OTTAWA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Public Information Office
715 W. Second Street
Ottawa, Kansas 66067
UPDATED NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 #10-15A
8:07 P.M. WEINGARTNER
Arrest Made in Wilson County Incident that Started in Ottawa
On 09/28/2010 at 8:40 a.m. Ottawa police responded to Ottawa High School to investigate the report of a missing student. Police received information that a 15 year-old female student left the school voluntarily with an unknown adult man. A short time later, police learned that the girl was in Wilson County, Kansas and was no longer with the man. She was found by Wilson County Sheriffs Deputies and is safe.
Police receive information that the suspect was driving a vehicle near Greely, Kansas in Anderson County. The vehicle was located in a field near the Anderson County and Franklin County line north of Greely, Kansas. A ground and air search followed in an attempt to locate the man. The search was conducted by the Ottawa Police Department, Franklin County Sheriffs Office, Anderson County Sheriffs Office, Kansas Highway Patrol, Garnett Police Department, and the Miami County Sheriffs Office. The man was sighted near Greely, but was not found after several hours, and the search was suspended. The suspect was described as a black, male, approximately 39-years-old, 6 ft, 230 lbs. wearing a white t-shirt.
Wilson County law enforcement officials are investigating the report of a sex offense from the student that occurred in Wilson County, Kansas. The Ottawa Police Department continues to assist Wilson County with this investigation.
On 09/30/2010 detectives from the Ottawa Police Department received information on the location of the suspect in this incident. Charles Christopher Taylor, 39-year-old male from Ottawa was arrested for the Wilson County Sheriffs Office at 4:39 p.m. in the 22700 block of K-31 Highway in Anderson County, Kansas by Anderson County Sheriffs deputies and Ottawa Police Department detectives. Charles Taylor was arrested for Aggravated Indecent Liberties with a Child. Taylor is currently being held in the Anderson County Detention Center pending a transfer to Wilson County, Kansas.
Additional information regarding bond and formal charges must be obtained from the Wilson County Sheriffs Office. Posted 10/01/10 04:24am
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