SEDGWICK COUNTY —A registered Kansas sex offender is going back to prison for sex crimes committed in 2020 and two other crimes.
Judge Kathleen Watson sentenced 39-year-old Darrius Johnson to serve 308 months in the custody to the Kansas Department of Corrections, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
He pleaded guilty to charge of rape and kidnapping in connection with a September 2020 attack on a woman in Wichita, according to the District Attorney's office.
On September 22, 2020, police were dispatched to a sexual assault case in the 800 block of South Sylvan in Wichita, according to officer Paul Cruz.
Upon arrival, a 48-year-old female victim, told police she was walking in the area of Lincoln and Oliver when a suspect later identified Johnson approached and grabbed her, forcing her into his Toyota Camry.
Johnson drove the victim to a separate location and sexually assaulted her. Johnson then drove the victim back to Lincoln and Oliver where she was released. Through the investigation and examination of evidence, Johnson was determined to have been involved in the attack.
Police arrested Johnson October 1, 2020 in the 2100 block of South White Oak in Wichita without incident.
Johnson has a previous felony conviction in 2010 for attempted aggravated sexual battery where victim is overcome by force or fear, according to the KBI offender registry.
At the time of his arrest, Johnson was out on bond for a separate alleged sex crime, according to Cruz.
In addition to the 55 months for the crime in 2020, Johnson was sentenced to 253 months for two counts of rape, attempted rape, and attempted aggravated criminal sodomy for crimes that occurred in December 2018.
Johnson was also sentenced to 18 months for violating the Offender Registration Act for the crime that occurred in 2018, according to the district attorney's office.