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A babysitter looked under a bed to reassure a worried child that there
wasn�t a monster hiding there � and came face-to-face with a man who
wasn�t supposed to be there, a sheriff�s office in Kansas said in a news release.

The 27-year-old was booked into jail this week after a struggle with the babysitter that knocked the child to the ground.

The Barton County Sheriff�s Office said deputies were called late Monday
to the home near Great Bend, a city of around 15,000 in the western part
of the state. The suspect was gone when they arrived, but the babysitter
told them that the child had been complaining about a �monster� before she found the suspect.

The man once lived in the home, but that there was a protection from abuse order issued against him to stay away from the property, the sheriff�s
office said.

Deputies searched but were unable to find the man until the next day, when
he was captured after a foot chase, the news release said.

Online court records show the man had posted bond about 10 days earlier
after he was charged with criminal threat, domestic battery and violating
a protection from abuse order. Those allegations were alleged to have
occurred in January and February.

But following his latest arrest, a judge ordered him jailed without bond.
The sheriff�s office said additional requested charges include aggravated burglary, aggravated battery and child endangerment.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/us/kansas-monster-under-bed-arrest- hnk/index.html

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