Repeat child sex offender from Wichita sentenced to more than 30 years in prison
A Wichita man has been sentenced to 34 years in prison after his parole officer discovered nearly 150 images of children engaged in sex acts on his phone.
Documents filed in the case show the illicit materials were discovered by 28-year-old Steven Davis’ parole officer on Oct. 29, 2024. Davis had been released only a few days before on lifetime post-release supervision after serving almost five years for child sex crimes that took place in 2018 and 2019, court records said.
In those cases, court documents detailed, Davis used social media to communicate with 15-year-old girls, engaged in sexual relationships with them and solicited them for sexually explicit images. In one case, DNA testing later confirmed Davis was the biological father of a child born to a 15-year-old girl.
He was released from prison in October 2024.
As part of his parole conditions, Davis was prohibited from contacting minors and from owning or viewing sexually explicit material. His property — including his cell phone — were also subject to search by his parole officer based on reasonable suspicion of a violation of those conditions under Kansas law.
But only a few days after acknowledging the conditions of his release, he violated his parole by contacting minors via text message, a motion in the case described.
During a subsequent search of Davis’ phone, according to court documents, his parole officer found images of children engaged in sex acts. The case was passed on to the Wichita Police Department’s Exploited and Missing Children’s Unit, which later determined there were nearly 150 pictures of child sexually explicit material.
The state elected to charge six counts of sexual exploitation of a child for six of the items, according to a memorandum.
Davis pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial. On Oct. 8, 2025, Davis was found guilty on all six charges.
On Thursday, Sedgwick County District Judge Kevin Smith sentenced Davis to 408 months — or 34 years — in prison. Smith found that Davis met the legal definition of a persistent sex offender under Kansas law which enhanced the sentence, the district attorney’s office said. Davis will also be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
