Babysitter Checking for ‘Monster’ in Little one’s Room Finds Man Hiding Below the Mattress

A babysitter in Kansas made a surprising discovery whereas making an attempt to show to one of many kids she was taking care of that there wasn’t a “monster” hiding beneath the mattress.

On Monday, March 24, at round 10:30 p.m. native time, authorities responded to “a reported disturbance name” on the 2000 block of Patton Street, which is simply outdoors the town of Nice Bend, the Barton County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed in a Fb submit on March 26.

“Upon arrival the deputies contacted the sufferer who acknowledged she was babysitting kids on the residence. When placing the kids to mattress, one little one complained there was a ‘monster’ beneath their mattress,” police stated.

“When the sufferer tried to point out the kid there was nothing beneath the mattress, she got here face-to-face with a male suspect who was hiding there. An altercation ensued with the babysitter and one little one was knocked over within the battle. The suspect then fled the scene earlier than deputies arrived,” the submit added.

Martin Villalobos Junior, 27, has since been arrested and transported to Barton County Jail, officers confirmed. The submit acknowledged that the suspect had as soon as lived on the residence however there was “presently a safety from abuse order issued towards him to avoid the property.”

Regardless of being unable to find Villalobos Junior after looking out the realm on the night he was discovered beneath the mattress, officers continued to search for him the next morning.

“The suspect was seen within the 2000 block of Patton Street at which level he tried to flee from regulation enforcement. After a brief foot pursuit, the suspect was captured,” the police submit acknowledged.

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Officers confirmed the suspect had been “booked on requested fees of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated housebreaking, aggravated battery, little one endangerment, felony obstruction of a regulation enforcement officer and violation of a safety from abuse order.”

Villalobos Junior is “being held in lieu of a $500,000 bond,” police stated.

The Barton County Sheriff’s Workplace didn’t instantly reply when contacted by PEOPLE for extra data.