Aug 30, 2023

Junction City man accused of child sex crimes

Posted Aug 30, 2023 2:00 PM

RILEY COUNTY  Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on child sex allegations.

On Tuesday, police arrest 37-year-old David Hearlson of Junction City  in connection to child sex crimes reported to have occurred between March and May of 2019 involving a minor female victim known to him, according to a media release from the Riley County Police Department.

Hearlson was arrested on a Riley County District Court warrant on requested charges that include three counts each of rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child, and one count each of attempted aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated indecent solicitation of a child, and criminal threat.

He remains confined in the Riley County Jail with a total bond of $200,000.