OLATHE, Kan. (AP) An 18-year-old has been charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old at a suburban Kansas City child welfare office where children have been kept overnight because of a shortage of beds.
The Kansas City Star reports that Michael Anthony Hamer was charged last week with rape and aggravated indecent liberties of a child. Bond is set at $500,000. His attorney didn’t immediately respond to a message from The Associated Press.
Kansas lawmakers and child advocates have been raising concerns for months about keeping children overnight in child welfare contractors offices.
