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Atchison boxstore rape holds LV man

By Brian Hagen

03/17/2025

Justin Metz/Atchison Police

(KAIR)--A Leavenworth man is facing sex-crimes charges, among others in Atchison County, after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in an Atchison box store restroom earlier this month.

According to Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, investigators allege 42-year-old Justin Metz, late in the afternoon of March 9, identified himself as an asset protection officer to the 32-year-old woman as she was leaving the Atchison Walmart store, at 1920 U.S. Highway 73. Metz then allegedly escorted the woman to a restroom at the back of the store where the sexual assault allegedly took place.

Atchison Police began to investigate that same day, quickly determining that the suspect was not working for the store, with the investigation continuing until Sunday, March 16, when police, that afternoon, "were notified that the suspect was back at Walmart, walking around the store."

Officers responded, locating Metz in the store, and placing him under arrest for the charges of kidnapping, rape, and sexual battery. He was booked into the Atchison County Jail.

Wilson says the investigation is continuing.

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