Jul 27, 2022

KC-area man sentenced to 175 years in prison for sex crimes

Posted Jul 27, 2022 1:00 AM
McGinnis-photo MODOC
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KANSAS CITY -A Kansas City -area man has been sentenced to prison for multiple child sex crimes, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.

A judge sentenced 36-year-old Glenn McGinnis of Independence to a total of 175 years in prison.

In May, a jury found McGinnis guilty of five counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, two counts of attempted first-degree statutory rape, two counts of second-degree statutory rape.

According to court records, child victims told forensic interviewers at the Child Protection Center that the defendant had touched their private areas. A second victim, 12, disclosed to Children's Division investigators that the defendant had touched her inappropriately.