Joseph Garrett Duggar, 31, waived extradition in a Washington County Court hearing Friday morning. He was arrested in Tontitown, Arkansas. Duggar is charged with lewd and lascivious behavior on a child under 12 years old, according to an arrest affidavit from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office in Panama City, Florida.According to Washington County Prosecutor, Brandon Carter, officials have 30 days to pick up Duggar in Arkansas. He is currently in the Washington County jail.Charge against Joseph DuggarA 14-year-old girl told police there were several incidents involving Duggar when she was on a family trip to Panama City Beach when she was 9 years old.According to investigators, the girl said Duggar repeatedly asked her to sit on his lap. She also told investigators that he later asked her to sit beside him on a couch under a blanket, where he manipulated her underwear, grazed her genitals, and rubbed her thighs.The girl told investigators Duggar later apologized and that the conduct stopped afterward, authorities said.Joseph Duggar’s arrestInvestigators said the girl’s father confronted Duggar on March 17. During that confrontation, Duggar admitted his actions to the father and later to Tontitown detectives, according to the sheriff’s office.Tontitown police contacted police in Bay County on March 18.Police there asked Tontitown police to arrest Duggar, on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim younger than 12 and lewd and lascivious conduct by a person 18 or older, authorities said. Who is Joseph Duggar?Joseph Duggar is known to many audiences as a member of the Duggar family, which rose to national prominence through the TLC reality television franchise “19 Kids and Counting.”One of his brothers, Joshua Duggar, is serving a federal sentence for receiving and possessing child pornography.Joshua Duggar maintains he did not get a fair trial.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —
Joseph Garrett Duggar, 31, waived extradition in a Washington County Court hearing Friday morning. He was arrested in Tontitown, Arkansas.
Duggar is charged with lewd and lascivious behavior on a child under 12 years old, according to an arrest affidavit from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office in Panama City, Florida.
According to Washington County Prosecutor, Brandon Carter, officials have 30 days to pick up Duggar in Arkansas. He is currently in the Washington County jail.
Charge against Joseph Duggar
A 14-year-old girl told police there were several incidents involving Duggar when she was on a family trip to Panama City Beach when she was 9 years old.
According to investigators, the girl said Duggar repeatedly asked her to sit on his lap. She also told investigators that he later asked her to sit beside him on a couch under a blanket, where he manipulated her underwear, grazed her genitals, and rubbed her thighs.
The girl told investigators Duggar later apologized and that the conduct stopped afterward, authorities said.
Joseph Duggar’s arrest
Investigators said the girl’s father confronted Duggar on March 17. During that confrontation, Duggar admitted his actions to the father and later to Tontitown detectives, according to the sheriff’s office.
Tontitown police contacted police in Bay County on March 18.
Police there asked Tontitown police to arrest Duggar, on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim younger than 12 and lewd and lascivious conduct by a person 18 or older, authorities said.
Who is Joseph Duggar?
Joseph Duggar is known to many audiences as a member of the Duggar family, which rose to national prominence through the TLC reality television franchise “19 Kids and Counting.”
One of his brothers, Joshua Duggar, is serving a federal sentence for receiving and possessing child pornography.