Bond set at $1.5M for Fairfield County man charged with kidnapping, luring girl into truck

Cole Behrens, The Columbus Dispatch
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A Franklin County Sheriff's Office cruiser

Bond was set at $1.5 million for a Fairfield County man who was arrested and charged Sunday after being accused of luring an 11-year-old girl into his pickup truck in an attempted sexual assault while she was on her way to school in Madison Township in Franklin County.

Joseph Ennemoser, 48, of Sugar Grove in Fairfield County, had an initial hearing Monday morning in Franklin County Municipal Court on felony charges of kidnapping and importuning, a felony sex offense involving the act of soliciting a minor to engage in sexual activity.

Ennemoser is accused of approaching the girl in his pickup truck while she was walking to school Friday near Blacklick Estates, court documents state. He allegedly asked for directions to a nearby school and asked the girl to get into his white, four-door Chevrolet truck. While she was in the truck, Ennemoser began engaging in sexual behavior and asked the girl to perform sexual acts, the girl told police.

The girl fled from the truck, went home and reported the incident to her family.

Ennemoser was identified based off of security camera footage from the area that captured his truck, as well as footage showing the girl fleeing the truck, court records show.

During an interview Sunday, Franklin County Sheriffs detectives said in court records that Ennemoser said he was in the Refugee Road area on Friday for work and was driving a pickup truck that matched the truck in the video.

According to court records, Ennemoser has a pending felony case from September 2022 for felony child enticement. Ennemoser allegedly approached a 10-year-old in the Hilliard area in that case.

Ennemoser has also been previously convicted of gross sexual imposition and has several other criminal convictions.

Dispatch reporter Bethany Bruner contributed to this report.

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Fairfield County man lured girl into truck for sex, detectives allege