Police: Registered Sex Offender Involved In Kidnapping

A 23-year-old Bedford man is in jail after police said he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman on Saturday.

Police said a report from the 18-year-old woman’s family led them on a countywide search. Law enforcement and volunteers first discovered the woman’s car on fire in a parking lot. They then identified Houk as a possible suspect.

Police said the search ended at the home of Eric Houk early Sunday morning.

Officials said Houk was arrested and charged with six felonies, including two counts of sexual assault in the second-degree, one count of kidnapping in the first-degree, second-degree arson, second-degree theft and second-degree criminal mischief.

Officials said Houk is listed on the state’s sex
offender registry.

Houk is being held in the Adams County Jail on a $5 million bond.