Kendra Duggar charged with husband Joseph Duggar as police announce new charges in case
By: Jordan Gartner
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TONTITOWN, Ark. (Gray News) - Arkansas authorities say Kendra Duggar is now facing criminal charges alongside her husband, Joseph Duggar, who was arrested earlier this week on charges that included child molestation.
The Tontitown Police Department announced Friday that the couple has been charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of false imprisonment.
Authorities said arrest warrants have been issued and served in district court for the misdemeanor offenses, and the case remains under investigation.
Kendra Duggar charged alongside husband Joseph Duggar.(Washington County, Arkansas law enforcement)
Previously, Florida authorities announced the arrest of former reality TV star Joseph Duggar, who on Friday waived his right to an extradition hearing.
Joseph Duggar, who appeared on TLC's "19 Kids and Counting," was arrested Thursday in Tontitown, where he lives with his family.
According to the Bay County Sheriff's Office in Panama City, Florida, the 31-year-old's charges include lewd and lascivious behavior involving unlawful sexual activity with a minor.
Florida authorities said Wednesday that a Tontitown police detective had contacted investigators about a report of past sexual abuse.
The 14-year-old victim reportedly disclosed during a forensic interview incidents involving Joseph Duggar that occurred during a family vacation in Panama City Beach when she was 9.
Authorities said this week that the girl's father confronted Joseph Duggar about what happened. He then admitted his actions to the girl's father and to Tontitown detectives.
Bay County, Florida, authorities have 30 days to transfer Joseph Duggar from the jail in Washington County, Arkansas, the sheriff's office said.
Joshua Duggar, a sibling of Joseph Duggar who also appeared on the reality TV show, was convicted in 2021 of downloading and possessing child sexual abuse images.
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The old show was 19 kids and counting, the new one will be 3 Pedo’s and counting.
Far right wing christians as I recall.
From what I'm reading elsewhere, the children's bedroom doors were locked from the outside, which is what the child endangerment and false imprisonment charges were about. I'm not sure what these two thought would happen to their kids if the house caught fire and the kids literally couldn't open their bedroom doors.
The children are currently with the wife’s mother, Hopefully the Washington County prosecutor’s office won’t drop the ball this time.
My understanding is that he'll be tried in Florida, not Arkansas. Papa Duggar likely doesn't have any friends on the police force or in the prosecutor's office in Panama City.
For the abuse that happened in Florida, yes he will be tried there, the child endangerment happened at their home in Arkansas. So they both will be tried there for that.
I doubt either will be sentenced to any time for the child endangerment, if it boils down to locked bedroom doors. A slap on the wrist for each. One of the other Duggar sisters was charged with child endangerment because a child wandered away from home while she was babysitting. She took a plea deal for a fine.
So many biblical names in that family. Very fitting.
OK, going to say the quiet part out loud here....
If you have 19 kids, you have a pretty stout case of mental illness. WTFs going on up there? You're like a crazy cat lady with humans instead.
Kids who grow up in that environment are unlikely to be normal.