An Arkansas City man has been arrested – with bond set at $500,000 – on charges of rape and other crimes against a child. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest late Thursday.
40-year-old Brian W. Black was taken into custody without incident at his residence Wednesday by KBI agents and deputies from the Cowley County Sheriff’s Office. He was arrested on a warrant for three counts of rape, three counts of aggravated sexual battery, two counts of exploitation of a child, two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior, abuse of a child, and battery.
Black remains in the Cowley County Jail.