A Kansas man received a 30-year prison sentence for his role in manufacturing child sexual abuse materials. Court documents reveal Taylor Mullen, 33, admitted guilt to a single count of conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child.
Mullen, one of four individuals sentenced in connection to this case, was involved in two separate conspiracies orchestrated by Joel Womochil, 39, from Manhattan, Kansas. Womochil, who pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child, received a sentence of 720 months.
The charges against Mullen stem from events in 2021 when he and his partner, Jessica Quave, 38, made explicit videos featuring a child under six. The videos were shared with Womochil. Quave also pled guilty to the conspiracy count and was sentenced to 30 years.
Another 2019 conspiracy involved Womochil and Denise Renee Sandman, 40, from Indiana. After connecting online, Sandman produced explicit images of a child under five and sent them to Womochil, who stored them. She was sentenced to 720 months for her conspiracy and production offenses.
Acting U.S. Attorney Duston Slinkard expressed gratitude for the efforts of the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Homeland Security Investigations, stating, “We are grateful to the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Homeland Security Investigations for securing the overwhelming evidence against these child predators which led to guilty pleas and ultimately long prison sentences for their crimes.”
The investigation was conducted by the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and Homeland Security Investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Molly Gordon handled the prosecution.
This case was part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide Department of Justice initiative aiming to combat child sexual exploitation. Launched in May 2006, the program leverages resources at various levels to locate, apprehend, and prosecute offenders, as well as to rescue victims.
