Kansas man arrested for child enticement

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KLKN)  – Nebraska State Patrol investigators have arrested a Kansas man following an investigation into child enticement.

Investigators arrested Steven Elliott, 39, of Oberlin, Kansas on December 16th.  Elliott had used electronic communications to arrange a meeting with what he believed was a 15-year-old girl. The person with whom he was communicating was actually an undercover NSP investigator.  The arranged meeting was supposed to be sexual in nature.

When Elliott arrived at the meeting location in North Platte, he was taken into custody without incident.  Elliott was lodged in Lincoln County Jail for enticement by an electronic device.

The investigation remains ongoing, the FBI will be continuing the investigation moving forward.

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