Mar 11, 2026

Hays man arrested for allegedly trading child pornography on internet

Posted Mar 11, 2026 8:22 PM
Matthew Reynard from an earlier arrest in Saline County. He has previous felony convictions that include theft, battery, criminal use of a financial card, making false writing, criminal trespass, and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections.
Matthew Reynard from an earlier arrest in Saline County. He has previous felony convictions that include theft, battery, criminal use of a financial card, making false writing, criminal trespass, and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections.

By TONY GUERRERO
Hays Post

A 46-year-old Hays man was arrested on a warrant for alleged child sex offenses.

Lt. Brandon Hauptman of the Hays Police Department said the Hays Police Department served a Kansas Bureau of Investigation warrant on Matthew Charles Reynard at 7:36 p.m. on March 6 in the 200 block of East 14th Street.

Hauptman said responding officers allegedly observed drug paraphernalia in plain sight and later obtained a search warrant, which allegedly uncovered evidence that led to additional drug-related charges.

Reynard was charged with alleged sexual exploitation of a child and internet trading in child pornography, which is a level five felony.

He was also charged with alleged distribution of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana with two prior convictions, possession of drug paraphernalia and no drug tax stamp.

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