The Missouri State Highway Patrol has arrested an Oklahoma man in Daviess County wanted on rape charges.

44-year-old Wayne K. Edwards was arrested Tuesday morning on a federal warrant for a second degree rape charge in Okla.

According to Oklahoma’s Own Edwards was wanted in connection with a case involving the sexual molestation of a 15-year-old girl earlier this month.

According to the MSHP, authorities have been looking for Edwards since he fled the Okla. area to avoid prosecution.

He was taken to the Daviess-DeKalb jail and is currently being held without bail.