
(Photo Courtesy of: Harvey County Sheriff’s Office)
BURRTON, Kan. — A member of the city council in a central Kansas town is facing charges involving child sex crimes.
The Harvey County Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Justin Freeman was arrested Monday. He is in his first year on the Burrton City Council. The county attorney charged Freeman with six counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. He is being held in the Harvey County jail on $750,000 bond.
Burrton Mayor Rodney Redinger said the city is aware of the allegations and is cooperating in any way it can with investigators.