Alleged child molester sought on South Whidbey

Deputies are looking on South Whidbey for a former resident who is wanted for child molestation in Iowa.

Deputies are looking on South Whidbey for a former resident who is wanted for child molestation in Iowa.

Jonathan Bevers, 32, disappeared from Grand Junction after police started investigating him for inappropriately touching his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter, according to a report by KCCI news.

Bevers used to live in Clinton and was known to law enforcement, according to Detective Ed Wallace with the Island County Sheriff’s Office.

After learning about the case, deputies have been “putting out feelers” on South Whidbey in the event that Bevers returns.

He is not wanted on any local cases, but there’s an arrest warrant out of Iowa for lascivious acts with a child, Wallace said.