Mark D. Brull, Sex Crime, Kansas 2024

A Kansas man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a heinous sex crime that took place while he was in treatment at Larned State Hospital.

Mark D. Brull, 39, of Larned State Hospital, pleaded guilty to one count of transferring obscene material to a child. In his plea, he admitted that while he resided at Larned State Hospital, he became friends with co-defendant Ryan J. Dancosse, a resident of Wichita.

Brull provided Dancosse with the passwords to his social networking profiles, including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Youtube, as well as his email account. With Brull’s knowledge and agreement, Dancosse found and copied images of pornography and then uploaded the images to Brull’s accounts for others to see and discuss.

In April 2011, Brull and Dancosse began communicating with a 14-year-old boy living in Massachusetts. In April and May 2011, Brull communicated with the boy via email and telephone. Brull guided the boy to his social networking profiles on the Internet, where he knew Dancosse had uploaded pornography.

The boy was able to view the images on his computer and then discuss them with Brull. The images included depictions of nude males performing sexual acts.

Co-defendant Ryan J. Dancosse, 40, of Wichita, pleaded guilty to one count of receiving child pornography. He is set for sentencing on October 2.

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom commended the Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Wichita Police Department, and the Sudbury, Mass., Police Department for their efforts in bringing Brull to justice.

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