WIMER, Ore. – A Kansas man is behind bars tonight, locally, for child sex abuse.
The United States Marshal Service led Pacific Northwest Violent Offenders Task Force to track down the suspect.
51-year-old Ben J. Baxter of Kansas was wanted on a felony charge of sodomy with a child under the age of 14.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says a crime happened between June 27th and July 1st of this year.
Baxter was arrested around 2:30 Friday afternoon at a remote residence in Wimer. Although Baxter wrapped multiple phones in aluminum foil to avoid detection, he was unsuccessful.
He is now in Jackson County jail awaiting extradition back to Kansas.
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