BARTON COUNTY — A child told the baby sitter there was a monster under their bed. They baby sitter found a man prohibited from being in the home.
Just after 10:30p.m. Monday, Barton County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the 2000 block of Patton Road, just outside the City of Great Bend. The deputies were responding to a reported disturbance call.
Upon arrival, the deputies contacted the victim who stated she was babysitting children at the residence. When putting the children to bed, one child complained there was a “monster” under their bed. When the victim attempted to show the child there was nothing under the bed, she came face-to-face with a male suspect who was hiding there. An altercation ensued with the babysitter and one child was knocked over in the struggle. The suspect then fled the scene before deputies arrived.
The victim identified the suspect as Martin Villalobos, Jr., who once lived at the residence but there was currently a protection from abuse order issued against him to stay away from the property. Deputies searched the area that evening for the suspect but were unable to locate him.
On March 25, deputies were in the area still looking for Villalobos. He was seen in the 2000 block of Patton Road at which point he attempted to flee from law enforcement. After a short foot pursuit, officers captured him.
Villalobos, Jr., is being held in the Barton County Jail on a $500,000 bond on requested charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated battery, child endangerment, felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer and violation of a protection from abuse order.