Illinois man arrested on kidnapping charge

SIKESTON -- An Illinois man was arrested for kidnapping after bringing a 13-year-old girl to a Sikeston hotel.

Steven Larson, 60, of Altamont, Ill., was arrested early Sunday morning in Sikeston on a kidnapping warrant from the Illinois State Police.

The Sikeston Department of Public Safety was contacted at about 1:59 a.m. Sunday by the Illinois State Police regarding the Amber Alert on the girl, according to DPS Capt. Bill Mygatt, and advised there was a kidnapping warrant for a 60-old white male.

"She was his karate student," Mygatt said. "She apparently went with him voluntarily."

Illinois authorities said they had information indicating the girl was in a room with the suspect at the Days Inn in Sikeston.

"Apparently he and the juvenile were dropped off there by someone else and they were there without a vehicle," Mygatt said.

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