Lamar County Sheriff’s Office track down local man in Kansas to serve warrant for sexual assault of a child

On Sunday, May 14, 2023,  the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office took a report regarding the Sexual
Assault of a Child.

According to Chief Deputy Tommy Moore, “During the investigation, Detectives learned that communication began between the suspect and a child younger than seventeen years of age through an online app.”

On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, warrants were issued for Online Solicitation of Minor, Sexual Assault
of Child and Delivery of Controlled Substance/Marijuana to a Minor, for thirty-four-year-old Stephen
King of Paris.

Lamar County Sheriff’s Office Crimes Against Children Detectives contacted the Kansas Highway
Patrol and with their cooperation, King was taken into custody in Lawrence, Kansas. King remains in
Kansas awaiting extradition to Lamar County.

“The Lamar County Sheriff’s Office would like to commend the Kansas Highway Patrol for their
assistance and quick apprehension of this fugitive” said Moore.

The investigation is ongoing.