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Ex-Hutchinson Cop Sentenced For Sexually Assaulting Women, Girls For Years

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A for­mer Hutchinson police offi­cer guilty of prey­ing on women and girls for a decade will serve 23 1⁄2 years in prison, a Reno County judge ruled Monday.

Todd W. Allen, 52, worked for the Hutchinson Police Department for more than 24 years, serv­ing in posi­tions that includ­ed school resource offi­cer and patrol­man, before his January 2019 res­ig­na­tion. Last month, he admit­ted com­mit­ting a dozen felonies and five mis­de­meanors linked to sex­u­al assault, prowler and peep­ing tom reports involv­ing at least 15 vic­tims rang­ing in age from 15 to 28. He was arrest­ed in August 2022.

Police and pros­e­cu­tors have said in some of the cas­es, Allen posed as an on-duty secu­ri­ty guard at local parks, ordered vic­tims out of their vehi­cles under the guise of ques­tion­ing them about drugs and sex­u­al­ly assault­ed them while their boyfriends or friends were in the car. Allen often wore a mask and shined a flash­light inside of or tapped on a victim’s car win­dow to get their atten­tion, author­i­ties have said. He would flee after they yelled for help.

Police also linked Allen to a series of prowler and win­dow peep­ing com­plaints in north­west Hutchinson, near his home.

He was caught after a secu­ri­ty cam­era record­ed him peer­ing over a fence on June 19, 2022, court records say.

The 17 crimes Allen plead­ed guilty to on April 10 include:

  • An aggra­vat­ed sex­u­al bat­tery on Oct. 9, 2012
  • Rapes on July 5, 2013, and Oct. 8, 2015
  • Attempted rapes on Aug. 16, 2013, and Feb. 18, 2014
  • Attempted aggra­vat­ed sex­u­al bat­ter­ies on Oct. 3, 2013, and Oct. 19, 2014
  • Aggravated inde­cent lib­er­ties with a child on Nov. 17, 2016
  • Kidnappings and aggra­vat­ed sex­u­al bat­ter­ies on Nov. 2, 2018, and in July 2018
  • Misdemeanor breach­es of pri­va­cy that occurred in May of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 and on June 19, 2022

Reno County District Attorney Thomas Stanton told The Eagle last month that he was seek­ing the 23 1/​2‑year prison term.

Allen’s lawyer, Chrystal Krier, asked for five years of pro­ba­tion instead, argu­ing in a writ­ten motion that the harm caused was “less than typ­i­cal” because “the vic­tims did not require med­ical atten­tion for any injury” and that Allen had done well on bond wait­ing for the case to resolve.