HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A local man is in jail for taking his two children across state lines without the mother’s permission.

Vitality Stubbs is jailed on a $23,000 bond for aggravated interference with parental custody and contributing to a child’s misconduct.

According to statements made in court, Stubbs does not have custody of the children and took them to Colorado and Wyoming.

He appeared before a judge Friday morning from the Reno County Correctional Facility. His attorney was in the courtroom attempting to get his bond lowered. However, Magistrate Judge Daniel Gilligan had no information from law enforcement to find probable cause for the arrest and declined to address bond because he did not know the facts of the case.

Stubbs was also arrested for a probation violation for an earlier conviction for being in possession of marijuana. The judge set an additional $2,500 bond for that case.

Stubbs is expected back before the judge on Monday.