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Anthony Whayne Jr./Credit: Shawnee Co Sheriff
(KAIR)--A Mayetta man is in custody in Shawnee County, arrested Wednesday for alleged child-related sex crimes.
WIBW-TV reports that 53-year-old Anthony Whayne Jr. was taken into custody after the criminal investigations division of the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office, on Wednesday, served two search warrants, one in Topeka and the other in Mayetta, in response to a report that had been filed relating to sex crimes against a minor.
Following the searches, Whayne was arrested on charges including aggravated indecent solicitation of a child, aggravated indecent liberties with a child, aggravated criminal sodomy, abuse of a child, and rape.
The investigation is continuing.
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