3-D gun-maker jailed on return to Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — The owner of a Texas company that sells plans to make untraceable 3-D-printed guns was back in the U.S. on Sunday after being arrested in Taiwan, where police say he flew after learning he was being investigated on allegations of having sex with an underage girl.

The U.S. Marshals Service said 30-year-old Cody Wilson was booked into Harris County jail in Houston early Sunday and was being held in lieu of $150,000 bond. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney yet.

He was arrested Friday at a hotel in Taiwan by local police. He is facing sexual assault charges in Austin, according to a statement from the U.S. Marshals Service.

Authorities say Wilson met the girl through the website SugardDaddyMeet.com. According to an affidavit, the girl said they met in the parking lot of an Austin coffee shop in August and then drove to a hotel. The girl told investigators that Wilson paid her $500 after they had sex and then dropped her off at a Whataburger restaurant.

Wilson, who was born in Little Rock, is the owner of Austin-based Defense Distributed. Nineteen states and the District of Columbia had sued President Donald Trump’s administration to dissolve a settlement it reached with the company over allowing it to disseminate its designs for making a 3-D-printable gun.