Where is Joseph Duggar? Former TLC star transferred from jail amid extradition plans after child molestation arrest
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Joseph Duggar has now been transferred from a detention center in Arkansas - after he was arrested for allegedly molesting a nine-year-old girl in Florida.
The 31-year-old father of four was arrested earlier this month in Tontitown, Arkansas in connection with accusations he touched a girl on her genitals and underwear during a family vacation to Panama City, Florida in 2020.
Duggar has not been in the custody of the Washington County Sherriff's Office since March 27, the sheriff's office told People.
The former TLC star was set to be extradited to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, a facility in Florida, but is not listed in the BCSO's inmate database.
People reports that prosecutors have yet to formally file charges against Duggar in the Florida county. Additionally, the agency refrained from commenting when the publication asked if Duggar had been extradited to the BCSO.
However Washington County prosecutors said that Duggar was transported to Florida on Friday from the Arkansas detention center, according to The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
Joseph Duggar has now been transferred out of a detention center in Arkansas amid plans to be extradited to Florida - as he faces charges of molesting a nine-year-old girl
The Daily Mail has contacted the Washington County Sheriff's Office and Bay County Sheriff’s Office for further information but have not yet immediately heard back.
Joseph Duggar, 31, was arrested in Tontitown, Arkansas, where he lives with his wife and their four children.
He is accused of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12, according to an arrest affidavit from the Bay County Sheriff's Office in Florida.
The alleged victim - a nine-year-old girl - told investigators Duggar touched her inappropriately multiple times during a family vacation in Panama City Beach nearly six years ago.
Her father confronted Duggar about the allegations last week, the affidavit states.
Authorities say Duggar later admitted in a recorded call to 'touching the victim over her clothing' and acknowledged his 'intentions were not pure.'
He was jailed in Arkansas and was awaiting extradition to Florida. Two days after his arrest, Joseph's 27-year-old wife was also taken into custody.
Kendra and Joseph Duggar were both charged with four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor, as well as four charges of second-degree false imprisonment.
Duggar is pictured with his then girlfriend, now wife Kendra Caldwell on an episode of Counting On, which ran from 2015 to 2020
Duggar, 31, was arrested in Tontitown, Arkansas, where he lives with his wife and their four children
Authorities say that those charges are separate from Joseph's previous sexual abuse charges.
Authorities have not disclosed the source of the charges against Kendra. She is free on $1,470 bond.
Joseph called Kendra collect from jail last Friday - roughly two hours after she herself bonded out - and revealed he was in solitary confinement, People reported.
A source has indicated Joseph's family have not been to see him in jail, where his only visitor has been his attorney, according to Page Six.
While speaking to his wife on the phone last Friday, Joseph said: 'I've been spending a lot of time reading, uh, reading the Bible, they got me a Bible in here.'
Authorities say Duggar later admitted in a recorded call to 'touching the victim over her clothing' and acknowledged his 'intentions were not pure'
Joseph and Kendra's arrests come nearly five years after Joseph's older brother, Josh, was convicted of receiving and possessing material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct; Josh's 2021 mugshot seen above
He added that he was restricted to 'an 8-by-10 area' for '23 hours of the day' at the Washington County Detention Facility in Arkansas.
Joseph noted he was kept in a 'pretty small area, but I've been able to read a lot actually, and resting some, but I'm not sleeping great through the night.'
The arrests have sent shockwaves through the Duggar family - already rocked by the crimes of Joseph's older brother, Josh Duggar.
Josh was convicted in 2021 of receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material and later sentenced to 12 years and seven months in federal prison.
Joseph and Kendra's arrests come nearly five years after Joseph's older brother, Josh, was convicted of receiving and possessing material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Josh, now 38, was also accused of sexually abusing five girls, including his younger sisters - but he never faced any charges for the alleged abuse.
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