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Registered offender jailed for violations

By Brian Hagen

01/08/2018

William Louis Owens

(KAIR)--An Atchison resident, and registered sex offender, is back in custody in connection with an alleged violation stemming from his registration status.

According to a report from the Atchison County Sheriff's Office, 41-year-old William Louis Owens was arrested Tuesday.

He was taken into custody on a Cherokee County, Kansas District Court Warrant charging him with nine counts of aggravated violation of the Kansas Offender Registration Act.

Specifics of why the warrant was issued aren't immediately known.

Following his arrest in Atchison County, Owens was booked into the Atchison County Jail.

According to online Kansas Bureau of Investigation registered offender information, Owens was convicted in November 1999 for indecency with a child.

The conviction stemmed from a crime committed in January of that year in Corpus Christi, Texas.

According to online legal documents, the crime involved a 4-year-old girl.

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