JUDD WEIL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Former Hutchinson Police Department (HPD) officer Todd W. Allen was sentenced before Judge Keith Schroeder on May 22.
Allen pled guilty to 12 felony charges related to sex crimes and five misdemeanors related to breach of privacy on April 10 in Reno County District Court.
Allen will receive 282 months in prison, according to the plea agreement.
The plea hearing in April was before Judge Jeff Newsum.
Allen agreed to the plea deal, earning him a 23-1/2 year sentence. Under the conditions of the plea deal, he can get out early for good behavior however must serve 20 years of the sentence, minimum.
Allen will be required to register as a sex offender and reimburse the court for related fees.
The formal charges originally filed against Allen included 17 felonies and seven misdemeanors, totaling 24 counts.
The charges were two counts of kidnapping, five counts of rape, two counts of sexual battery, and indecent liberties with a minor involving a 14 or 15-year-old.
Allen was arrested Aug. 17, 2022 for crimes that stretched back as far as 2012.
Per the filed complaints, Allen is said to have sexually assaulted 10 victims.
All the assaults took place in either Rice Park, Carey Park, or Fun Valley Sports Complex, all in Hutchinson.
Supporting documents filed in court say that Allen's victims were never unaccompanied, be it a boyfriend, friend, or brother.
Under the guise of an on-duty cop or park security, and while dressed in dark clothing and a mask or face-covering, Allen would shine a flashlight at the victims' eyes to further disguise himself.
The victims would believe him and comply with his demands to exit their vehicles.
As he would take his victims, one including a 15-year-old girl, behind the vehicle, he would tell whoever was with them to stay where they were.
From behind the car, Allen would interrogate them about illicit activities such as drugs. At the same time, he would assault them with unwanted sexual acts.
When each victim, all females, realized Allen might not be who he claimed, they would scream or alert their company, causing him to run. Allen made his getaways with either a bicycle or another vehicle.
The last reported sexual battery and kidnapping charge was in August 2018.
In addition to his park assaults, on several occasions Allen peeped through the windows of private residences. In one instance, he used the aid of a stepstool from behind someone's property to try and look in a window.
Allen was finally caught when security camera footage spotted him peering over a fence.
According to Reno County District Attorney Thomas Stanton, while employed with the Hutchinson Police Department, Allen looked up records of his assaults during the investigations.
The five breach-of-privacy charges were filed after he left the HPD on Jan. 9, 2019, and took a security job with Hutchinson Regional Medical Center.
He is reported to have said the assaults were sexually motivated.
Stanton said Allen was not on duty as a police officer when committing his crimes.
Prior to sentencing Allen was free on $250,000 bond. His bond conditions included wearing a GPS ankle monitor and not having any alcohol, drugs or contact with victims.
Todd W. Allen was with the Hutchinson Police Department from the 1990s, until resigning in 2019.