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CLAYPOOL — An 18-year-old Claypool man was recently arrested for molesting a female under 14 years old on several occasions.

Justice Wayne Hughes

Justice Wayne Hughes, 18, 1396 West CR 800S, Claypool, is being charged with two counts of child molesting, level 3 felonies.

On Aug. 9, an officer with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department received a tip regarding Hughes. The officer responded to a residence and knocked on the door. A subject threw two shoes and a backpack out of a window and then jumped out of the window.

The officer detained the male subject and obtained his wallet to identify him. While obtaining the wallet, the officer observed two empty condom wrappers. The officer identified the subject as Hughes. Hughes admitted that there were alcoholic beverages in the backpack and that he was 18 years old. The officer arrested Hughes for illegal possession of alcohol.

Hughes further admitted that he and a minor female had sexual intercourse that day and also in July.

The officer knocked on the front door of the residence again. A female under the age of 14 came to the door with a towel wrapped around her. A caseworker with Indiana Department of Child Services spoke later spoke with the female. She advised that Hughes had been having sexual intercourse with her since January and the last time was on Aug. 9, when the police arrived.

Hughes was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on Aug. 9, with a $20,250 surety and cash bond.