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Kenneth Leatherwood (US Marshals)<\/p>\n
OREGON – A Georgetown<\/a> man wanted in Bastrop<\/a> for continuous sexual assault of two children has been captured in Oregon<\/a>.<\/p>\n 41-year-old Kenneth Wayne Leatherwood was captured on June 23 after failing to appear for trial on June 15.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n A fugitive investigation uncovered that Leatherwood was a former correctional officer with law enforcement training, then that he was employed in New Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n Investigators later determined that he had stolen his employer’s truck, which was later recovered at the Lucas Lodge in Oregon on June 16.<\/p>\n At the lodge, investigators learned he reportedly fled from a cabin on foot into a heavily wooded area. Authorities found a firearm, survival books and personal belongings in the cabin and a dog collar and baseball cap near a river.<\/p>\n The case was designated a “major case” on June 18, and on June 23, authorities found a secluded campsite and Leatherwood surrendered without incident while wearing camouflage clothing.<\/p>\n He was booked into the local jail and awaits judicial proceedings and extradition.<\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n Leatherwood is facing a first-degree felony count of continuous sexual abuse of a young child and a first-degree felony count of continuous sexual assault of a child. He was indicted for the first charge in December 2025 and the second in July 2024.<\/p>\n Court records say the charges stem from an incident in October 2016.<\/p>\n He has charges in Williamson County going back to 2002, including purchasing alcohol for a minor and multiple counts of indecency with a child.<\/p>\n The Source: Information in this report comes from the US Marshals and Williamson County court records. This story was reported from Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Oregon<\/a>New Mexico<\/a>Bastrop<\/a>Georgetown<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Kenneth Leatherwood (US Marshals) OREGON – A Georgetown man wanted in Bastrop for continuous sexual assault of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,13491,4696,1046,12268,223,2832,996,216,393,2538],"class_list":["post-350284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-bastrop","tag-bastrop-county","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-georgetown","tag-news","tag-nm","tag-or","tag-tx","tag-us","tag-williamson-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}