A Kansas man was sentenced to 262 months in prison for creating pornographic images of children. In February 2023, Marquis Williams, 31, of Shawnee pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual
exploitation of a child. According to court documents in May 2021, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent information to the Shawnee Police Department about possible child pornography or solicitations over the Internet.
The Shawnee Police Department is a partner in the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC). The tip stated 230 child pornography images had been uploaded into a Dropbox account.
An investigation led to Marquis Williams, and with a search warrant for his residence, officers
retrieved a cell phone that included 550 images of suspected child pornography. Some of the images were of Williams molesting two children under the age of 12. Williams admitted to investigators that the Dropbox account was his and admitted to the sexual assaulting the children.
The Shawnee Police Department, the U.S. Secret Service, and the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigated the case.