Duggar Arrested, Facing Serious Charges

0:00Joseph Dugger, the 31-year-old from the Dugger family, got arrested back on March 18th in Arkansas for charges tied to lewd behavior. With a 9-year-old girl in Florida back in 2020, the now 14-year-old victim reported the incident stopped after he apologized at the time. He's facing serious counts including endangering minors and false imprisonment. While locked up at the Washington County Sheriff's Office, Joseph called his wife Kendra and shared how he's staying strong by diving deep into the arm, Bible, especially the book of Psalms using the new living translation. He called it encouraging with its extra notes giving fresh perspectives on verses. Kendra, 27, and married to him since 2017, got hit with similar charges too, but was out on bond quick. She told him during the call that she doesn't have custody of their four young kids right now, and it's been rough physically for her, barely eating. Through the stress, both leaned hard on their faith, talking about God as a shield through the chaos, praying for better days and lessons from the trial.

1:05Joseph admitted distractions in life made it hard to hear that inner voice before. Earlier this week, they extradited him to Florida where he pleaded nigh guilty and posted $600,000 bail to get out. They're holding on to promises of coming back stronger, no matter what hits next. Local news powered by AI. This is Durham News today. I'm Corey with the story.