Douglas County prosecutors charge Eudora man with molesting child

Douglas County prosecutors have charged a 46-year-old Eudora man with molesting a child, and he was arrested on a warrant for aggravated criminal sodomy last week in Missouri, said Grady Walker, Eudora’s police chief.

The man was transferred to Douglas County Jail on Monday and was being held on $50,000 bond, but a judge increased it to $100,000 Tuesday afternoon during his first appearance in court.

Prosecutors have charged him with two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy and two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child alleged to have occurred from March 11 to March 14. According to court records, the child is 9 years old.

Walker said the defendant and child knew each other. He said that the investigation was ongoing and that officers are trying to determine whether there could be other victims in association with the case.

“It’s a pretty in-depth investigation,” Walker said.

The Journal-World generally does not identify sex crime suspects unless they have been convicted.