Booneville man arrested for Sexual Battery and Statutory Rape in Prentiss Co.
A Booneville man faces Sexual Battery and Statutory Rape charges after information about a missing girl from Tennessee leads law enforcement to him.
Sunday, the Prentiss County Sheriff’s Office got a tip that a female juvenile reported as missing and endangered in Selmer, Tennessee, was in the Prentiss County area.
The information led deputies to a home on County Road 3020.
Deputies found the missing girl with a man.
The girl was returned to her mother.
Deputies arrested 18-year-old Payton Heath Allen Bowen of Booneville.
Bowen has been charged with Statutory Rape and Sexual Battery.
A Justice Court Judge set bond at $50,000, cash or professional bond only.
