced on convictions of sexual exploitation of a toddler, a former Kansas State University maintenance worker was back in Riley County District Court Wednesday for a motions hearing.
    William Hynek, 63, of Manhattan, was sentenced to 32 months on all three counts at a May 28 hearing for possessing over 8,200 sexually explicit images of children and over 500 GIF videos on his laptop computer, flash drives and an SD card. A detective also examined CDs and floppy disks, finding countless additional images on those storage devices as well.
    In court Wednesday, Judge Grant Bannister denied a motion from Hynek’s attorney Chris Biggs for a rehearing. Biggs asserted the court should rehear the case based on misstatements by prosecutors that some of the images had been found on VHS tapes. Assistant Riley County Attorney Christina Trocheck…
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    Motions by the defense for an appeal and an appeal bond were also denied, but Judge Bannister granted the state’s motion to correct an illegal sentence.
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    Hynek was remanded back to prison and upon completing his sentence will have lifetime post-release supervision and is required to register with the state of Kansas as a sex offender.
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