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Joseph Garrett Duggar Arrested on Florida Child Molestation Charges

He remains jailed in Arkansas pending extradition to Bay County.

Overview

  • Bay County authorities say a now-14-year-old disclosed in a forensic interview that she was molested at age 9 during a 2020 family vacation in Panama City Beach.
  • Investigators report allegations that Duggar asked the child to sit on his lap and under a blanket on a couch, manipulated her underwear, grazed her genitals, and rubbed her thighs.
  • According to law enforcement, the victim’s father confronted Duggar on March 17, 2026, and Duggar admitted his actions to the father and to Tontitown detectives.
  • Tontitown police arrested Duggar on March 18 on a Bay County warrant; he was booked into the Washington County Detention Center and is awaiting extradition to Florida with no timetable released.
  • Officials have not disclosed the relationship between Duggar and the victim or whether investigators believe there may be additional victims.