Posted October 28, 2021 06:23am
(KNZA)--An investigation by the Osage County, Kansas Sheriff's Office into the online solicitation of child has lead to the arrest of an Effingham man.
Osage County Sheriff Chris Wells, in a news release, said 39-year-old Marcus Smith was arrested Tuesday in Ozawkie by investigators from his office and Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies.
Smith was arrested on an Osage County warrant for electronic solicitation and indecent solicitation of a child.
He was transported to the Jefferson County Jail, where he was held on the warrant.
On Wednesday afternoon, Wells said Osage County deputies transported Smith to the Osage County Jail, where he is being held on a $75,000 bond.