WABAUNSEE COUNTY —A law enforcement officer in Wabaunsee County is being recognized for his work to stop a child predator.
On Nov. 15, Corporal Jon Sumner of the Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office met with a female child victim and her parents at the sheriff's office in Alma, according to a media release.
The girl reported extreme distress after being contacted/solicited online by an aggressive child predator on the phone app Snapchat.
Sumner immediately began an equally aggressive and relentless offensive investigation of the Suspect. Via use of lawfully obtained multiple digital search warrants Sumner, obtained the suspect's account information from his Snapchat.com account.
Upon review of the account, Sumner discovered evidence of horrific crimes against children. Through tireless investigative action, Sumner identified another 20 to 30 further child victims within the large cache of (CSAM) illegal digital media located within the suspect’s Snapchat account.
The suspect via deception and threat was soliciting minors, receiving and transmitting child pornography, and transmitting obscene photographs of himself to children.
Sumner discovered that the multiple victims located on the suspect’s accounts each appeared to be girls, well under the age of 18. Via his efforts alone, Sumner identified this child predator suspect as 25-year-old Miles Steven McGough of Castlerock, Colorado.
Upon confirmation of positive identification, Sumner immediately contacted the Castlerock Colorado Police Department and conducted rapid multi-agency investigative liaison/action.
Colorado authorities rapidly tasked their detectives who are assigned to the Colorado ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) Task Team to this case. All evidence and suspect information was given to Colorado authorities to ensure case continuance aid in apprehension efforts.
Colorado ICAC and Castlerock Police Department continued the investigation and identified an additional 2 dozen underage female victims. They also discovered that McGough had flown to Florida, and while there did allegedly rape an underage female who McGough had groomed online for months before flying to meet this child in person.
Arrest warrants were issued and McGough was arrested in March 2023 in Douglas County Colorado as a Fugitive from Justice.
On Dec. 7 in the Southern District of Florida, McGough was sentenced to 235 months, more than 19 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge K. Michael Moore.
McGough had previously pleaded guilty to enticing a minor victim to engage in criminal sexual activity. According to documents in support of his guilty plea, McGough ngaged in illegal conduct with a Southern District of Florida minor. This includes the suspect sending sexually explicit communications to the minor victim through the Snapchat messaging service.
A search warrant of McGough's cellular phone revealed images of the suspects genitals that he shared with the minor victim, and McGough's cell phone revealed videos and images of the minor victim performing sex acts on him that were created during his visit to Florida.
Judge Moore ordered McGough's term of incarceration be followed by 15 years of supervised release. McGough was also ordered to pay a $25,000 fine.
Detectives with Colorado ICAC, the Castlerock Colorado Police Department & the Douglas County Colorado Sheriff's Office are also waiting for sentencing on 22 Felony sex crimes that will place McGough into Colorado State Prison for 15-20 years after his sentencing has been served at the federal level.
Corporal Jon Sumner of the Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office is formally recognized for his outstanding performance of duties, above and beyond the call of duty as a Wabaunsee County Kansas Deputy Sheriff.
Sumner’s unrelenting drive, indefatigable resolve & persistent grit via robust investigative efforts allowed state and Federal Law Enforcement to identify and apprehend this monster.
Sumner’s thankless and extraordinary determination within this case were those necessary qualities demanded by our elite quiet professionals nationwide who bring these child predators to justice. For his summary actions, Sumner has brought great credit upon himself, the Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office, and to the profession of Kansas Peace Officer.