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A babysitter looked under a bed to reassure a worried child that
there wasn't a monster hiding there — and came face-to-face with
a man who wasn't supposed to be there, a sheriff's office in
Kansas said in a news release.
The 27-year-old was booked into jail this week after a struggle
with the babysitter that knocked the child to the ground.
The Barton County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called
late Monday to the home near Great Bend, a city of around 15,000
in the western part of the state. The suspect was gone when they
arrived, but the babysitter told them that the child had been
complaining about a “monster” before she found the suspect.
The man once lived in the home, but that there was a protection
from abuse order issued against him to stay away from the
property, the sheriff's office said.
Deputies searched but were unable to find the man until the next
day, when he was captured after a foot chase, the news release
said.
Online court records show the man had posted bond about 10 days
earlier after he was charged with criminal threat, domestic
battery and violating a protection from abuse order. Those
allegations were alleged to have occurred in January and
February.
But following his latest arrest, a judge ordered him jailed
without bond. The sheriff's office said additional requested
charges include aggravated burglary, aggravated battery and
child endangerment.
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