By: WSAZ Staff | Posted: June 4, 2018 at 6:45 p.m. | Source: WSAZ
JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) — UPDATE 6/4/18 @ 5:12 p.m.
The former pastor of the Living Waters Church in Ripley, West Virginia, has turned himself in to State Police. Troopers say Douglas Harper was wanted, accused of sending sexual text messages to a 15-year-old boy.
West Virginia State Police told WSAZ on Saturday they were looking for Douglas Harper because he was wanted after an investigation into sexual in nature text messages. Harper turned himself in, appearing in court in Jackson County Monday morning and WSAZ was there as he walked out.
Harper quickly walked away from our camera.
Court documents show the victim, a 15-year-old boy, had gotten into an argument on a church field trip in March. Harper resolved the disagreement because he was on the trip, too.
