A hearing is set Friday for Jeffrey Alan Palmer, 41, charged with statutory sexual seduction for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old in Douglas County before he drove her and her 13-year-old sister to California in 2008.
Palmer was returned to Douglas County on Tuesday after completing his sentence in California State Prison for lewd acts upon a child where the defendant is more than 10 years older than the victim.
He was sentenced to two years, but completed his sentence in one year. He is being held in Douglas County Jail on $50,000 cash bail.
The hearing is in East Fork Justice Court.
The two Gardnerville Ranchos girls - ages 15 and 13 at the time - were reported missing from their home by their mother on Aug. 17, 2008. They were located the next day in a Manteca, Calif., motel room along with Palmer and a 16-year-old boy.
Palmer was taken into custody, but the girls and the boy escaped from the safe house where they were being kept before their parents could arrive. That led to a four-day search with leads as far away as Las Vegas, before the teens were picked up in Winnemucca by members of their church and brought home.
Palmer is accused of having sex with the 15-year-old girl between May and August 2008.
As a result of his California conviction, Palmer must register as a sex offender under lifetime supervision.
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