MANHATTAN—Law enforcement authorities investigating a series of sex crimes over several years arrested 44-year-old Joshua Penabaz of Manhattan on Friday afternoon, according to a media release from the Riley County Police Department.
Joshua Penabaz had worked as a school nurse with USD 383-Manhattan/Ogden. On Sunday RCPD reported "this arrest is not associated with any of his previous employment."
Penabaz is currently being held at the Riley County Jail on a bond of $1 million on requested charges for rape, aggravated indecent liberties with a child, and aggravated criminal sodomy.