TEXARKANA, Texas (KWTX) – A Texarkana man was arrested Nov. 4 after a mother found him with her 13-year-old daughter and called police, prompting him to flee the scene.

Tyjae Clark, 30, was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, online solicitation of a minor and evading custody.

According to the Texarkana Police Department, the mother discovered her 13-year-old daughter was not at home Monday morning. When searching for the mother, she found her daughter in a car parked in front of the house with Clark. When confronted, Clark kicked the girl out of the car and fled the scene, prompting the mother to call authorities.

Clark was stopped by a Wake Village Police Department officer “a short time later” but began to flee on foot. The Wake Village Police Department and Texarkana Police Department set up a perimeter around the area and Clark was eventually seen walking on the railroad tracks before being arrested.

Upon further investigation, Texarkana officers discovered several inappropriate messages between Clark and the 13-year-old girl on Clark’s social media. In the messages, the girl informed Clark that she was a minor.

Officers also found that Clark is a registered sex offender from a previous incident and was sentenced to a lifetime registry.

Clark is currently being held in the Bi-State Jail on bonds totaling $400,000.

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