Man skips trial, found in Oregon forest

BASTROP COUNTY

A Georgetown man who failed to appear for a Bastrop County trial on child sexual assault charges was arrested by U.S. Marshals in a remote Oregon forest last week, officials said.

Kenneth Leatherwood, 41, was taken into custody without incident June 23 near Agness, Oregon, in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, according to reports. He had been scheduled to appear June 15 in the 335th District Court on two counts of continuous sexual assault of a child and three counts of indecency with a child — all felony offenses.