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Man wanted for Wisconsin sexual assault captured in Bettendorf

A Wisconsin man charged with sexual assault of a child was captured while he traveled through Bettendorf, Iowa.
Justin Eugene Jones photo from Scott County Jailx

A Wisconsin man charged with sexual assault of a child was captured while he traveled through Bettendorf, Iowa.

Justin E. Jones, 30, of Ridgeway, Wisconsin, was accused of exchanging online messages with a 14-year-old girl, whom he later allegedly met and sexually assaulted in a park Friday afternoon, December 12, 2014, according to Janesville, Wisconsin Police.

Jones was then believed to have traveled to Iowa, in a rental car, to attend a wedding.

“Initial information is that he lives a semi-transient lifestyle and that he may be actively pursuing another online victim,” a police department news release said.

Jones was arrested in Bettendorf, Iowa at about 3 p.m. Saturday, December 13, police said.

Jail records confirmed Jones was booked into the Scott County, Iowa Jail later that night, to be detained without bond until he could be extradited to face charges in Wisconsin.

Jones was formally charged as a fugitive from justice in Iowa, and was scheduled to appear in Scott County Court the afternoon of Monday, December 15.

 

 

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