The Brief
- An AMBER Alert was issued for a missing 8-year-old Wisconsin girl.
- The girl was found safe in Nebraska, between Lincoln and Omaha, on Saturday.
- A 44-year-old convicted sex offender was taken into custody.
MILWAUKEE – A convicted sex offender is in custody Saturday after an 8-year-old Wisconsin girl, who became the subject of an AMBER Alert, was found safe in Nebraska.
AMBER Alert issued
The backstory:
The Wautoma Police Department reported the 8-year-old girl missing on Saturday morning, April 4. She was found safe later that day, and the AMBER Alert was canceled.
According to the Wautoma Police Department, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections was notified that 44-year-old Joseph Nicpon removed his GPS tracking bracelet in Adams County. Nicpon, convicted of child incest and sentenced to prison in 2017, was released from prison on supervised release on Tuesday, March 31.…