Photo: Joseph Roth/Credit: Brown County Sheriff's Office

 

(KNZA)--A man wanted in connection with recent criminal activity in Brown County has been arrested.

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office says 45-year-old Joseph Roth of Orange City, Iowa, was located and arrested by a Brown County deputy shortly after 10:20 Saturday morning near 140th Road and U.S. 75 Highway.

The arrest followed an ongoing investigation involving several area law enforcement agencies, including police departments in Atchison, Horton, Hiawatha and Highland, along with the Kansas Highway Patrol and sheriff’s offices in Jackson, Nemaha and Doniphan counties.

The Sac and Fox Police Department and Kansas Wildlife and Parks also assisted.

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office thanked the agencies for their assistance.

The investigation remains ongoing, and additional information will be released at a later date.