Jun 11, 2021

Sheriff: Kansas man expected to meet minor for sex

Posted Jun 11, 2021 9:00 AM
Davenport photo Osage Co.
Davenport photo Osage Co.

OSAGE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities conducting an investigation regarding the online solicitation of a child by an adult have made an arrest.

On Tuesday, the Osage County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigation Unit (CIU) took into custody a suspect identified as 39-year-old Mark E. Davenport of Topeka who had made plans to meet with someone he believed to be a minor, according to Sheriff Chris Wells.

Davenport is being held on requested charges of aggravated human trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation of a child, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.