Douglas County man in custody on kidnapping, sex assualt charges
A 21-year-old Douglas County man is in custody on kidnapping, attempted sexual assault and other charges.
Jacob Wilcher was arrested Sept. 11 at about noon after fleeing Lifepoint Church in Minden where the alleged crimes occurred.
A teacher at the church was conducting an outdoor class for church youth members when Wilcher reportedly grabbed a 10 year-old boy from the group and ran around the side of the church building.
Jacob Wilcher
Church officials told officers they found Wilcher on the other side of the building disrobing while still holding onto the scared 10-year-old boy. Church officials grabbed the boy and attempted to detain Wilcher. Wilcher broke free, ran to his vehicle and drove away.
Church officials followed the vehicle. Douglas County deputies located the suspect traveling on Johnson Lane
Deputies said the vehicle Wilcher was driving belongs to his mother, which he had reportedly stolen earlier today.
The youth was not injured, deputies said.
Wilcher was being held on $332,000 bail.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
Death by firing squad… People like this should just be eliminated from this earth.
Investigators need to look into this guy. If he is willing to pull random kids off the street, what are the chances that he has molested others that he knew? I would not be surprised if drugs were a factor.
The boy was injured! He is traumatized and will require help from his parents if not a psychiatrist.
I’ll get in line with Paul at the firing squad.
I found him on Facebook. He wants to BE a psychiatrist. Just the guy you’d want to be counselling your children, huh?
Great work by the church staff and deputies for stopping this vicious attack and getting this creep into custody!
Death by firing squad? No way. Castration and then a slow death by bleeding to death.
This man who kidnapped a 10 year old boy doesn’t know what his doing at that moment when he went to church. This man was mentally ill and he need help to cure him. You don’t know him very well. So please don’t judge him. Try to understand how he feels. He is mentally ill and you know what that mean? The best thing we could do right now is to pray that he will get some help.
Sweet…you obviously don’t have children. If you do, why don’t you give them some time with this creep and then we’ll see how you feel! I’m sick and tired of the whole mentally I’ll excuse! You must be responsible for your actions! He may need help, but that doesn’t excuse what he did!
I have three children including a 10 year old son. This makes me so sick to my stomach knowing sickos like this guy are out there. Mentally ill or not these types of people are a threat to our communities and our lives. Death by firing squad..!