SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man accused in the alleged aggravated criminal solicitation of children in Wichita made his first court appearance Tuesday. Damien Henderson, 43, was charged with 3 counts of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child and attempted kidnapping, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.
Just after 7:30p.m. on Jan. 11, police were flagged down at the intersection of Yale and Dunham by a family member stating three girls, ages 7-13, were solicited for sex by Henderson, according to Officer Chad Ditch.
The suspect fled from the scene before officers arrived. None of the girls were physically injured. The girls are known to each other.
The investigation revealed that the three girls were walking in the neighborhood together when Henderson walked up to them and solicited all of them for sex. The girls ran and informed their parents.
Officers were already in the neighborhood when the adult flagged them down. Officers were given Henderson’s description and a short time later located him near 31st and K-15.
Henderson was detained without incident and police notified Wichita Public Schools of the incident. Henderson remains jailed on a $500,000 bond and is due back in court Jan. 30, according to the district attorney's office.