BEAUMONT, Texas — Port Arthur Police arrested a Jefferson County man wanted for child sexual abuse.
Officials had been looking for Hershel Obey, 27, for more than a week. Port Arthur Police announced he had been captured in a Facebook post.
Obey was still being processed by law enforcement as of 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 and a bond had not been set.
Port Arthur Police asked for the community's help to find him Oct. 6 since he had four outstanding warrants for sexually assaulting a child, continuous sexual abuse of a child and another sexual assault charge.
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