Donald Ince

Charged, not convicted. Ince faces a federal indictment charging possession of child pornography and committing an offense while on release. An indictment is an accusation; he is presumed innocent.

Introduction

Donald Ince, 47, of Riley County, Kansas, was indicted on two federal counts: one count of possession of child pornography and one count of committing an offense while on release, in a charging announcement dated October 16, 2026 from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas . The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the investigating agency on the case . Ince appears in the release’s “other indictments” section, charged alongside three other defendants in the same October announcement .

Background Information

The second count — committing an offense while on release — alleges that Ince committed the new crime during a period when he was already released in connection with another case, a charge that exists precisely because the justice system had previously extended him pre- or post-conviction freedom . The release does not state what the underlying release was connected to, when the alleged possession occurred, or how investigators developed the case beyond naming the FBI . The pairing of the two counts is the case’s structure: an allegation of child pornography possession, and the separate allegation that whatever happened happened while Ince was out on release .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

The indictment’s two counts place Ince’s alleged conduct in the federal child exploitation docket, where possession cases rest on the material allegedly found and the government’s ability to prove knowledge and control of it . The offense-while-on-release count adds the government’s position that this was not a first misstep but an alleged crime committed inside a window the court had already granted him . The announcement groups Ince with a Wichita methamphetamine defendant and two other child exploitation defendants from Shawnee and Geary counties, all charged in the same October 16 sweep .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The case is unadjudicated: no plea, no trial date, and no hearings are announced in the release . Its stated rule applies in full: “An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law” . The release names no victims, gives no timeline for the alleged offense, and contains no statement from Ince or counsel .

Current Status

Ince, 47, is charged but not convicted, with the two-count indictment pending in the District of Kansas and the FBI continuing as the investigating agency . The release does not state whether he has been arrested or arraigned, whether he remains on release in any underlying case, or when the charges will next be before a court . The public record is the indictment itself: two counts, one alleging child pornography possession, one alleging the offense occurred while he was on release .

Impact on Their Career/Life

Ince’s name is now attached to a published federal indictment whose second count tells its own story — that the alleged offense came while he was already on release in the system’s custody of trust. A possession of child pornography charge alone is career-defining in any community; paired with the offense-while-on-release count, it marks the case as one where a prior grant of freedom is itself part of the allegation. The presumption of innocence governs until a court says otherwise.

Sources

• U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Kansas, “Grand jury indicts Wichita man for trafficking methamphetamine,” October 16, 2026 — source