Former volleyball academy coach sentenced in child exploitation case | TonganoxieMirror.com

An Indianapolis man and former volleyball academy coach was sentenced Wednesday in Leavenworth County District Court to more than 2 1/2 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a child. Levinson Gibson, 27, formerly of Smithville, Mo., and currently of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 32 months. This is sentenced based on the Kansas Sentence Guidelines. Gibson had no criminal history at the time, Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said in a release. Gibson will be registered as a lifetime sexual offender. On Feb. 9, 2022, Gibson entered a plea of guilty as charged in Leavenworth County District Court to one count of sexual exploitation of a child. Gibson was a coach for the Dynasty Volleyball Academy in Kansas City, Kan. He solicited pictures of a 15-year-old female player through the social media app, Snapchat. Gibson was interviewed by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation on July, 21, 2021, and admitted to requesting and receiving photos of the female., the release said. Evidence showed and he admitted that after a course of multiple conversations with the young girl on Snapchat he requested photos of her bra and bare breasts. At sentencing, friends and family of both the defendant and victim testified. The…
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