The Wichita man who strangled a sheriff’s office K-9 last year will serve 29 months in prison for battering a law enforcement officer, plus one year in jail for killing the dog, a spokesman for the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office said.

Kaylon Kirkwood, who pleaded guilty to the felony crimes in May, must also pay a $5,000 fine for killing the K-9, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois named Bane, plus $38,379.98 in restitution, which includes the cost of a new police dog and training, a K-9 ballistic vest and Bane’s necropsy and cremation.

“Restitution was payable to multiple community entities because the Sheriff’s Office received donations that covered some of the items and the restitution is payable to those who donated,” Dan Dillon, the DA’s Office spokesman, said by email.

Kirkwood was sentenced Monday by Sedgwick County District Judge Eric Williams, who also handed Kirkwood a three-year prison term for an unrelated aggravated battery with sexual motivation and interference with law enforcement case from 2020.

“All counts were run consecutive to each other as were the cases. The sentences are the maximum allowed under Kansas law,” Dillon said.

Kirkwood’s public defender had asked the court to sentence him to no more than 27 months, suspend the term and place him on probation for two years. She said in a written motion that Kirkwood never intended for Bane to die, accepted responsibility by pleading guilty and recognizes that substance abuse and anger issues played a role in his decision making.

Bane, who worked alongside Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Deputy Tyler Brooks, died in the line of duty on Nov. 16, 2023. Law enforcement deployed the dog after Kirkwood ran from officers looking for him in connection with alleged crimes, including domestic violence.

Authorities have said officers spotted Kirkwood while they were patrolling an area in southeast Wichita and he ran into a nearby creek bed, then the storm drain.

Law enforcement sent Bane and another K-9 into the drain to draw out Kirkwood. Both dogs were on extended leashes at the time, police have said. The standoff started a few minutes before noon and lasted more than 2 1/2 hours.

A service was held at the Sedgwick County Extension Center to honor fallen Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Bane. Bane was killed on Nov. 16, 2023, after he was sent into a drainage pipe in an effort to apprehend a suspect.

Kirkwood “was only trying to stop the biting and injury to himself,” the public defender, Bonnie Corrado, wrote in the motion asking for leniency. “Kaylon understands his actions of running are what led to him being in the position with the K9s and does not minimize his fault in the event.”

Police have said first responders tried to resuscitate Bane for 30 to 40 minutes to no avail.

At the time of his death, Bane was working for the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office but had previously been a Wichita Police Department dog. Bane’s former handler, Wichita police Officer Daniel Gumm, died of cancer in 2022. Before Bane, Gumm was the handler for K-9 Rooster, who was fatally shot during a call in 2017.

The other K-9 deployed into the storm drain on Nov. 16 wasn’t hurt.

Bane was deployed a total of 583 times, apprehended 127 suspects and seized 88 1/2 pounds of marijuana, 58 1/2 pounds of methamphetamine, half a pound of fentanyl, 37 grams of cocaine, 43 grams of heroin, 30 firearms and $16,339 in U.S. currency during his career, the sheriff’s office has said. He started working as a K-9 in 2017.

His death led Kansas legislators to pass a bill seeking to increase the criminal penalties for harming or killing police animals. Gov. Laura Kelly eventually vetoed the legislation because she disagreed with its harsher sentencing requirements.