Couple Wanted in 3-Child Amber Alert Case Captured, Charged

A runaway couple who sparked an Amber Alert by disappearing last month with three children has been apprehended and are now in a Canyon County, Idaho, jail.

Jason T. Simon, 38, the father of one of the children, 6-year-old Kadyn Simon, is facing 12 felony child pornography charges and one charge of felony child sexual abuse. He is being held on $1 million bond.

Sarah Joy Dunn, the adoptive mother of the other two—Kaylee Dunn, 9, and Lewis Dunn, 10—and Simon’s girlfriend, faces a felony charge of custodial interference and is being held on a $250,000 bond.

The couple had taken the three children and fled on June 2 to avoid sexual abuse charges against Simon. On June 13, an Amber Alert was issued in Idaho and Nevada for the children, who police believe may be victims of Simon.

[coverage]2117399[/coverage]

Authorities eventually tracked down the couple via their financial card transactions, reported the Idaho Statesman. They were located and arrested at a Colorado campground on June 18, though they had been spotted a week earlier in Sparks, Nevada.

The preliminary hearings for Dunn and Simon are set for Aug. 3 and Aug. 16, respectively.

Kaylee and Lewis Dunn are currently back with their adoptive father, and Simon’s son is with a grandparent.