A small-town police chief famous for his TikTok clips allegedly swapped incest videos on a secret social media account and kept a trove of child pornography, court documents reveal.
Joel Justice Womochil, 38, was charged with 24 counts of sexual exploitation of a child and 10 counts of aggravated internet trading of child pornography.
The former chief of police in Burns, Kansas was allegedly running an X account, formerly Twitter, with the username @ictbaddad and a profile picture of a ‘Pedobear’.
Court documents describe Pedobear as ‘a pedophilie cartoon utilized by some individual engaged in the pedophile community’ and say ‘it can be used by this community to identify individuals who have a sexual interest in children.’
The engaged cop’s deleted secret profile’s bio read: ’38 w male looking 4 that special girl that was raised right and wants 2 continue the tradition. If u luv the little things In life message on Wire same name.’
Joel Justice Womochil, 38, has been charged with 24 counts of sexual exploitation of a child and 10 counts of aggravated internet trading of child pornography
The ex-police chief was also running a TikTok account that boasted 218,300 followers
Womochil, the former chief of police of Burns county, was also running an X account, formerly Twitter, with the username @ictbaddad and a profile picture of a ‘Pedobear’
The secret account had more than 1,000 followers before it was deleted.
Investigators allegedly found 15 images posted on the secret account which included multiple photos of a male’s erection.
They also discovered that the photos of the man had been captured inside the accused’s residence in El Dorado, Kansas.
Officials found 851 thumbnail images linked to a hard drive on Womochil’s laptop. and numerous images of child exploitation material.
Court documents also detail a conversation between Womochil and another unidentified person on his account in February that show that the former police chief was taking money in exchange for incest videos.
Womochil, who does not have children of his own, was engaged to another police officer who told investigators that he was running his secret account from their house in Kansas.
The ex-police chief was also running a TikTok account that boasted 218,300 followers.
Womochil posted videos dressed in full police gear and either talked about himself or did reaction videos to other users’ content.
Womochil’s posted videos of himself on TikTok dressed in full police gear and either talked about himself or did reaction videos to other users’ content
Court documents detailed a conversation between Womochil and another unidentified person on his account in February that show the former police chief taking money in exchange for incest videos
After Womochil’s arrest, many Burns county residents have said that they have lost faith in their police department.
Resident Wesley Castleberry told Kake.com: ‘I have absolutely no faith in the Burns Police Department whatsoever,’ he said.
‘So, I pretty much, I don’t even call them. If I think someone is messing around my place, I am out there looking for them with a gun and a flashlight.
‘That city council hired this guy supposedly to keep the city of Burns safe. And yet what he’s done? He’s completely just stomped all over everyone’s trust that he was hired to, you know, look over.’
Womochil became a police chief in Burns in February 2022 but resigned in early August this year.
At the time of his resignation, the accused said that it was in the ‘best interest of me and this department’ for him to leave.
‘I find it necessary to step down at this juncture. Recent events have made me reflect on my responsibilities as a leader and the impact my decisions have on the lives of others,’ he wrote.
Womochil became a police chief in Burns, Kansas in February 2022 but resigned in early August this year
On October 6, he was hit with enough charges to put him behind bars for decades.
In a 2022 interview with the Marion County Record, Womochil said he joined law enforcement due to his ‘deep-seated desire to help people who needed it.’
‘As I got older, I thought more of myself as a protector. I protected those who were bullied or could not protect themselves… [W]hen I stood up for someone, I was respected,’ Womochil told the paper.
He was previously a U.S. Army combat medic, an armed security guard, a property manager, a correctional officer and a convenience store manager. Womochil also attended the Wichita State University for Psychology, as per his LinkedIn account.