David Wayne Tidball, 54, of Wakeeney was sentenced in Trego County District Court by Chief Judge Glenn R. Braun. In addition to the two consecutive life sentences, Tidball was also sentenced to a third life sentence and a total of 164 additional months for other charges to be served concurrently with the life sentences.
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Tidball was convicted by a Trego County jury last month of three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, three counts of child abuse, one count of aggravated intimidation of a victim, one count of lewd and lascivious behavior and two counts of promoting obscenity to a minor. Three of the convictions fall under Jessica’s Law because the victims were under 14 years of age. The convictions stemmed from crimes occurring between July 2013 and July 2015.