Area pastor held on $100,000 cash-only bond for alleged kidnapping, sexual abuse of Joplin teen

Joshua John Price, 37, Parsons, Kansas,is being held in the Jasper County Detention Center on a $100,000 cash-only bond on charges of kidnapping, armed criminal action (two counts), first-degree sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of a minor.

KSNF reports that Price is a pastor with Lost Souls Ministry in Oswego, Kansas.

From the probable cause statement:

On 11/03/2025, V1, a juvenile female, reported a sexual assault. V1 advised that she had been at a friend's house in Joplin and they had walked to the home of another friend. V1 became bored and
decided to walk back to her friend's apartment by herself. 

While walking in the area of 7th Street and S. Moffet Ave, in Joplin, a black Jeep like SUV with Kansas plates pulled up and the male driver asked if she needed a ride. V1 told the male that she did not need a ride. V1 advised that the male in the black SUV presented a black handgun and told her to get into the vehicle. V1 did as instructed and the male drove her to Schifferdecker Park. 

V1 advised the male parked the vehicle near the back of the park near the picnic tables and told her to get out. V1 advised she got out of the vehicle and the male had her stand next to a tree and began taking photographs of her. 

At one point the male pulled her tank top down exposing her breasts. The male then told her to get into the back passenger side seat of the vehicle and he got into the driver side back seat. The male then placed his cell phone on the center console between the driver and passenger seats with the screen facing them. 

V1 advised she believed the male was using his cell phone to film them. He told her to pull her pants down. When she refused he pulled the black handgun from his waist, put it up against her left temple and told her again to pull her pants down. 

V1 advised that the male rubbed his hand on her vagina through her clothing.

V1 advised she told the male she had forgotten to take her medication and she believed she was about to have a seizure. She told the male to call an ambulance. He then drove her back to the area of King Cash Saver on 7th St and told her to get out of the vehicle.

V1 advised after she had been dropped off, she messaged the male on SnapChat in an attempt to get the male to send her a picture of himself, but he would not do so. V1 provided screen shots of the conversation on SnapChat that showed the male's SnapChat user name.

Using information from SnapChat, I identified Joshua Price as a possible suspect. I then ran a clear
report which showed Joshua Price had a black Kia Sorento registered to him out of Kansas. I searched
Price in our reporting system and located a report in which he had reported his black Kia Sorento had
been stolen while in Joplin. 

With the phone number he used when he called to report the stolen vehicle, I was able to determine that the carrier for that phone number was AT&T. A search warrant was sent to AT&T requesting timing advance and cell tower data for that phone number on 11/03/2025. The information received from AT&T shows timing advance data that puts the suspect in the same area and at the same time as V1. It also shows tower data that puts Price in the same area as V1 during the time she was told to get into the vehicle and when she was dropped back off near King Cash Saver.

The victim located a photo of man who had assaulted her on Facebook and sent me a screenshot of the
photo. I was able to identify the man in the photo as Joshua Price.

The case was investigated by the Joplin Police Department.