District Judge Jeff Syrios imposed the sentence on Joseph
McGill, 28, after finding him guilty at a bench trial in January of two counts
of aggravated indecent liberties with a child.
At his preliminary hearing, McGill’s wife testified that her
husband confided to her after a therapy session that he had committed sexual
acts on a 3-month-old child and a 1-year-old child. The bench trial was based
on a stipulation of facts that came out of the preliminary hearing.
McGill will be eligible for parole after serving 25 years.
McGill pleaded guilty in January 2012 in an unrelated case
to sexual battery while on duty as a police officer and was sentenced to three
years probation. Those charges stemmed from separate incidents in November 2010
and February 2011. McGill, who had been with the Wichita Police Department for
about three years, resigned after those charges were filed.