Indiana Man Arrested on Child Molestation Charges

Michael Wayne Gordon, a 48-year-old man from Kokomo, Indiana, was arrested in West Seneca, New York, on Tuesday while driving a Ford F-350 truck pulling a children's carnival ride. He was stopped for traffic violations, including a cracked windshield and a passenger not wearing a seatbelt, and was unable to provide a valid driver's license, instead presenting a carnival company ID under the name 'James Davis'. Upon further investigation, police discovered that Gordon was wanted for two felony counts of child molesting and one count of failure to register as a sex offender, with prior convictions dating back to 1994. Gordon is currently held at the Erie County Holding Center, awaiting extradition back to Indiana. He is not affiliated with the Erie County Fair, where he was en route as an independent contractor. Gordon's arrest follows a history of legal issues related to child molestation and failure to comply with sex offender registration laws.