Posted September 06, 2024 06:39am
(KAIR)--An Atchison man has been arrested for an alleged child sex crime.
According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, 40-year-old Jeffery Bowen was arrested Wednesday for aggravated indecent liberties with a child.
The arrest, Wilson says, followed an investigation by Atchison Police, this week, "focusing on unlawful sexual contact involving a victim under the age of 10."
Wilson said Bowen was taken into custody at his Atchison residence.
Following his arrest, he was booked into the Atchison County Jail.
Details regarding his connection to the victim aren't immediately made public.