Jan. 3—EAU CLAIRE — A man facing charges after authorities said he was caught at an area motel with an underage teen narrowly dodged a warrant for his arrest on Wednesday.

Anthony Rhed, 27, Chesterton, Ind., faces charges of child enticement and five counts of possession of child pornography. In November the court scheduled him for a hearing Jan. 3, 2024, but online court records show he wasn’t in court when the case was called. No one knew where he was or why he was absent.

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