DICKINSON COUNTY —In January of 2026, the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office received tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to a media release from the Dickinson County Sheriff.
The Sheriff’s Office began an investigation which led to the execution of a search warrant on February 11, at a residence in the 200 Block of South Garfield Street in Enterprise, Kansas.
Additional search warrants were executed and an arrest warrant was issued on April 1, 2026, for Ellsworth Jack Primmer.
On April 2, police in Des Moines, Iowa arrested Ellsworth Jack Primmer on the warrant issued through the Dickinson County District Court. Primmer was extradited back to Kansas and booked into the Dickinson County Detention Facility on April 14, on multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child.